Vray materials form Max to Maya

[fingerindustries]

Hiya
I'm building and texturing a model in 3DS Max - can I transfer my Vray material libray to Maya successfully and if so what is the best way?
Cheers
Marcus

[Zdravko]

Apply the desired material to a object in the scene. Assign V-Ray RT as a Active shade renderer and open its settings. From there export .vrscene file (http://www.spot3d.com/vray/help/rt10...max.htm#export).
In Maya: Create>V-Ray>Import V-Ray material from file.
After you choose the .vrscene file, there should be a list of the materials in the scene select the desired one and select Import.
You may need to tweak the material a little (set the right paths to the textures in example) to get the exact same appearance.

[fingerindustries]

Superb - thanks loads Zdravko; i'll do that

[YoyoBoy]

Wow. I had no idea this was possible. Does this work the other direction too? Does it work with any procedurals maps?

[Zdravko]

To transfer shaders the other way around to Max may be tricky and its not officially supported by V-Ray.
Here you can find some discussions on the subject:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthre...pt#post6993929
Unfortunately, not all procedural shaders can be exported.