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.
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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. 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. 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 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 it to the objects in the Maya selection
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Create and |
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assign a new 3Delight Material. |
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Create and |
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assign a new |
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Skin material. |
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Create and |
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assign a new 3Delight Hair and Fur material. |
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Create and |
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assign a new |
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Metal material. |
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Create and |
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assign a new |
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Glass material. |
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Create and |
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assign a new |
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Substance material. |
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Create and |
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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. |