Proxy low poly

[INDUSTRIROMANTIK]

Are there a way to use your own low poly mesh instead of VRays poly reduction when creating a proxy?

[Tobbe]

I think Vlado mentioned this being on the to-do list.

[vlado]

Yep; we have this in 3ds Max, it will appear in Maya as well at some point.

Best regards,
Vlado

[snivlem]

IN the meantime it is possible to do this, just need to reconnect the appropriate nodes and make sure the transforms are correct. It's just not automatic.

[INDUSTRIROMANTIK]

Thanks! We will try to take the reconnect route while we wait for it to appear in maya.

[ultrasonic]

IN the meantime it is possible to do this, just need to reconnect the appropriate nodes and make sure the transforms are correct. It's just not automatic.

can u please describe this a little more specific...sounds like a cool new feature...

cherrio

[snivlem]

It's not a feature per se, just Maya's node based flexibility! Just create the v-ray proxy as you normally would. When finished open the hypergraph and you should be able to reassign the nodes to a new proxy low poly object. Just have to make sure the transforms are correct for your new low poly object (it's probably a good idea to always create proxies at the centre of the world) and just assign the vraymeshmtl shader and it should be okay to render.

Hope this makes sense!