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**Morbid Angel** · 10-02-2009, 02:14 PM

I think this kind of method wont work for bump, since vray edges is probably calculated in a way which cannot augment surfaces normals. What you probably need to do is bake out the edges into a map and use it like that.
Also in your scene your vray edges texture is way too big...reducing the size will be more noticeble.

**simmsimaging** · 10-02-2009, 02:35 PM

Thanks Dmitry - I will try the baking method. For the size, I tried a range between 10cm and .001 cm to see what would work. Nothing was doing it for me, but I probably left it on the high side.

Thanks again.
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**Morbid Angel** · 10-02-2009, 02:40 PM

well what you need to do is apply vray light material with vray edges texture inside to your object and adjust the edges that way. Not via bump...

**simmsimaging** · 10-02-2009, 02:42 PM

Sorry, I am not sure what you mean. I am trying to use the edgestex in the bump slot to round corners - is that what you are referring to as well?

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**simmsimaging** · 10-02-2009, 02:43 PM

Ah - for the baking. I get it now

Thanks.
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**AJ Jefferies** · 11-02-2009, 03:50 AM

Hi Brett, I use vray Edges for cheap fillets all the time.

In your scene, I'd turn off 'hidden edges' & take the edge thickness down to 0.01.

Depending on how close you're getting, you don't need to have the chamfers you have at the moment. Pop a VertexWeld modifer on top & increase the threshold until your chamfers disappear & see if it makes a difference.

Hope that helps!

AJ

**simmsimaging** · 11-02-2009, 07:23 AM

I'll try that - thanks very much!

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**simmsimaging** · 11-02-2009, 08:09 AM

That vertex weld trick did the job for these pieces - thanks!

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