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Pre Maya 2008, youvneeded to go to the install location of Maya to install custom shaders.
Example : C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya8.5\mentalray
Then you needed to modify the maya.rayrc and add both the lib and include files.
Post Maya 2008, there is a much easier way, Go to
Window > Rendering Editors > mental ray > Shader Manager
Hit he Browse button and locate the custom Shader .dll file (windows) or .so file (MAC)
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Hey,
Would really love some help here: this looks fairly simple for Maya 8.5 + users-but what do I have to do to get mia materials in mental ray for Maya 7??---do i need to upgrade?...or can I do something similar to the instructions posted here?
Many many thanks,
:-)
HB
Posted by: HB | 29/01/2010 at 12:27 PM
hi there, i have a situation, all the shaders ive downloaded dont come with .dll files, what can I do?
Posted by: Manny | 12/02/2010 at 11:27 PM
My 2011 Maya student version doesn't have Mental Ray. Where can I find it and download? Thank you!
Ivan
Ivan@shindigevents.com
Posted by: Ivan | 19/01/2011 at 09:42 PM
Ivan, have you loaded the 'mental ray for Maya' plugin ?
Owen
Posted by: owen | 20/01/2011 at 10:59 AM