The VRmat node material is useful for working across multiple platforms; the VRmat loads a V-Ray shader from a file (.vrmat,.vismat, .vrscene, .mtlx) and makes the materials in these files available for use in the scene. These files can be exported from Maya or 3ds Max and used on any platform.
To share materials cross-platform, an existing V-Ray material is converted through theVRMat Converter, the output of which can then be read into a scene using the VRmat node in the material editor or the node editor of the destination platform. This allows you to use a material originally created in 3ds Max or Maya in a Cinema 4D scene.
Note: If you load a shader from a .vrscenefile, you can only use it directly; you cannot edit it.
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If you want to edit the scale of the VRmat's UVs, you can do so using the VRayObjectProperties tag, which adds additional UV scaling. See the VRayObjectProperties page for more information.
If you wish to disable the material preview or adjust its quality to save processing power, you can do so from the Material Node.
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Material Id Enabled– Enables the use of Material ID.
Round Edges Enabled– Enables the Round Edges effect, which uses bump mapping to smooth out the edges of the geometry during render time.
Radius– Specify a radius (in world units) for the Round Edges effect. Since the actual geometry is not being changed and only the normals of the faces are affected, large values may produce undesirable effects.
Consider Same Object Only– When enabled, the rounded corners are produced only along edges that belong to the object, which has the attribute applied. When disabled, rounded corners are also produced along edges formed when the object with the attribute intersects other objects in the scene.
Corners– Choose which edges are considered in the calculation. Possible options are:
Convex and Concave– Considers all edges. Convex Only– Only applies Round Edges effect to edges with convex angles. Concave Only– Only applies Round Edges effect to edges with concave angles.
