topic Re: 3DSMax 2020 - Material converter in 3ds Max Forum

3DSMax 2020 - Material converter

darawork — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:23:39 GMT

Hi,

This is a question for anyone running the latest version;

Does the In-Built Material Converter have more presets now?

Regards,

Re: 3DSMax 2020 - Material converter

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 17:33:21 GMT

Nope, but our fellow forum member and genius Arnold/OSL/Rendering guru @madsd had written some conversation scripts as well as a tutorial how write your own.

You will have to search the board or ask him.

Re: 3DSMax 2020 - Material converter

darawork — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 18:32:37 GMT

Great. Thanks for the info. It's good to hear that. This really opens up the interoperability between programs and pipeline workflows. It's been a pet hate of mine for years now that we all have to resort to scouring scriptspot for such a core function.

Re: 3DSMax 2020 - Material converter

madsd — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 19:17:46 GMT

Hi,

You can try get this package going.
https://www.masd.dk/arnoldconverter/

I have a good stack of updates coming up soon to expand the possibilities, primarily I focus on converting legacy maps to OSL, for example the Vray and Corona Color maps has been rewritten as a new osl map called MDColor.osl.

It auto installs in max when you install package and can be found in the MDShaders category and the scene converter will also give an option to convert to this map.

So this is an ongoing experience that keeps expanding, so if you got some issues, let me know and we take a look at it.