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title: "Volume Options"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/r3d/cinema/en-us/Content/html/Obj_Settings_Volume.html"
section_path: "Mesh Topics > Redshift Object Settings > Volume"
description: "The Volume tab is only available when a Redshift Object tag is attached to a volume object inside of C4D, like a Volume Builder. A Volume Builder must …"
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# Volume Options

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# Volume Options

## Overview

The Volume tab is *only* available when a Redshift Object tag is attached to a volume object inside of C4D, like a Volume Builder. A Volume Builder must already be generating volume output before this tab becomes visible.

## Parameters

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| ![Image: C4D_Obj_Settings_Volume_UI.png](https://help.maxon.net/r3d/cinema/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/C4D_Obj_Settings_Volume_UI.png) |

#### Volume Padding

Volume Padding expands the volume bounding box allowing for greater volume displacement, this is measured in voxel size of the loaded VDB.

> **Note:** Very large values may increase render times.

Volume displacement is always limited by a volume's bounding box. When displacement values are high enough, the volume gets cut off at the bounding box limit as seen in the example below.

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| [Video: RS_Std_Vol_Offset_Volume_Padding_Disp_anim.mp4](https://help.maxon.net/r3d/cinema/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/InSnippets_Redshift/Volumes/RS_Std_Vol_Offset_Volume_Padding_Disp_anim.mp4) |
| Volume displacement limited by small bounding box |

When this occurs, Volume Padding can be increased to expand the size of the bounding box allowing for full displacement.

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| [Video: RS_Std_Vol_Offset_Volume_Padding_0_to+_anim.mp4](https://help.maxon.net/r3d/cinema/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/InSnippets_Redshift/Volumes/RS_Std_Vol_Offset_Volume_Padding_0_to+_anim.mp4) |
| Increasing Volume Padding |