Maya XGen -> actual tubes in render

goekbenjamin · Jan 2019

Hey there

Anyone can tell me if mayas xgen hair (preview) can be rendered as actual tubes?
If not the preview, than how can we convert the preview to polygons with actual tubes (which includes tapering)

So i guess converting them into splines or so will loose the tapering...

oglu · Jan 2019

export the hair to alembic should work.

goekbenjamin · Jan 2019

oglu said:

export the hair to alembic should work.

with that you mean "alembic cache"? If yes, than that did not worked out form me, when i import the alembic file, there are no strands at all.

oglu · Jan 2019

what render are you using?

goekbenjamin · Jan 2019

oh i am sorry, i try to render hair textures (haircards) with arnold
to get rid of xnormals

i try to get different maps out of it via AOVs
like
"Z" (depth)
"N" (normals)
so the normals are wrong because it is all "flat"

Maya XGen -> actual tubes in render

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