How to duplicate vray proxy ?

#1

Hi everyone,

when i duplicate my proxy (Ctrl+D) maya duplicate only the preview faces ?!

check the screenshot here : http://prntscr.com/3h0hw6

#2

try making an instance instead. Type ā€œinstanceā€ in the MEL command line for a quicker way to make instances

#3

Thanks for help :wink:

#4

cmd +shift+D will dup instances

#5

Thanks Thehive ,

#6

a little tip: export your tree as a mr proxy. select your tree and go file>export selection>options> set the file type to mental ray>under export selection output choose render proxy. save it. now, create a shape that would bound your tree, something like this:

then, select this shape, and under mental ray - theres a render proxy option. select your exported mr proxy file - and thats it. this way, as you can see - your scene will perform much better, since oryginal tree (in my scene) had 193k polys, while this bounding box has only 22, but when rendered, it will render your original tree.

and also you will have just one shape to deal with, trees usually come as groups of meshes. just duplicate the box and you will have your copy

#7

thatā€™s great thanks a lot :wink:

#8

some good info