Sharing mental ray materials

[AJLynn]

What with so many people here learning mental ray, I thought it would be good to share some resources.

 

To get things started, here are the floor tiles I'm using in the lobby of a building we're designing, using only procedurals. They're meant to be mapped so they come out as 12" square tiles. I didn't end up using any AO, but that would be an option depending on the lighting.

[vizwhiz]

Andrew

 

This is great

 

are There any benchmark scenes for max9 mr 3.5 To play around with?

i found a japanese Tutorial at Treddi.com for MR but it is maya specific

 

just wondering if we could do somekind of unchallenge or just render

The same image and compare A&D mtls and lighting/FG & AO Techniques

 

i just upgraded To max9 from viz(since 3) so i have everything To learn

 

about mental ray

 

from what i am reading max9 mr 3.5 is substantially improved (different)

from The previous releases

 

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i keep bugging Jeff Patton for his (upcoming) mr DVD,

i am still impatiently still waiting, holding my breath on That

 

Thanks for The materials mat.file

 

mental randy

[AJLynn]

I saw a thread on test scenes on another forum a while back, but not architecture specific. I'll have another look around, but if you have anything in mind...

[vizwhiz]

AJ

 

here is one link To Treddi.com but maya mr i Think

 

http://www.treddi.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=8436

 

look here for The max/3ds scene download

 

1.1 Light choosing and positioning

First of all you have to download the tutorial scene. It’s available in these formats:

.obj

.mb

.3ds

 

The direct link is:

 

http://www.treddi.com/upload/tutorial/dagon_mentalray/tut_jap_3ds.zip

 

but This is pre-max9 pre-mental ray 3.5, however

i guess everything all scenes are pre-max9 mr 3.5

 

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maybe we can just start something To work with

i have been working over The max9 Interior Tutorial

 

which i dont Think is To scale either That or it is in metric

any Imperial unit scenes would be really great To work on

 

just an Idea

 

Thanks

 

randy