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ngrava
03-02-2003, 01:35 AM
Hey everyone,

I was hoping that the new 1.5.1 version of the Mental ray for Maya plugin would have support for Subdivision Surfaces but no luck... I'm I just missing something here?

Has anyone found a way to render them in MR for Maya?

Thanks,

-=GB=-
lostpencil
03-02-2003, 01:39 AM
I don't think you are missing anything. It's just a 0.0.1 release so its more a bug fix version than feature release version. The only way I know to render them via Mental Ray in Maya is to convert them to polygons or Nurbs.
ngrava
03-03-2003, 03:25 AM
Crap!
ngrava
03-03-2003, 10:59 AM
Originally posted by ngrava
Crap!

Sorry about that. It's just that I'm not sure how I'm going to convert the Subdivs to Polys. I need to keep the Subdivs around because I use the level 0 mesh to animate the level 1 detail in the same model... Sort of like a custom FFD. Anyway, thanks for the reply
mattwood
03-03-2003, 12:09 PM
If you select 'keep original' on you can animate the subdivs and the polygon copy will automatically update.
skello
03-03-2003, 10:12 PM
use poly smooth instead of sub dees.... Thats why it is better to model all your detail into the polyproxy rather than tweak level 1 and 2 verices on the subdee object.
Mental ray renders the smooth poly proxies with no problem.
ngrava
03-03-2003, 11:02 PM
Ahh yes! Keep originals! I totally forgot about that. That's a great tip. I bet I could write a script that converted to polys, rendered the scene and then deleted them afterwards. Cool, thanks again.

-=GB=-
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