Andrew West Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Every once in a while I get a request to build something that leaves me a little stumped. I need to build this hairy light and I could use some advice. See attached image. I can build a simple white triangular extrusion and do a volume scatter into a sphere but it leaves me with an enormous amount of geometry (and there are 4 of these). This is for an interior scene that will be quite large and complicated when finished so I need to try to keep this small. Any ideas ? BTW volume scatter is a wonderful but highly quirky tool. Lots of unexpected results. It should also be noted that I will be using Maxwell for the final render. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etroxel Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Use Maxwell's Grass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etroxel Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Here's a quick trial. The outer sphere is 100% transparent and the host of the grass blades. The interior sphere has an emitter material applied. Fun project! grass_sphere.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew West Posted April 28, 2017 Author Share Posted April 28, 2017 Thanks Evan. That rendered a lot faster than my volume distribution. What is frustrating is that when I copy your "grass" sphere from your model into mine the grass settings in Maxwell Object Modifier do not copy. Just the transparent sphere. I have had this problem with lots of Maxwell materials in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pylon Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Hi Evan, Andrew, In the Maxwell 4 for formZ plugin, applied Maxwell Object Modifiers (such as Grass) will be preserved when objects are pasted between projects. In Maxwell 3 for formZ plugin, you can save the grass definition from one file, then import it into another using the Grass preset save/load feature. (Of course, this also works in the Maxwell 4 for formZ plugin.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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