Thanks a lot guys, I wish you a very happy new year too!
To keep you updated: The 95% of the new plugin is done, we are just making adjustements and fixing some bugs:
- The automatic conversion from formZ surface styles to maxwell has been huge improved the last days. Our aim is that you can open any formZ scene, and without any material assignment you can render it with Maxwell getting good results: For instance formZ transparency maps are translated to Maxwell opacity maps, other parameters as roughness or transmittion are also automatically converted... this is almost done, we are just with the final details. FormZ styles and Maxwell materials are different and some parameters can't be directly mapped (ej, maxwell normal mapping or anisotropic angle) but most of the work is done.
- The extraction of formZ procedurals has been improved and we are fixing some issues with the mapping.
- Support for multimaterial objects (materials applied to single faces) has been improved too.
- Some bugs fixed.
This week we will work converting heavy archiviz scenes looking for bugs, bottle necks and workflow killers. If everything runs fine the release is not far away
Regards,
Juan
- By Mark Bell
- By Matteo Villa