how do we get AOVs working in solaris ?

[stevejjd]

Hi all,
I am using houdini 20.0.547 + vray nightly build vray_adv_61009_houdini20.0_dbfb80b_22632

I throw down a vraystandardrendervars and check on a bunch of stuff but there are no aovs rendering in the render outputs list.

Is there a proper workflow for getting aovs running in the IPR in solaris ?

Thanks
Steve

[tsvetomira.girginova]

Dear stevejjd, hello.

Will describe now the proper workflow:

• for seeing the RGB add Render Var Color

• add V-Ray Standard Render Vars and choose the wanted passes

• add Render Product and choose the render vars under Ordered Render Var

• add Render Settings and choose the Render Product node under Ordered Products

• check the result in the viewport via the Viewing output icon

Please test the described above and share feedback.

Best regards,
TS

[bdancer]

I just want to add that it's standard workflow for USD RenderVars and not specific to V-Ray.

[stevejjd]

Thanks so much for the fast feedback, I really appreciate it. I followed the instructions and it works perfectly. Some feedback is that, instead of adding many render vars manually, I used this expression "/Render/Products/Vars/vraystandardrendervars/*", it uses a wildcard to select all rendervars at the path.

One more question I have is, how can we make sure that beauty is the first render var in the list so that we see it by default?

Thanks

[tsvetomira.girginova]

Hi again!

You mean the order in the Houdini drop down menu next to the viewport or?
I am not quite sure am I understanding it correctly...
Please elaborate more on this.

Thanks in advance!

[bdancer]

> how can we make sure that beauty is the first render var in the list so that we see it by default?

We have no control over that menu sorting. I'm pretty sure it's just sorted by AOV name.

[stevejjd]

Ah okay, no worries. Thanks for letting me know

[Mikhalenko]

Dear stevejjd, hello.

Will describe now the proper workflow:

• for seeing the RGB add Render Var Color

• add V-Ray Standard Render Vars and choose the wanted passes

• add Render Product and choose the render vars under Ordered Render Var

• add Render Settings and choose the Render Product node under Ordered Products

• check the result in the viewport via the Viewing output icon

Please test the described above and share feedback.

Best regards,
TS

Hello. How can I setup costom texture and Vray renderChanelToon effect to AOV in Solaris? and other aovs that available in aterial library

[bdancer]

1. renderChanelToon source name is "toon".
2. extratex is currently not trivial and I've posted example setup here https://forums.chaos.com/forum/v-ray...76629-extratex
3. which AOV are you missing in the Standard AOVs node?

[Mikhalenko]

Thanks. I tried. I'm also aplplied Vray Tonn Material on whole scene, it works, but it don't add edges. Any change to have effect like toon, without rendering separate render, so where edges of object is white, rest is black?

[Mikhalenko]

BTW, I use Houdini 20.0.625 and V-ray 6.20.05 . I tried difrent ways, but I wasn't able to make Toon show edges. please find link to HIP https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vf2...ew?usp=sharing

[bdancer]

> please find link to HIP

I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do with a bunch of Karma related nodes...

I'm attaching V-Ray setup for toon (Render Settings toon settings are only working as overrides).

[Mikhalenko]

> please find link to HIP

I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do with a bunch of Karma related nodes...

I'm attaching V-Ray setup for toon (Render Settings toon settings are only working as overrides).

Thanks. Sorry, wrong file. Your solution is work, but I was refereeing to solution in Chaos Docs^ https://docs.chaos.com/display/VRAYH...ect+in+Solaris I go step by step, and didn't achieved edges on object. and also not clear how to make it effect only in Render Element, and any possibility to apply it on whole scene on a lot of objects with different materials and when toon appear only as render element?

Please find correct file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zEz...ew?usp=sharing

[Mikhalenko]

Hello,
I still can't figure out how to receive Toon effect in separate Render element is Solaris, for now it's only appear over all AOVs

[Mikhalenko]

> please find link to HIP

I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do with a bunch of Karma related nodes...

I'm attaching V-Ray setup for toon (Render Settings toon settings are only working as overrides).

hello. do you have any idea how to achieve Vray Toon effect only in separate render element? as it quite crucial