Round Edges feature

[VISUALMAN_TOKYO]

I would like to render the round edges between two materials (intersecting objects), in a similar fashion as mia_roundcorners does (Allow different materials option), but it seems the attribute does not have such option. Is there any other way to achieve that effect in render time?

[super gnu]

from what i have read in other posts, there is only one real way to do this, and it is patented. thats why you cant see the option in vray.

[snivlem]

from what i have read in other posts, there is only one real way to do this, and it is patented. thats why you cant see the option in vray.

I read that as well, a mental ray thing but then again Corona seems to do this.

[VISUALMAN_TOKYO]

Thanks, I understand! I figured out a way of doing a similar effect (although is a bit different result) by using vraydirt to create an edge mask between two objects and using it as bump map. Is not the perfect solution but it gives the desired look in my case (I need to create a tiny edge between two geometries). But would be great to have round edges to do that, maybe it can be made in a "non-patented" way?

[vlado]

but then again Corona seems to do this.

The Corona implementation has issues though.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Bruce Hart]

I thought I heard or read somewhere that Chaos has licensed the round corners shader from Nvidia. No?

[vlado]

I thought I heard or read somewhere that Chaos has licensed the round corners shader from Nvidia. No?

That is correct, we did - so this particular feature is coming.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Bruce Hart]

Awesome!

[super gnu]

well i didnt know that.. excellent news!

[VISUALMAN_TOKYO]

Nice thanks!

[snivlem]

That is correct, we did - so this particular feature is coming.

Best regards,
Vlado

Cool! THanks Vlado.

[JD3D_CGI]

I see round corners is in Maya - any idea when that is goign to come to 3ds max?