

It’s pretty interactive but does suffer the limitations that come with using MassFX and there are a lot of them. If you want to bake your animation, you do it the same way you would with any other MassFX object.

You apply the dynamics modifier and you press “Play” on the MassFX toolbar. Now the pros about Ornatrix and MassFX integration is that it works with MassFX like in any other MassFX setup. This is an area that really could use some advancements in the tech side of things and let’s hope we see some Siggraph breakthrough’s soon. While Ornatrix has integrated with MassFX, the Nvidia based dynamic system inside 3ds Max, it has both pros & cons. This is still a rough area for all hair systems. You can apply to the beta test program here.⋅ by Max3D Admin ⋅ in Feature Content, Reviews ⋅ 3 Comments Dynamics: Ornatrix will bring a 3ds Max style operator stack to creating hair and fur, allowing for an interesting take on a parametric workflow to creating hair and fur.Įphere’s Ornatrix is currently being beta tested for Autodesk Maya. Add to the list Peregrine Labs’ Yeti, a nodal approach to creating hair and fur in Maya, Shave and a Haircut, and GroomBoy, and you soon realize that there is no shortage of tools. There are plenty of hair and fur solutions for Autodesk Maya at the moment, including Maya’s native XGen, and legacy fur rendering tools. You can even turn the mesh back into guides if you like. Ornatrix allows you to quickly change parameters such as strand twisting. Here, Marsel shows how easy it is to create meshed geometry from hair and guides.Īlso shown over the course of the demonstration is how Ornatrix can be used to grow any type of objects, besides hair or fur. One of the features of Ornatrix is its ability to mesh both hair and guides. One of the many useful parts of Ornatrix is the ability to mesh hair or guides. Here, the Cofounder and CEO of Ornatrix, Marsel Khadiyev, shows off one of the features for the popular hair and fur system, in Maya. Ephere Inc, the makers of the complete hair, fur and feather system for 3D Max have been porting the plugin over to Autodesk Maya.
