Problem
Whenever multiple curves are in a V-ray renderable curves set and the visibilities of them are keyed (either on transforms, parent transforms or the shapes) they are not considered correctly per curve. When more than half of the curves are visible ALL will be rendered and when less than half are visible NONE of the curves will be rendered. See attached curves scene. On frame 2 there are three visible curves and they render fine, on frame 1 there's only one visible curve (the rest are keyed to have their visibility off) and when rendering this frame NO curves will be present in the render.
It seems that the visibilities are combined to an average that sets the visibility of the renderable curve set, whereas it would make more sense to keep the renderable curves result visible but ignore the hidden curves.
To reproduce
1. Make three curves.
2. Put them in a renderable curve set.
3. Key the visibility to off for two of the curves.
4. Render.
5. Problem: All curves will be hidden in the render.
Version:
Whenever multiple curves are in a V-ray renderable curves set and the visibilities of them are keyed (either on transforms, parent transforms or the shapes) they are not considered correctly per curve. When more than half of the curves are visible ALL will be rendered and when less than half are visible NONE of the curves will be rendered. See attached curves scene. On frame 2 there are three visible curves and they render fine, on frame 1 there's only one visible curve (the rest are keyed to have their visibility off) and when rendering this frame NO curves will be present in the render.
It seems that the visibilities are combined to an average that sets the visibility of the renderable curve set, whereas it would make more sense to keep the renderable curves result visible but ignore the hidden curves.
To reproduce
1. Make three curves.
2. Put them in a renderable curve set.
3. Key the visibility to off for two of the curves.
4. Render.
5. Problem: All curves will be hidden in the render.
Version:
Code:
V-Ray for Maya version 3.40.06 from Nov 3 2016, 17:54:09 V-Ray core version is 3.25.01
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