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why dont you try remoddeling the components just like in the image you are wanting to recreate? Its like 2 cylinders and a torus. Ive seen this thread like 3 different times. Read the tutorial on caustics and goto www.vray.info
Your starting to give the impression that your just lazy and aren’t interested in really learning anything on your own.
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You really ought to learn how to make a torus and cylinders before you even think about caustics and GI…
RErender:
Excellent point
Druid, try just adding a smooth modifier and ticking the autosmooth tickbox
ive never understood the growing trend in people who are new to 3dsmax who think that an advanced rendering package will make their models look better. learning a new rendering package should be one of your last steps in learning 3d.