Max 2012 / Revit 2011 materials compatibility with Vray 2.0

[loafer87gt]

Hi All,

I am going to be making the upgrade to Max 2012 from Max 2009 and had a few questions regarding the new materials. From what I gather, Autodesk originally used Pro-Materials in Max 2010, then changed those to Arch & Design Materials in 2011, and now I am reading about the new 1200 Autodesk Materials used in Max 2012. I have also seen mention of Meta SL materials as well. Can someone explain to me the difference between these different material types are, and would those lucky enough to try out the Max 2012 enlighten me as to whether the 1200 new Autodesk Materials work correctly with VRay RT GPU? It seems like there is starting to be so much overlap with the bundled Mental Ray features of Max / Nitrous and Vray 2.0 / Vray RT GPU that it is getting quite difficult to keep everything straight.

What would you guys recommend for a work flow for importing geometry from Revit 2011 to Max 2012? How does the built in Nitrous renderer compare to Vray RT GPU? Hoping someone can straighten out this confused Canuck!

Thanks,
Jas

[thablanch]

So..
Arch materials = works with V-ray, converted on the fly, internally to vray materials at render time.. so you do nothing, just work with them if they are there
Pro materials = not supported by V-ray .
Meta SL.. Let's new name for Pro Materials. Not supported by V-Ray YET. Meta SL support was supposed to be one of the features of V-Ray 2.0, if I recall correctly, but is not aviable yet, but should be there soon.... I do not know if there is a date for that, but i've been waiting for this like for 2 years, it is going to make the Revit - 3dsMax workflow much more efficient..

Workflow, for my part.... replacing by Vray Materials, with an instance material by name script. Depending on how big the project and how many materials, a little extra work...

[Arkitec]

I remember Vlado saying they would be supported in Vray 2. Did the upgrade... but not supported... My question is WHEN WILL THEY BE SUPPORTED.. This is a huge reason for my upgrade...

I might as well just jump over to Mental Ray... Very frustrating!

Arkitec

[loafer87gt]

So..
Arch materials = works with V-ray, converted on the fly, internally to vray materials at render time.. so you do nothing, just work with them if they are there
Pro materials = not supported by V-ray .
Meta SL.. Let's new name for Pro Materials. Not supported by V-Ray YET. Meta SL support was supposed to be one of the features of V-Ray 2.0, if I recall correctly, but is not aviable yet, but should be there soon.... I do not know if there is a date for that, but i've been waiting for this like for 2 years, it is going to make the Revit - 3dsMax workflow much more efficient..

Workflow, for my part.... replacing by Vray Materials, with an instance material by name script. Depending on how big the project and how many materials, a little extra work...

Thanks for the reply, TheBlanch. By the way, love your avatar - BEST BEER EVER!

[thablanch]

I remember Vlado saying they would be supported in Vray 2. Did the upgrade... but not supported... My question is WHEN WILL THEY BE SUPPORTED.. This is a huge reason for my upgrade...

I might as well just jump over to Mental Ray... Very frustrating!

Arkitec

For me that was the most valuable feature of V-Ray 2.0.. but hey, I tried to keep MentalRay for one project ( Revit - 3dsMax,) having in mind to save a little bit of time, and ended up waisting lots of time..

[vlado]

While MetaSL support is coming in the service pack in a few weeks, it will not specifically help with the Pro materials. For the said service pack, there will be a different temporary solution for this.

Best regards,
Vlado

[thablanch]

While MetaSL support is coming in the service pack in a few weeks, it will not specifically help with the Pro materials. For the said service pack, there will be a different temporary solution for this.

Best regards,
Vlado

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