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Modeling And Rendering A Simple Robot In Maya Using V-Ray

Modeling And Rendering A Simple Robot In Maya Using V-Ray

on Feb 27th 2012 with 14 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Software: Autodesk Maya
  • Software: V-Ray
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Estimated Completion Time: 1 Hour

Final Product What You'll Be Creating

In this tutorial Sansar Tripathi will show you how to build a very simple robot in Maya using basic poly modeling techniques. With the model complete he’ll move on to setting up and applying procedural materials and explain the settings to use when rendering in Maya with Vray for fast test renders, as well as what settings to change to produce your final high quality output.

Video 1

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Video 2

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Video 3

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Note: click the ‘Monitor’ icon to view tutorial in full-screen HD.

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I am Sansar Tripathi from Nepal. I am a student of 3D animation and VFX in the Maya animation academy. I am just a 16 year old high school boy. I have been inspired a lot by the different authors from CGTUTS+.  

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  • Dominik

    Great tutorial ^^ bad that i changed to max a few day`s ago

    • Sansar
      Author

      You can also use the same technique in max. Actually the output you see in the preview was rendered in max.

      • PavanRzx

        Lol Man :D Great Tutorial Anyways….
        Better You Teach How To Render In Max Better Than Maya :P

  • http://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/autodesk-maya/modeling-and-rendering-a-simple-robot-in-maya-using-v-ray/ muslim

    hi?
    how are you man?
    nice work

  • mads

    The last video should have been named “see me noobing around in Vray render settings”, there was nothing useful to gain from that one, you even stop the video before the final render.
    I would recommend that you start writing down what to say, and what to turn on/off before hitting record. Changing primary and secondary renders to light cache, then a test render then changing them again screams of inexperience and is not very helpful if someone has to learn Vray.

    Cool robot though, and good tip about the Vray Plane, i didnt know about that one.

  • Addy

    Hi guys, I’m having problem installing V-ray 2.0 on maya 3D 2012 which I have just installed a couple of days ago. Can anyone help plz? Thanks

  • Matt

    @Addy

    Try this:

    When you install V-Ray, initially it will not be loaded by Maya automatically. To load the V-Ray for Maya plugin, follow these steps: Start Maya;
    From the main Maya menu, go to Window > Settings/Preferences… > Plug-in Manager…
    Scroll down to the bottom of the dialog in order to see the vrayformaya plugin entry;
    Click on the Load and Auto-load options.
    If V-Ray for Maya is loaded successfully, you should be able to choose it as a renderer in the V-Ray settings dialog.
    If you do not see the V-Ray renderer, check out the Script Editor for any errors.
    Consult the installation PDF guide for more information.

  • http://www.alkabeergrafix.com/index.html Asim

    Thanks a lot….. I ‘ll try it in near future….. Good Luck !

  • http://rendering.co.uk rendering

    Hello you, thanks for the news about rendering. I did not even. Thank you, Patricia.

  • Richard

    Thanks :D
    Hey, about the problem you had with sculpt tool, its due to selection residue ;)
    Its when you select lets say a vertex or edge and when you go to object mode its still highlighted. To solve it you have to select all vertex or edges, etc, depending on the residue and diselect ;)

  • naq

    Hello i am looking for VRaY plugin for maya 2012 32 and 64 bit//Anyone has got it please share it or email me the link.

  • skybrom

    Great tutorial, but one thing ..
    HOW THE HELL can this robot walk ?

  • Rizi

    very good! but no download the video 2 please fix th problem… thnks fr us help

  • Rafael

    Hey Sansar, thanks for the tutorial i loved it and the robot design, check my final render:

    Now i gonna try to animate!