Maya Software Render Issue

[t0mb0]

Hi all,

I have a problem rendering some polygonal objects in Maya...the objects render perfectly in Mental Ray, but not in Maya software renderer...the result is a black screen.

Attempting to select "High Quality Rendering" or "flat shading" from the Shading Menu of the main viewing window results in the same problem: the objects disappear. There must be something that I'm overlooking.

Any clues?

Thanks.

[torigornottorig]

Do you have lights in your scene and are they set to illuminate when rendering? MentalRay, if Global Illumination or Final Gather is turned on will render with no lights in the scene, whereas with Maya Software you would only get a black screen. This may not be your problem at all, but it is just a thought.

[joojaa]

you do understand that your last post makes absolutely no sense.

Post the file. as ma (ma as in ascii format wich is not MB)

Anyway reading your original question seems like you have attached a mr shader directly to the object. is uggets indirect approach for you now on allwayts just connect mr shaders trough the shadingroup

[t0mb0]

I have uploaded the file in Maya ASCI format to yousendit.com: http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3RLUXLU...OX0I4N9JKJDAOI4

If anyone could have a look at it and let me know what is actually going on, it would be very much appreciated.

To re-state; the "High Quality Rendering" function under the shading menu causes the objects to disappear in the viewing window, although selecting the area where the object used to be allows one to select the object. Furthermore, the objects will render in Mental Ray, but not in Maya Software or Maya Hardware Shader. All the lights in the scene (just one) are enabled.

Also, I tried to reduce the number of polygons, but the file size is still substantial for only a few objects.

Thanks to anyone who can help me.

tom

[riskbreaker]

Has anyone found a solution to this? I now find myself having the same problem in Maya 6.

The mental ray renders work fine. Maya software renders them as pure black against white (my camera background color is set to white).

It's funny because this never used to happen in my scene... it just started randomly and now I can't get it back to how it was.

[tfritzsche]

I have had this problem once, set bg to white, render in MR looks good, render in maya all objects black. My problem was I had FG on, and the lights I was using were not effecting the image in MR (took all lights off, same render), the white bg was effecting the FG ,and light my scene. perhaps you have a similar situation.

thomas