Shading viewport shader tree add layer button v ray materials v ray light mtl parameters.
Vray mat self illumination.
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If in some cases a vray material is necessary use an output map.
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Light color the self illumination color of the material.
Color multiplier multiplier for the light color note that this does not affect the texture map if specified.
Max 2009 vray 1 5 max 8 and max 7 samplescene right here.
Obj id rs getobject select object 8 16 32 true true if not obj id.
Import rhino import scriptcontext import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs def dosomething.
If you just want something to look lit up like a tv screen or an led without actually contributing light or taking up calc time i would use the standard mat with self illumination enabled.
In my example i used a vray blend material with vraymtl base vray light material as coat.
But only because in the 3 00 08 version the self illumination parameter is bugged.
Transparency a texture to use as transparency for the material note that making the material less opaque.
The self illumination render element isolates self illuminated materials including v ray mesh lights objects with the vraylightmtl and any objects with self illumination enabled in their v ray material this render element is useful for brightening or color correcting self illuminated materials in the final composite.
You should be able to create the same effect without the need for a blend mat.
Corona lights vs self illumination part 2.
Applying the uvw map modifier and assigning material slots to objects surfaces.
Correcting the vray mental ray self illumination display in viewport by jamie cardoso the following tutorial assumes that the user has a basic knowledge of 3ds max when applying textures to the self illumination toggle.
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How do i do turn on self illumination in the python script.
Hi terry chappell below seems to change something in v6.
Tutorial vray 3ds max basic self illuminated object.