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Welcome to PxrSurface for Mari
RenderMan for Mari provides PxrSurface support in Mari 4.5+, 5.x & 6.x
Installation
Simply copy all the downloaded files from the RenderMan for Mari folder into the following default Mari script location
| Os | Location |
|---|---|
| Linux | C:\Users\<user>\Documents\Mari\Scripts |
Windows | /home/<user>/Mari/Scripts/ |
For installation into custom locations, you can reference the Mari documentation
(note that this link is external to RenderMan and may change)
Known Limitations
PxrSurface
- The following features are not implemented:
- Point light support
- Specular anisotropy
- Per-lobe bump
- Clearcoat absorption.
- Subsurface scattering only supports the subsurface color and renders it as a diffuse lobe.
- All volumetric effects: subsurface scattering, single-scattering, glass absorption
- Feature limitations
- It is impossible to perfectly match a RenderMan render (GLSL and Mari limitations).
- Transparency is not supported (Mari limitation).
- Roughness isn't a perfect match (Mari Limitation).
Mari integration
- Environment map switching doesn't work in Mari 4.5 (API bug) but is functional in the next release.
- Conditional visibility is not supported by Mari: all PxrSurface parameters are always visible.
- Nested parameter groups are not supported by Mari: all PxrSurface parameter groups are always visible.