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Andrei2k
03-20-2003, 02:06 AM
When I attempt to render a poly converted from subD with Mental Ray no image shows up and tells me that subD is unsupporeted. I deleted the cage and history of the poly and its a poly as far as maya is concerned but it still won't render..... Clueless. Thank You
thesaint
03-20-2003, 02:19 AM
that is correct. MR does not support Subd's just yet.

Dumb i know, but you could buy RenderMan Artist Tools, it supports subd's in the most amazing way....

;)
Andrei2k
03-20-2003, 02:27 AM
No let me re state the problem. What im rendering IS a poly but it (MentalRay) THINKS its subD......i don't know how to fix it...
thesaint
03-20-2003, 03:23 AM
huh, i misunderstood. Try exporting the object and reimporting into a new scene and see if that stops the madness...

good luck! I'll ask around here if any one knows what the deal is with that.
plotz
03-20-2003, 04:21 AM
I"ve run into this before on smoothed poly shapes. For some reason Maya thinks polys that have been smoothed are actually sub-d's.

I just killed the history, and it all worked fine.
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