topic Re: Missing Arnold aistandard help! in Maya Shading, Lighting and Rendering Forum

Missing Arnold aistandard help!

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 13:12:45 GMT

i have recently noticed that my aistandard shader is missing, all the other shaders for arnold are there, and i used the aistandard a day or two ago but now its no where to be found, anyone any ideas? using maya 2017

Re: Missing Arnold aistandard help!

faline.custodio.da.silva — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 19:51:03 GMT

@Anonymous

Down and install the latest version of Arnold for Maya.

Arnold Download

If that doesn't work then reset your Maya prefs.

Reset Maya to Default

Let me know if that works for you.

Re: Missing Arnold aistandard help!

dimensiondynamics — Fri, 26 May 2017 20:58:21 GMT

I'm having the same problem and reinstalling Arnold and resetting the prefs have not helped.

Re: Missing Arnold aistandard help!

Stephen.Blair — Fri, 26 May 2017 21:54:50 GMT

As of MtoA 2.0, aiStandard is deprecated, and you won't see it in the user interface.

Use standard surface instead.

See the FAQ: https://support.solidangle.com/x/XQtkAg

Re: Missing Arnold aistandard help!

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 12:47:29 GMT

i am also havi the same issue i but Standard Surface dosent have refraction

Re: Missing Arnold aistandard help!

mspeer — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 13:33:47 GMT

Hi!

Please read the online user guide for changes, new feature or any other type of information.

You should see new "Transmission".

Re: Missing Arnold aistandard help!

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 09:02:31 GMT

I have installed latest version of arnold and reset pref but aistandard still missiong.

Re: Missing Arnold aistandard help!

Stephen.Blair — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 11:20:20 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

I have installed latest version of arnold and reset pref but aistandard still missiong.

As stated above:

As of MtoA 2.0, aiStandard is deprecated, and you won't see it in the user interface.

Use standard surface instead.

See the FAQ: https://support.solidangle.com/x/XQtkAg

Re: Missing Arnold aistandard help!

Anonymous — Mon, 21 May 2018 11:58:41 GMT

Hey Stephen,

while it is true that it's deprecated, the aiStandardSurface doesn't provide a refraction tab. As someone who's working with the Arnold shader for the first time now, do you have an idea what to use instead?
I wasn't able to find any more relevant post in the forum.

All the best,
Bastian

EDIT: Solved. I overlooked the other reply with the hint towards the transmission tab. Sorry!

Re: Missing Arnold aistandard help!

moiamy — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 10:13:05 GMT

I am still trying to figure how refraction works with aiStandardSurface

Re: Missing Arnold aistandard help!

DG8393i — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:59:47 GMT

Go to

Windows > Settings/Preferences > Plug-in Manager

Click Load & Auto Load for these options
mtoa.ll
Substance.mll

substancelink.mll
substancemaya.mll
substanceworkflow.py

Now close

when you right click and Assign New Material to your asset you will find the Arnold options
Apply aiStandardSurface

Base Window in outliner:

colour - apply base material

Specular Window in outliner:

Metallness - apply metallic map
roughness - apply roughness map

Geomtry Window in Outliner:
Use As: Change to Tangent Space Normals

Go to the file option - Normal map

height map needs to be done with nodes, good luck! 🙂

Re: Missing Arnold aistandard help!

gaboreturi — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:30:15 GMT

It's 2023 and still not solved? Maya seems to be falling apart

Re: Missing Arnold aistandard help!

lucille_raynal — Sun, 07 May 2023 17:27:47 GMT

Thank youu !!