Hi Michael ...
I just ran into a difficulty I had not experienced previously. I was assigning render materials 'on the fly'
1. I use Octane for Rhino as my rendering software ... so, drawings/models created in MoI have to be opened in Rhino in order to render them. I have a newly made materials template that holds all the materials I usually use.
2. These can be thoroughly edited in Octane for Rhino. But if I open this template in MoI, create a model using my typical styles, and then open this file in Rhino then all the editing capabilities have been lost in translation. (not all, but the materials are now 'basic' and almost all the subtle editing capabilities are gone).
3. On the the other hand, if I open my template file in Rhino and then 'import' MoI objects it doesn't mess with my established materials and I can assign them to MoI objects with no problem.
So, there is a work around but if there were a way to keep the materials assigned in the template, do the model in MoI and then just open the file in Rhino for the rendering process it would be good. I suppose it could be a lot of work to preserve those materials through MoI but if it is easy it would help me considerably.
and a belated Happy New Year!
cheers,
eric
|