ClearCoat in vrayMtl and as a separate AOV for NEXT CUDA rendering

[jonathandigigiant]

Hey Guys,
using NEXT / CUDA / Maya

Looking to see if there are plans to / possible to include a clearcoat color and weight to the vrayMtl and then have that ouptut be written into a clearCoat render element, separate from specular and reflection. I think it would be totally fine to combine the clearCoat specular and the clearcoat reflections into a single Render Element. The key here is that it is supported in CUDA rendering in NEXT, as we cannot use MaterialSelect render elements in CUDA mode.

Is this possible? / Is there a workaround for not being able to do material selects in CUDA mode?

Thanks

J

[hermit.crab]

Thanks for the suggestion. Currently, there is a plan to support MaterialSelectRE in CUDA engine, which would solve the issue. Our developers are informed about it and the request is on their to-do lists. Additionally, I will increase its priority.

[jonathandigigiant]

Thank you very much! This has been a very urgent need for us as we are taking full advantage of the speed provided by CUDA. Eagerly looking forward to seeing the update!

Best,

J

[vlado]

Separate from the Material Select render element, we do plan to add a coat layer to VRayMtl as well, along with an associated render element.

Best regards,
Vlado