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Here is a short script I have written in order to Relink quickly Phoenix Simulator Cache paths and Volume grids. Otherwise you need to select each one and relink them manually one by one which takes a lot of time if you have 3-4 and more of those in your scene. Enjoy and let me know if you have any comments.

V-RayMax Converter PRO is the best tool for convert 3d scene (materials, maps, lights, cameras, proxies, modifiers, helpers, render elements, etc.) from various render engines to V-Ray and from V-Ray to Corona Render, and also for converting V-Ray and Corona materials/maps to Standard materials/maps.

V-RayMax Converter PRO converts the source materials with maximum possible preservation of the basic material properties, such as diffuse, specular, opacity, glossiness, roughness, bump, displacement, selfillumination (emission), translucency, reflection, refraction, although it is necessary to understand that certain materials may need adjustments once the conversion process is complete. Also, all the textures that are used for the above parameters were saved. As for the special procedural maps, they are converted only if there is an analogue. Otherwise, procedural maps are baked into textures or removed if the resulting materials can be used without them.

Current version: 4.0032

Supported for conversion:

See full list of supported conversions.

Main features:

• Convert materials, maps, lights, cameras, modifiers, helpers and GI environment from supported renderers to V-Ray and from V-Ray to Corona
• Convert clouds from CoronaSky to VRaySun and vice versa.
• Convert Render Elements to V-Ray (currently supported Scanline RE, Corona RE, FStorm RE, Octane RE) and from V-Ray to Corona
• Convert V-Ray and Corona materials|maps to Standard (Default Scanline) materials|maps
• Convert proxies (currently supported from Corona, FStorm, Octane) to V-Ray Proxy (static and animated)
• Convert V-Ray Proxy to Corona Proxy (static and animated)
• Convert standard Bitmaps to VRayBitmap (VRayHDRI) and vice versa
• Convert 3ds Max Physical cameras to V-Ray Physical cameras and vice versa
• Automatic configure ACEScg workflow in V-Ray
• Batch processing for multiple *.max files
• Programmatically interact with most converter functions using built-in maxscript methods (API), which allows you to use the converter without UI and in combination with other 3rd-party scripts.
• ...and more additional tools for fixing and adjusting the scene.

Since I've written a few functions to make my life easier while working on the Gear primitive (plus one that I later discarded, intended to fill holes), I figured I could just as well make a quad cylinder as a much simpler example how to tie these functions together. Enjoy and feel free to rip the code apart and reuse it.