VRayVectorDisplBake

[dmf-123]

Hey Vlado,

In Vray 3.4 for 3dsmax there’s a utility called ‘VRayVectorDisplBake’. I can’t find the same utility node in Maya. Does this exist in Maya Vray or will it in the future? We are running 3.30.02.

I didn’t see anything in the change logs for subsequent Vray Maya versions but I could have missed it.

Thanks,
David

[vlado]

No, we don't have it in Maya although it's fairly easy to code it... can you explain a bit what you want to do with it?

Best regards,
Vlado

[dmf-123]

Hi Vlado,

Thanks for your quick reply. We have a fairly intricate object that we'd like to generate a vector displacement map for. We're hoping to point V-ray at a plain and the object, and generate the delta. My understanding is that the VRayVectorDisplBake utility provides that exact functionality -is that correct? Or is there another way to achieve this?

Thanks for your help.
David

[vlado]

Is the base object specifically a plane? There might be ways to do that in Maya as it is, maybe involving reference meshes or something.

Best regards,
Vlado

[sdelalla]

We have the transfer maps tool between a source and target mesh, but this only supports regular displacement. Is that the tool you are thinking of?