Translucent Marble

[jtanadi]

hey all,
can someone teach me how to make translucent marble in vray for rhino? i've been trying for a while, but still unsuccessful.

thanks!
JT

[Gijs]

Re: Translucent Marble

could it be that your material has a bump map? I just reported a bug that prevents translucency from rendering when a bump map is active. btw: the translucent materials in the Vray Express materials should give you a good starting point.

[jtanadi]

Re: Translucent Marble

no, my material has no bump map.
what i'm having trouble with is keeping the material somewhat reflective and yet translucent...

[Gijs]

Re: Translucent Marble

Then I think those express materials are worth looking into.

[diegojimenez90]

Re: Translucent Marble

Somtimes what slips out of the mind is unckecking the double sided option. Another thing to tweak are the cutoff and scatter values.....I use both beneath 1, but not really sure what the diff is.... Ive tried values form 0.2 to 0.8 and all tend to work the same. Now the transparency in the difuse layer is also important for this is what lets the light through.

Just as Gijs said, check the translucent Vray Express Mats and you should get a nice guideline