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iray 3: iray in standalone mental ray

How to export mi file from 3dsmax.

1. Assign mental ray renderer as Production renderer

First open the Render Set Up dialog. Figure export_mi_1 show that opening
the rollout of assign renderer and then choosing the mental ray
renderer as Production renderer.

Figure export_mi_1


2. Export a mi file from 3dmax.

Choose Render Set Up --- Processing Tab.
First you need to choose a filename as in Figure export_mi_2. Without a file name, the checkbox of 'Export on Render' is disabled. This was difficult for me. I wanted to export a file, but Export on Render is disabled. I wish I could choose the Export on Render and then see a warning message, ''an export file name is not specified.''

Next, push the Render button, then a mi file is exported.

Figure export_mi_2


This is also difficult for me.

When you 'export' a file, push the 'render' button.

I wish it was like

  When you 'export' a file, push the 'export' button.

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This blog is about mental ray, a rendering software. What is mental ray? Mental ray is a rendering software produced by a German company (a subsidiary company of NVidia. (2009)) mental images, GmbH . Several DCC (Digital Contents Creation) software, e.g., Maya, 3dsMax, Softimage XSI, employ mental ray as one of a renderer. Mental ray is also used in some CAD software, like Solidworks. The famous usage is special effect of some movies, such as StarWars, Matrix II/III, recently one is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. http://www.mentalimages.com/products/mental-ray.html http://www.mentalimages.com/gallery/motion-pictures.html The main sales point of mental ray is a lot of features and you can do a lot of things. But on the other hand, we can do everything means sometimes we can do nothing. It is complex and thus difficult. Especially the customization ability of shaders is flexible, but it is a bit hard for me. However, usually it is suffice to use the provided shaders. One of my Ital