Once you have the basic material up click the little box next to the diffuse colour and a slightly amended list will come up, select VrayEdgesTex from this new list. The standard vray material defaults to 50% grey in the colour slot, if you want the base colour to be different then you can change it if you want. Rename the material to something like 'clay wire-frame'Īnd click the standard slot to change the material and select VRayMtl from the list. To do this we use a material with VrayEdgesTex in the diffuse slot of a standard vray material with all other settings as standard.įor the all the newbies here press (M) to get the Material Editor up and select an empty slot. The above pictures are of a clay render, this is generaly used to show a wireframe of a model or scene, to render this we make a material that draws line along all the polygon edges. Just incase you don’t know how to do a normal clay rendering I will go through that first and then go through the slight changes you have to make to render a transparent wire-frame. After a bit of fiddling about and a few renders it turns out to be very simple and obvious, so without delay here is how you do it. So I went back to Studio Max and set about working it out. I have rendered a normal clay wire-frame before but not a transparent one as above, so I did a quick search on Google and could not find any reference for doing this using vray in 3D Studio Max which surprised me. Want to master Microsoft Excel and take your work-from-home job prospects to the next level? Jump-start your career with our Premium A-to-Z Microsoft Excel Training Bundle from the new Gadget Hacks Shop and get lifetime access to more than 40 hours of Basic to Advanced instruction on functions, formula, tools, and more.Recently I was looking for a way to render a transparent wire-frame. Switch from wireframe to solid view in 3ds MaxĬlick through to watch this video on

There is no sound, so you'll need to watch the pop-up directions. Make sure to hit 'play tutorial' in the top left corner of the video to start the video. Wireframe view provides faster rendering time, while solid view gives you a more polished look of what your work will look like when rendered.

In this 3ds Max video tutorial you will learn how to switch from wireframe to solid (shaded)view.

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