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Tips&TricksSoftware:MayaLevel:IntermediateDate:18thFeb2013

Maya:RenderingWireData
InaworkflowofAliastoMaya,weneedtoexportdatafromAlias,whichismoreoftenthannotwire data.

ThegoodpartaboutwiredataisthatitisNURBSsurfaceinsideMaya,whichintrunmakesoneofthe bestsurfacescomparedtononNURBS HoweveroncloserlookweseethattherenderdoesnotseemtobegoodevenifrenderedasMaya Softwarerender. Incloseuptheissueismoreeasilyseen

Itisimportanttounderstandthereasonforthesame...TherenderisconvertingtheNURBSdatato polygons/triangleinorderforittorender.Thegoodpartisthatwecanseethisrendertessellation.

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Tips&TricksSoftware:MayaLevel:IntermediateDate:18thFeb2013

MarkedinredistheoptiontoswitchonthedisplayoftherenderTessellation...thisishowthe rendererisviewingthesurfacetorender...ifthissurfaceisnotuptothequalityexpected,onecan enabletheAdvancedTessellation,(circledinBlue)andmodifythesame. AllthisisintheMayaSoftwarerender. MoreoftenweusetheMentalRayRender

MentalRayrender Mayarender

WhiletheMentalRayRenderisrelativelybetterthattheMayaRender,therearestillafairbitofissues. Aslongasthepatchesarenottoobig,theissuesarebarelynoticeable

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Tips&TricksSoftware:MayaLevel:IntermediateDate:18thFeb2013

However,biggerpatchesonecaneasilyseetheissue.Surfacesbuiltfrom7degreecurvesseemtobe affectedthemost oneofthewaystoresolvethisistosplitthesurface(detachsurface),

alternativelyonecanrebuildthesurface,bychangingthecurveDegreeorincreasingtheNo.ofspans

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Tips&TricksSoftware:MayaLevel:IntermediateDate:18thFeb2013 Forthisonehastoworkonindividualsurfaces,whichmaygetcumbersomethattooonlytogetthe rightlook Asimpleoneclicksolutionmayworkformostofthescenarios...ApproximationEditor. Selectallthesurfaces

IntheNURBSTesselation,SurfaceclickonCreate.thiswillcreateaMentalRaySurface Approximation.ThiscanbetheneditedintheAttributeEditor.

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Tips&TricksSoftware:MayaLevel:IntermediateDate:18thFeb2013

InthiscasetheU&VSubdivisionswerechangedfrom2to4.Andrendered. Pleasenotetherearedifferenttypeofapproximations

Thewholeideaisnottoedit/changetheoriginalshapebyremodellingorrebuildingsurface,butby improving,thewaytherendererisviewingthedata.
Digitally signed by Prem Moraes DN: cn=Prem Moraes, o=Autodesk, ou=M&E, email=prem.moraes@autodesk.c om, c=IN Date: 2013.02.18 16:31:26 +05'30'

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