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mental ray Material 1385
supported by 3ds Max might appear as blanks in
the wiring menu.
menta l r a y M at er ia l
Material Editor > Type button > Material/Map Browser
>mentalray
Note: The mental ray material does not appear in
the Browser unless you have enabled the mental ray
extensions by using the mental ray Preferences panel. In
addition, you can’t assign shaders to the o ptions in this
rollout unless the mental ray renderer is the currently
active renderer.
The mental ray material lets you create a material
exclusively for use by the
mental ray renderer
(page 3–77)
. A mental ray material consists, at the
top level, of from one to 10 kinds of shaders, or
shading components.
Impor tant: You must assign a shader to the material’s
Surface component. Otherwise, the mental ray material
will not be visible when you render.
Inter face
Theinterfacetothementalraymaterialconsists
of two rollouts:
•
Material Shaders Rollout (mental ray Material)
(page 2–1385)
• Advanced Shaders Rollout (mental ray
Material) (page 2–1388)
Ma ter ia l Sh ader s R ollou t (ment al
ray Material)
Material Editor > Type button > Material/Map Browser >
mental ray > Material Shaders rollout
Note: The mental ray material does not appear in
the Browser unless you have enabled the mental ray
extensions by using the mental ray Preferences panel. In
addition, you can’t assign shaders to the options in this
rollout unless the m ental ray renderer is the currently
active renderer.
The mental ray material lets you create a material
exclusively for use by the
mental ray renderer ( page
3–77)
.TheMaterialShadersrolloutprovides
controls for the main kinds of component shaders
you are likely to assign.
Impor tant: You must assign a shader to the material’s
Surface component. Otherwise, the mental ray material
will not be visible when you render.
See also
Advanced Shaders Rollout (mental ray Material)
(page 2–1388)
Interfa ce
Each shader com ponent has a toggle at the left of
itsname.Whenthetoggleison,theshaderisused