DL3D volumetric texture shader documentation

This shader pack contains three shaders:

1. A 3d solid texture volume shader (iso-surface rendering): dl3d_raymarcher_solid_volume
2. A participating media volume shader (smoke, fog - no photon mapping support yet): dl3d_raymarcher_volume
3. A transparent shader: dl3d_raymarcher. It works approximately like the standard transmat shader: it be put in the material and shadow slot of a Maya shading group / Max mr material.

The volumetric shaders can be combined: for example, you can put a 3d solid texture into one or more participating media volumes. Multiple participating media will blend.

Shadow casting is correctly handled in most cases.

Shaders compatible with :

1. mental ray
   • 3ds Max 9, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
   • Maya 8.5, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
   • Softimage 2010
2. We may also port it on others rendering engine ; ask us if you are interested, this is not an automatic process and will be treated on a case by case basis.

Supported operating systems :

• Windows XP/Vista/Seven 32 and 64 bits
• Linux 32 and 64 bits
• No support for Mac OSX yet.

• Not available yet.

• Quick setup instructions (experimented users)

• Detailed setup with Maya
• Detailed setup with 3DS Max

• Shaders parameters description

• here

• Download our sample scenes.