Upon loading the 3Delight for Maya plug-in, a
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3Delight shelf will be installed.
The 3Delight shelf
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The shelf
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has three sections: rendering & render settings, object creation, and material creation. The 3Delight menu also offers most of the shelf actions that are related to rendering, render settings and object creation.
Rendering & Render Settings
Rendering
Use these shelf buttons to start a new rendering or stop an ongoing one.
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See Rendering with 3Delight for more details about rendering.
| Start an interactive rendering. |
 | Start a live (IPR) rendering. |
 | Abort render. |
Render Settings
Use these shelf buttons to create or select Render Settings nodes.
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See Render Settings for more details.
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Create a new Render Settings node and set it as the current Maya selection. |
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The new Render Settings is shown in the Attribute Editor. |
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Set the specified Render Settings node as the current Maya selection. |
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The selected Render Settings is shown in the Attribute Editor. |
Object Creation
The following shelf buttons can be used to create new scene objects.
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| Create a new Maya area light with a quadratic decay rate. |
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| Create a new incandescence light. |
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| Create a new environment light. |
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| Create a new 3Delight |
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| Set to define object attribute overrides. |
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| The objects in the current Maya selection become members of this set. |
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Material Creation And Assignment
The following buttons can be used to create
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a new material and assign it to the objects in the current Maya selection.
Right-clicking on the buttons will show an Assign Existing: menu listing all existing materials of the type specified by the button. Choosing one will assign
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it to the objects in the
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Maya selection
| Create and assign a new 3Delight Material. |
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| Create and assign a new |
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| Skin material |
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| Create and assign a new 3Delight Hair and Fur |
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| material. |
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| Create and assign a new |
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| Metal material |
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| Create and assign a new |
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| Glass material. |
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| Create and assign a new |
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| Substance material. |
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| Create and assign a new |
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Other Menu Items
| Preferences... | Show the 3Delight Preferences. |
| Help... | Open the 3Delight documentation in a web browser. |
| About... | Show information about the 3Delight for Maya version and licensing. |
