This page gives some details on the settings available within the Scene Converter tool.

Page Contents

Overview

This tool converts all scene materials and raytraced shadows to versions optimized for V-Ray.

UI Path: ||3ds Max Quad Menu > transform section|| > V-Ray scene converter

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Parameters

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Turn on "trace reflections" when converting Standard materials – When enabled, the trace reflections setting is on for converted Max Standard materials.

Convert mr Sun/Sky to V-Ray Sun/Sky – When enabled, converts Mental Ray Sun and Sky system to a V-Ray Sun and Sky System.

Convert standard cameras to physical cameras – When enabled, converts 3ds Max Target and Free cameras to 3ds Max Physical cameras (or to V-Ray Physical Cameras in 3ds Max versions prior to 2016).

Convert Standard material opacity to V-Ray material refraction – When enabled, converts 3ds Max Standard material opacity settings to refraction settings in a V-Ray Material.

Convert selected nodes only – When enabled, only selected lights, cameras and the materials of selected objects will be converted (with applying the other options above for the selection only). If unchecked, the whole scene is converted.

All suitable nodes in the scene will be converted if the Convert selected nodes only option is disabled.

Conversions

The V-Ray Scene Converter is capable of performing the following conversions:

Materials

	Original	Result	Notes
Standard Materials	Standard	VRayMtl
	Raytrace	VRayMtl
	Architectural	VRayMtl	If there is luminance, wraps the material into a VRayBlendMtl and adds a VRayLightMtl on top of it. If there is translucency, wraps the material into a VRay2SidedMtl.
	Blend	VRayBlendMtl
	Shellac	VRayBlendMtl
	DoubleSided	VRay2SidedMtl
Corona Materials	CoronaMtl	VRayMtl
	CoronaLayeredMtl	VRayBlendMtl
	CoronaLightMtl	VRayLightMtl
	CoronaRaySwitchMtl	VRayOverrideMtl
	CoronaPortalMtl	VRayMtl
	CoronaVolumeMtl	VRayScatterVolume	If there is emission distance, wraps the material into a VRayBlendMtl and adds a VRayLightMtl on top of it.
	CoronaShadowCatcherMtl	VRayMtlWrapper with VRayMtl as the base material

Textures

	Original	Result
Standard Textures	Normal_Bump	VRayNormalMap
Corona Textures	CoronaRaySwitch	VRayColor
	CoronaFrontBack	VRayColor
	CoronaColor	VRayColor
	CoronaMultiMap	VRayMultiSubTex
	CoronaMix	VRayCompTex
	CoronaAo	VRayDirt
	CoronaNormal	VRayNormalMap
	CoronaSky	VRaySky
	CoronaWire	VRayEdgesTex

Scene Nodes

		Original	Result	Notes
Lights	Photometric	Uniform Spherical	VRayLight
		Uniform Diffuse	VRayLight
		Photometric Web	VRayIES
	environmentMap	mr_Physical_Sky	VRaySky
	helpers:DaylightAssemblyHead	mr_Sun	VRaySun
	Shadows	All shadow types (except shadow maps)	VRayShadow
	Corona	CoronaLight	VRayLight
	Corona	CoronaSun	VRaySun
Cameras		Freecamera	VRayPhysicalCamera / Physical	Cameras are converted to Physical cameras with 3ds Max 2016 and later versions, and to VrayPhysicalCamera with earlier 3ds Max versions.
Cameras		Targetcamera	VRayPhysicalCamera / Physical
Proxy		Corona Proxy (CProxy)	VRayProxy