VRay for 3ds Max Manual

VRayEdgesTex

	General
	Parameters
	Notes

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General

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VRayEdgesTex is a very simple texture map that allows you to achieve an effect similar to the wireframe materials is 3ds Max. Since it's a texture, is allows you to create some interesting effects that are not possible with the standard 3ds Max materials. The texture can also be used as a bump map to produce a "round corners" effect for mesh objects.

Parameters

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Color - the color of the edges.

Hidden edges - when checked, this will render all edges of the object. Otherwise, only edges marked as "visible" will be rendered.

Thickness - this determines the thickness of the edge lines:

World units - the thickness is in world (scene) units.

Pixels - this thickness is in pixels. When the texture is used as a bump map, this parameter is ignored; instead, only the World units are considered.

Notes

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• For objects displaced with V-Ray displacement, the VRayEdgesTex map shows the edges of the original faces, not the edges of the resulting sub-triangles:
  
• VRayEdgesTex will not work well when used as a bump map on displaced objects;
   
• VRayEdgesTex cannot simulate outlines on the objects; you can use VRayToon to add outlines.
   
• When used as a bump map in glossy materials with Blinn or Ward BRDF, VRayEdgesTex may lead to dark edges; to avoid this, use the Phong BRDF instead.