Displacement Roof Surfaces
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Displacement Roof Surfaces is a Free MaxScript that will take your existing roof geometry and properly apply UV Mapping coordinates to each roof plane and then apply convincing materials and displacement modifiers to the geometry.
Our goal is to eliminate the need for filling your 3d scenes with millions of polygons of roof tile geometry, thus keeping your viewports moving quickly and saving you hours of tedious work.
Simply choose your existing roof geometry, select the edges that represent ridges, hips, and gables, and click "Create!". After the script runs, you can quickly adjust the color, variation, and tile size in the viewport and in real time.
In future releases we will add additional roof tile profiles, asphalt shingles, metal seamed roofs, and corrugated metal. If you have a specific type of roof surface you'd like us add, please contact us via email.
Version History:
v1.0 - 10/20/10
-added menu for choosing multiple roof types
-added 2 Flat Concrete Tile types
-added ability to create multiple roof types within the same file
-added support for metric units
-added options for Creating UVs, Materials, and Ridge Geometry
-added tooltips
-fixed rotation of ridge tiles existing on horizontal edges with only 1 face
v.90 - 8/10/10
-1st Public Release
Comments
its only for vray, I think.
its only for vray, I think.
Link
Can anybody sent link
I cant seem to get this to
I cant seem to get this to work with mental ray.
I have followed the tutorials and checked the displacement slot under the tiles and ridge tiles however when it renders, it only shows the flat diffuse colors..
No "select" function for spherehelper
Me too....
No "select" function for spherehelper
And nothing appear...
I'm using 3dsmax 2010 X64 and Vray
Thanks by advance !
Error
Great script as i can see... But i can't use it! I have an error when i'lve selected everything and press the "generate" button.
My error is > -- No "select" function for spherehelper
And nothing appear...
I'm using 3dsmax 2011 X64 and Vray 2.002
Thanks by advance !
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download
hi...how i can download the scripts?
In response to my last post,
In response to my last post, the migration to the new server is finally complete. You will no longer see any invalid certificate warnings. Other than a faster browsing experience, everything else concerning the site is the same as it was.
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Thanks,
John Pruden
DigitalXmodels
editing for use with metric system
I'm using metric system too and I would like to write some instructions to edit the script output to meet our needs.
The script output consists of 2 objects. One is the "main roof" and the other one is ridge tiles.
First you need to select the main roof and click on the VrayDisplacementMod in the modifier list. Then you need to adjust the amount to suit your needs. I've put it in 0,2m but I guess it's a matter of personal preference really. You will need to do the same with the ridge tiles object.
Now comes the crucial part. You need to select the ridge tiles object and lift it a bit. My guess is that the script has the amount of lift in inches, so it's too small when you use the metric system.
Finally, we need to change the width of the ridge tiles to suit our needs. You need to edit each plane separately. For some of them, you can just scale them in the width direction. For the rest (if you try to do it and the plane starts changing direction), you can select each of its edges and move it outwards..
I know it's a bit of a fuss (especially if you have a complicated roof),but it's a workaround I figured out until the script maker modifies the script, I thought I should share it with you..
Try to open .mzp with "Run
Try to open .mzp with "Run MaxScript"... also, read some answers below your request for help...