Help me out with using vismat file

[V_Drift]

Hello,,, experts..

Ok...what I have as a problem is simple.
How can I use all these vismat files right?

What I did was like this..

1. download vismat collection. (to my desktop)

2. in sketchup, open vray material editor

3. in scene materials list, I right click and do load material.

4. for example, I select Marble -> Granite_Sunsetbeige_Dark.vismat

5. now its added on the materials list.

6. click preview....you only see black ball with rough surface... ( I think its bump map)

7. if you see on the right side of material editor, you have whole info.
Reflecion : BRDFReflection shows one blue rectangle with "M"
Diffuse : no blue rectangle (only 0.7 on color, 1.0 on transparancy)

Maps : see blue rectangle with "M" in Bump (has 0.7)



Now...I believe I have to insert 'Granite - Sunsetbeigh Dark.jpg' to somewhere.
and I know it should be in Diffuse.

If I click rectangle icon "m"in diffuse tab, I see texture editor...with bunch of lists..


should I select Texbitmap ? and put image there?


I just want to learn vray but hard to find any step by step guide....

As first step..I'd like to know how to use vismat as material...

so...

Help me out please......Thank you so much!

[sanny81]

Re: Help me out with using vismat file

hi,
if you download a vismat file you have to put the extractet files somewhere u store all your vismats.
If someone who builds this vismat have used any textures like jpg or png files, just store them at a lokation. Like a textures folder on your harddisk.
(you find them in the Extractionfolder mostly)
You have to set the pathes in your Vraymaterialeditor evrytime you use a new downloaded Vismat. Because the guy who made this vismat have his own pathes set in the Vray materialeditor. And they are not the same as your PC. I hope you understand what i try to displain you.

Best regardes
sanny

[Azmizain]

Re: Help me out with using vismat file

I Think This problems was fixed in VRay 1.48.96

[dkendig]

Re: Help me out with using vismat file

AZMIZAIN - you are correct, this is something we recently fixed in our latest beta. We hope to have a version to release to the public soon. There are some more bugs we need to work out though. DR is still broken and there's an issue with our license wizard as well. Hopefully the next build will have those issues resolved too.

[V_Drift]

Re: Help me out with using vismat file

Sanny,, is that mean I have to re adjust everything thats been re mapped?

for example, Lets say I have wood material vismat... and there is a bump map file but not applied.

I have to add bump map by my self...but what about the amount or size of bump? I have to adjust those to match wood image isn't it?

[sanny81]

Re: Help me out with using vismat file

Yes - actually i am useing VfR and i have just to repath the Maps at the "small m Buttons"
I dont have to rescale or set the scale at the Materialeditor. This amounts are still set right.