MaxToLux Plugin Reference Manual

Introduction

MaxToLux is the 3dsMax internal plugin to render directly inside 3dsmax using LuxCoreRenderer API. The plugin(s) is written in c++. MaxToLux is still under development and needs more work to be a complete renderer.

The original forum discussion about this topic can be found here

Screenshot by Omid Ghotbi (TAO)

MaxToLux is written in C++, and it's integrated into the

interface like most other renderer plugins and natively

utilizes the LuxCore interface.

This renderer plugin is still in an early stage of development.

If you want to contribute by testing the plugin, suggesting

features or by joining the developer team refer to this thread

for more information.

Report bugs & feature requests

For now, you can report any bugs and suggestions in MaxToLux Subforum until bug tracker gets ready.

Supported features

Materials

List Of shaders/materials

   archglass
   carpaint
   cloth
   glass
   glossy2
   glossytranslucent
   glossycoating
   matte
   mattetranslucent
   metal2
   mirror
   mix
   null
   roughglass
   roughmatte
   velvet

Architectural material

We try to support the standard material 'Architectural material'. This is so that users of the architectural application can more easily render their scenes without converting the shaders. This is work in progress, but currently, it supports:

Template settings:

   Glass
   Metal brushed
   Mirror 

More features are added as we progress.

Maps/Textures

List Of Maps/Textures.

   add
   subtract
   band
   checkerboard3d
   checkerboard2d
   dots
   mix
   blender_magic
   blender_noise
   constfloat1
   fbm
   fresnelapproxk
   fresnelapproxn
   hitpointalpha
   hitpointcolor
   hitpointgrey
   normalmap
   scale
   wrinkled
   abs
   clamp
   divide
   objectid
   objectidcolor
   objectidnormalized
   dotproduct
   power
   lessthan
   greaterthan
   shadingnormal
   position

Volumes

List Of Volumes.

   Clear
   Homogeneous
   Heterogeneous

Lights

List Of lights source.

   Common parameters
   sun
   sky2
   infinite
   point
   mappoint
   sphere
   mapsphere
   spot

MaxToLux translates these standard lights into LuxCoreRender lights:

   Omni
   Spot Light
   Directional Light
   Sky Light 

some options maybe ignored.

Default lights

if there is no light in the scene, the plugin will automatically create a skylight as a Default light in the scene. It'll work as ambient/global/sun light.

Cameras

List of MaxToLux Cameras.

   perspective
   orthographic

However, we support the standard 'target camera' and 'physical target camera. We will add support for 'viewport' type rendering soon. Also, a custom LuxCoreRender camera with all the LuxCoreRender camera settings in its GUI will be created as soon as we have time.

Examples and Demos

TODO