Vray Material Library with Vray 3.5?

[philip kelly]

Mornin.

I have just watched the Sketchup Vray video and it looks great.
I noticed the material libraries look great and I take it are included with sketchup.....

Why have standard material for arch viz never been released for the MAX version of Vray when installed for example.
Would seem like a sensible thing to do.

Are they coming .?

Thank you

Phil

[vlado]

They are .vrmat files, you should be able to load them in V-Ray for 3ds Max too through the VRayVrmatMtl material. Although I suppose native 3ds Max materials would be more useful for Max guys... will see what can be done about it.

Best regards,
Vlado

[philip kelly]

Vlado

Thank you.

I feel like a kid being answered by Walt Disney about a cartoon question.

Phil

[SnipeyX]

Although I suppose native 3ds Max materials would be more useful for Max guys...

I've long sought a solution that would let me easily convert a .vrmat into a VrayMTL in Max. Years back I downloaded all the .vrmat libraries and started trying to use in Max, but quickly stopped once I realized the vrmat editor was such a departure from the regular Max material workflows. Especially now that the Vrmat editor can't be accessed within Max 2017, I know you're working on a standalone editor, but personally I'd rather have a script that reads the vrmat and crate a Max VrayMTL (though i acknowledge that doesn't help the SketchUp or Revit users...)

[troyhome]

Don't mean to hijack this thread but it caught my eye since I'm wondering about adding my own .vrmat libraries to the Vray Asset Editor pre-installed library. I know I can find it C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\V-Ray 3.4 for SketchUp\extension\materials\ but what I can't figure out is how to get the cool previews for the .vrmat like what I see in the Asset Editor. Any thoughts? Thanks.

[markus_s_cg]

I'm tying to convert all the designers in my company to 3dsmax/Vray! They are currently using Keyshot for quick product rendering of their Solidworks/Catia models. The workflow in Keyshot is pretty fast, and it is all done with interactive rendering. But keyshot is not as fast as V-ray, has no GPU rendering, and can not be used for complex animations, so whenever we need to make an animation I have to redo a lot of stuff in 3dsmax.

A Preset material Library for Max would be a great help for convincing them to use 3dsmax. I'm currently looking to see if something good is available commercially. I saw that Evermotion had sold some previously, but I couldn't find them on their site any more. If anyone can reccomend another solution it would be appreciated!



Maybe one day Chaousgroup will make a standalone program with a similar workflow to Keyshot and with Vray scene import/export to 3dsmax/maya etc?