[caryjames]

I have to select objects as blocks in order to get them out of Rhino for rendering however in some cases this is changing my material appearance. I have a linked chain that I have rendered in a scene with a smaller section unblocked and it rendered fine. Now I have a more pieces of chain in a render with the same lighting etc the only difference now is that the chain was blocked and exported as an instance. This time it is a lot darker in appearance. Any thoughts? Thanks!

[JDHill]

Have you opened the MXS in Studio to double-check that the correct material is being assigned to the instances?

[caryjames]

Hi JD- I did not do that but will investigate further once I am past this deadline. I got around the problem at least for the time being- it is not perfect but it will do. I will definitely need to figure it out for the next round though. I will post any findings I make- thanks for the suggestion.

On another note- did you take down that perfume bottle tutorial? Giacc is looking for a copy and I wouldn't mind taking another look.
Thanks
Cary

[JDHill]

Here is the post with the download link: http://www.maxwellrender.com/forum/view ... 735#282735 . I haven't forgotten about the files you sent to help me with making some other tutorials either; I've just been really busy.

[caryjames]

Thanks JD! Don't worry about the other tutorials if I find setups that work for jewellery I will send them to you.