[l1407]

Can I work the hair system on rhino4 or 5?

[JDHill]

No, it is not supported. On platforms where it is, the platform provides the hair system, and we render it using the new Maxwell hair primitive. But Rhino contains no concept of hair.

[Ha_Loe]

There are several ways to create hair-like systems or particles in Rhino through Plugins, RhinoScript or Grasshopper.
There used to be a fur generator plugin called "FurGen", which is currently not available for download.
The Kangaroo physics component for Grasshopper has examples simulating particle behaviour (http://www.grasshopper3d.com/video/kangaroo-particles)

I would be really nice to be able to render the results efficiently with Maxwell.

If there is some exposable interface to the Maxwell Render-Plugin, I might be able to help with a Grasshopper Component.

[JDHill]

There is support for scripting the Maxwell scene from RhinoScript or .NET, but not to such a depth (it is basically limited to scene parameters). There is very low likelihood that I would ever consider taking a direct dependency on any 3rd-party plugin, but I will think about ways in which outside plugins or scripts could reach into this plugin to either create their own geometries and such, or to connect data from a different plugin to this one.

[Ha_Loe]

With the current unavalability of the FurGen Plugin, i can see your point.

I'would very much appreciate to see the full capabilities of Maxwell exposed to scripting or the plugin-SDK. Thank you in advance for the effort.