Mesh light select

V-Ray V-Ray for 3ds Max Issues
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Not always but certainly more often than not. When I create a mesh light and then select pick mesh, after clicking my object it creates the light but it moves it to a random point in space. It doesn’t maintain the original objects position. Some times it does, some times it depends on whether I have selected “replace mesh with light”.

Has any one experienced this issue?

2

I had this before. Try to reset transformations and put a reset xform on that piece of geometry you try to create your light from. Worked for me back then.

Regards

Oliver

3

I always thought it was in relation to the pivot of the object vs. it’s current location.

4

I will try reset xform and see if it works. Thanks for the help.

5

Hmm reset Xform was grayed out suggesting that it doesn’t need it but still it places the light incorrectly. Even if I put in the XYZ absolute coordinates from before it was made into a mesh lights it is still in the wrong location.

6

It seems because the object was part of a group it causes it to move. If ungrouped the mesh light replaces the object without moving.

7

Thanks for the pointer; will try to fix this.

Best regards,
Vlado

8

Thanks, I just tested on a new simple scene and the same thing happened.