How do you convert a Cosmos model into an editable mesh?

[hermit.crab]

Ones is when the mesh is restored the materials are missing. How do I restore/transfer the materials over as well?

There should be a .vrmat file in the Cosmos .vrmesh folder, which holds all the shaders.

The other question is when i try to select the faces by going in to Faces mode of the restored mesh, I'm still only able to select a bounding box. Is there another step to get to the actual faces?

Works fine on my end without any additional steps. I just went from Object mode to Faces mode.

[sean_brown]

1. Create>V-Ray>Import V-Ray Proxy
2. Select the Cosmos asset .vrmesh (You can check the location in the Cosmos browser Settings)
3. Untick "Use the new VRayProxy node"
4. Select the VRayProxy, under VRayMesh>Restore the mesh>Create a mesh from this proxy

Hi Hermit.crab, thank you very much for these steps. I do have 2 questions. Ones is when the mesh is restored the materials are missing. How do I restore/transfer the materials over as well? The other question is when i try to select the faces by going in to Faces mode of the restored mesh, I'm still only able to select a bounding box. Is there another step to get to the actual faces?

[seandunderdale]

This is super useful, cheers!

[hermit.crab]

1. Create>V-Ray>Import V-Ray Proxy
2. Select the Cosmos asset .vrmesh (You can check the location in the Cosmos browser Settings)
3. Untick "Use the new VRayProxy node"
4. Select the VRayProxy, under VRayMesh>Restore the mesh>Create a mesh from this proxy

[sean_brown]

Import the .vrmesh in the old V-Ray proxy and extract the mesh.

Hi Hermit Crab, can you please explain how to do this? What do you mean by “in the old vray proxy” ? I’m using the latest vray and importing a car model. And how exactly do you “extract the mesh”? What are the steps if you can list them. I’ve been googling and also asking but everything leads to a dead end so steps would be very helpful as I have never done such a thing before. Thank you.

[hermit.crab]

Import the .vrmesh in the old V-Ray proxy and extract the mesh.

[stezza]

The old version of proxy in Maya used to have the function to create mesh from proxy but think that has gone.

[sean_brown]

Hi. I posted this in the Cosmos forum but only got answers regard 3dsMax so Im hoping a Maya user here would know. If so, can someone lay out the steps to convert a Cosmos model into an editable mesh? Thanks so much.