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Inverting mats?

DoctorJellybeanDoctorJellybean Posts: 8,464
in Hexagon Discussion

It seems, that when applying Iray metal mats to this Cyberman and arm/leg guards, it renders black. So I'm suspecting that the mats are inverted. Can one flip them, and if yes, how?

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  • Wee Dangerous JohnWee Dangerous John Posts: 1,605

    Hi Doc. First check the Normals are facing the right way(utilities tab), have the properties in the scene tree selected, click the Normals Icon. Above that pane you'll see a Letter A appear, click on that and lots of yellow arrows appear on your prop, pressing the SpaceBar changes the direction of the normals, you want them facing outwards.

    On the Materail Tab, you'll see Texture box, if this shows colour, choose the texture option and browse for your texture. Ticking/Unticking the Flip Vertically box will flip the texture. 

  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001

    Inverted normals are much more likely than inverted materials...

  • Wee Dangerous JohnWee Dangerous John Posts: 1,605
    edited August 2015

    I downloaded the Cyberman and had a look for myself. There does not seem to be anything wrong with the model, the only texture used is the bodysuit, here's a quick test render -

    Cyborg.png
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    Cyborg.png
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  • Wee Dangerous JohnWee Dangerous John Posts: 1,605
    edited August 2015

    The only thing I can think off is the body parts are reflecting something black, try rotating the Dome Y setting and see what happens. 

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  • DoctorJellybeanDoctorJellybean Posts: 8,464

    Thanks guys! In the end I used a different Cyberman as it was easier. I'll remember the advice for the next time.

  • WilmapWilmap Posts: 2,917
    Wee Dangerous John said:

    Hi Doc. First check the Normals are facing the right way(utilities tab), have the properties in the scene tree selected, click the Normals Icon. Above that pane you'll see a Letter A appear, click on that and lots of yellow arrows appear on your prop, pressing the SpaceBar changes the direction of the normals, you want them facing outwards.

    On the Materail Tab, you'll see Texture box, if this shows colour, choose the texture option and browse for your texture. Ticking/Unticking the Flip Vertically box will flip the texture. 

    Is this in Daz Studio?  If so can you tell me where to find it.

  • Wee Dangerous JohnWee Dangerous John Posts: 1,605

    The Cyborg model is a free figure which is available from ShareCG (see Doc's original post). It was origally made for Poser but will work in DAZ Studio, all I did was convert the materials to Iray and changed the suit to metal,

  • WilmapWilmap Posts: 2,917

    I was asking about the Utilities tab, not the figure.

  • Wee Dangerous JohnWee Dangerous John Posts: 1,605

    Sorry Wilmap, the Flip Normals is one of Hexagon's tools.

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