V-Ray for form•Z Beta now available!

[Tech 894]

We are excited to announce that the V-Ray for formZ plugin is available for public beta testing.

Sign up here: http://www.formz.com/home/vrayLanding.html

[ZTEK 32]

Great and my congratulations!!!

 

Very important to formZ and its community.

 

Marcelo

[AC1000 142]

Great! I just started to play with beta. It is just amazing!

 

Which email address should I send the bug reports to?

[palarsen 72]

Downloaded, installed, licensed. Not showing up in form•Z 8.6

Not visible in the Extension manager even after checkin paths

Anybody?

 

[Jaakko 87]

I had a same problem. Downloaded the latest 8.6 build 9981, that solved the problem for me.    (http://www.formz.com/products/formz/update/formz_work_in_progress.html)

Actually my screen shows build 9983???

 

 

Hope this helps.

[AC1000 142]

I had also problems until downloaded the fresh build.

 

Now I am wondering if there is option to import Vray scenes (from Sketchup). That would solve all file conversion problems. 

[Jaakko 87]

Where I can find the best tutorials for V-Ray?

[Shibui Design 57]

Wow, thanks for the update and public beta!

 

While attempting to load pre-built vrmat files from the folder "V-Ray for formZ Beta" within the Plugins folder, the file system allows the selection of a material however the "open" button does not responding, making it impossible to load a pre-built material. Is this a known issue?

[Shibui Design 57]

Opps- here's this critical info. Using MacOS Sierra 10.12.6

[Smarttec 35]

I had also problems until downloaded the fresh build.

 

Now I am wondering if there is option to import Vray scenes (from Sketchup). That would solve all file conversion problems. 

No unfortunately isn't a way to import Vray scenes from other Vray scenes created in other modellers like Maya and 3D Max can - you can export them from formZ and I believe Maya and 3D Max Vray can import the Vray scene you create in formZ.

I would love to see formZ have that flexibility.

[Tech 894]

The ability to import scenes is coming. We are waiting on a new version of the SDK from Chaos to support this.

[Des 345]

Is it inadvisable to install this along with say... Maxwell?

I mean on the same FormZ V8.6 copy on the same machine?

 

I want to try out Vray but I'm still working on Maxwell dependent jobs at the moment.

 

Thanks,

 

Des

Edited November 1, 2017 by Des

[Jaakko 87]

After few hours testing I think V-Ray feels promising.   Good work Chaos and ADS.

 

[Shibui Design 57]

@Smarttec and Tech,

 

My post above is misunderstood.

 

I'm not looking to import scenes. There's something wrong with the file system when trying to import vrmats (Vray includes a materials library in the form of .vrmat file.) It is not possible to import because once the file is selected, the open button does not work.

[Justin Montoya 294]

Shibui Design,

 

Loading .vrmat material files is working fine for me here on both Mac and W10.  I'm not sure why you are having trouble, but as always, try a system reboot and see if that helps.  If still not, I would make sure you have the latest WIP build 9983 - http://www.formz.com/products/formz/update/formz_work_in_progress.html and after installing that, try reinstalling the Vray for Formz plugin.

Edited November 1, 2017 by Justin Montoya

[Jaakko 87]

Is there an email address for v-ray related bug reports etc.?

[AC1000 142]

Is there an email address for v-ray related bug reports etc.?

 

We also need tutorials and manual.

 

I can't create proxy objects in Form Z. It doesn't create any file. In Sketchup you must group objects before exporting vray proxies. But that is not the case in Form Z or is it?

 

Now I don't know if I am doing something wrong or wrestling with a bug. 

 

But again, Great work AutoDesSys and Chaos Group!

[Tech 894]

The create proxy tool requires a click in the window to define the origin. Then it will ask for the name and location for the vrmesh file to be saved. We observed that the prompts are not functioning for this tool. Also the icon should stay selected to indicate it is the active tool. We will get this fixed, but the tool does work even without these (you just need to click to define the origin)

 

Please send any emails to vray@formz.com

 

[Tech 894]

We posted new builds of V-Ray for formZ and formZ 8.6 WIP this morning (11-06-17). All beta testers should receive and email with the details (or you can use the links from the previous email to install the latest version)

[Smarttec 35]

Where I can find the best tutorials for V-Ray?

[Flosimo 3]

Sorry guys for this potentialy stupid question, but where can i download the vray for formz plugin? i downloaded and installed the latest formz build 9985 and the vray licence software, but there is no vray available in formz... can someone help? 

[AC1000 142]

Vray is fantastic! You can have decent material even with moderate MBP. And it is fast.

 

If I am not mistaken, there is at least three valid material format for Vray: vrmat, vismat and mat. Mat is obviously Autodesk Max material and can't be used in FormZ without conversion. But you can open vismat file in Edit dialog window. So is there issues that I should know when using vismat. Is mat->vrmat material converter coming for OSX?

[Smarttec 35]

Sorry guys for this potentialy stupid question, but where can i download the vray for formz plugin? i downloaded and installed the latest formz build 9985 and the vray licence software, but there is no vray available in formz... can someone help? 

You have to register to be a beta tester - before the actual release.

http://www.formz.com/home/vrayLanding.html

[Justin Montoya 294]

Vray is fantastic! You can have decent material even with moderate MBP. And it is fast.

 

If I am not mistaken, there is at least three valid material format for Vray: vrmat, vismat and mat. Mat is obviously Autodesk Max material and can't be used in FormZ without conversion. But you can open vismat file in Edit dialog window. So is there issues that I should know when using vismat. Is mat->vrmat material converter coming for OSX?

 

Glad you are liking Vray!

 

Forget what you know historically about Vray.  There was a lot of old 3DSMAX proprietary stuff that is not going to be used moving forward.  As I understand it, VRMAT is the only format you need to use from here on out.  That means old materials made in 3DSMAX in the VISMAT, and MAT formats are considered obsolete and will not be supported.

[Smarttec 35]

Vray is fantastic! You can have decent material even with moderate MBP. And it is fast.

 

If I am not mistaken, there is at least three valid material format for Vray: vrmat, vismat and mat. Mat is obviously Autodesk Max material and can't be used in FormZ without conversion. But you can open vismat file in Edit dialog window. So is there issues that I should know when using vismat. Is mat->vrmat material converter coming for OSX?

Yes and even one more Vray supports the Material Definition Language (MDL) from nVidia iRay which is the new kid on the block and a huge....! capability. There are thousands of materials available there.

I believe that Vray for formZ will import these as well.