Render invisible objects shadows?

[earl]

In maya how do you render showdows of invisible objects, couldn't find the option in render globals like in PA?

thanks

[ma-mfx]

Check primary visibility in atribute spreadsheet.
to render shadows that fall on invisible objects, use the background color shader.

[andy-davis]

You probably don't have the manual handy. If you do it's on p226 of 'Using Maya - rendering'

For an object that you don't want to render, but you want to cast shadows, go into the render stats section of the object's Attribute Editor(or on the Render tab of the Attribute Spread Sheet), turn off Primary Visibility.