(Done) [HOU-1757] get render displacement to geo

[LeoYfver]

Maybe a weird question but is it possible to save down geo which has been displaced in rendertime?

For example we have ground which has displacement in rendertime and we want to save out a geometry which matches exactly the displaced geometry in render for setdressing or proxys for animators.

Regards Alexis

[super gnu]

i have asked for this many times for max. In theory it should be possible since, if my understanding is correct, for gpu rendering , the entire displacement mesh is generated on cpu, then uploaded to gpu... i cant imagine its impossible to intercept that mesh and save out to a vrayproxy. i think it would be a very useful feature. (for max too!)

[Muhammed_Hamed]

+1 from me, and same goes for Vray's fur.. would be nice to bake the fur into Geo if possible.

[chakarov]

Hello guys, this request is added to our to do list. I will inform you when implementation is done.

[chakarov]

Hello again, there is a "Bake Geometry" tab in object properties in last nightly build. There you can set a path for baking displaced geometry into vrmesh file.

[Muhammed_Hamed]

That was fast!
Thanks Georgy and the team!
Will test this tonight hopefully

[bdancer]

Muhammed_Hamed, this feature doesn't involve hair yet...

[LeoYfver]

This works perfect, just wondering if i can convert the vrmesh into houdini native or alembic because i want it as collison geomtry

Regards Alexis

[bdancer]

LeoYfver, I'll unable unpack support for the "VRayProxy Import" node in the next nightly.
You'll need to switch "Preview Type" to "Full Geometry" and unpack 1 (or 2) levels with "unpack" node.
This will give you packed geometry (or polygon) primitive you could use in collisions.

[LeoYfver]

perfect, thanks!