ScriptSpot

Script

RIB Manager

By Nikolay Ragozin · 2006-10-21

Version
0.5b
Version requirement
3
Date updated
1999-12-17
Votes
4
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Description

This is a beta version of the script that allows to export MAX's scenes
into Renderman RIB files.

DOES NOT WORK IN MAX 6/7

Additional Info

"Supported:
Mesh
Patches
NURBS w/wo trims
Node wireframe color or - if exist - diffusion color.
Lights location - color - intensity
Ambient light
Node animation and MotionBlur
World MotionBlur
Perspective camera FOV - Clipping planes - Target distance - DOF

Unsupported _yet_ - but in progress:
All disabled elements and all that they mean
Space warps (not applied at all)
Light attenuation
Shader assignment and integrated editor/previewer
Area Lights

Bugs:
Memory leak at Geometry Export stage. Bug #1 to fix.
Lathed NURBS's converted incorrect. Use 'Unlathe' checkbox.
Some IGES-imported surfaces of 2nd degree are incorrect.
CV weights on trim curves must not be other than 1.0
Frame List can hold not more than ~230 characters.

Also this is not complete Supported - Unsupported and Bug list."

Tags: I/O