Working with Instance Objects

Working with Instance Objects

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Instance Objects

Set up the lesson:

1. Open the file instancing_start.max.

   The scene consists of a dog model with Hair applied, and a plane mapped with a leaf image.

   Both the dog model and the leaf have already been textured with the same material.

2. Render the Perspective view.

   

   Dog and leaf both share the same material

Check the leaf object's pivot point:

• Select the leaf object.

  Check that the leaf object's pivot is at its base, where it will connect with the dog's skin.

  If the pivot weren't at the leaf's base, you'd need to go to the Hierarchy panel > Adjust Pivot rollout, turn on Affect Pivot Only, and then move the pivot to the proper location.

  

Choose the leaf to use as an instanced hair:

1. Select the dog object and open the Tools rollout.
2. In the Instance Node group, click the pick button (if there is no instance, its label is blank), and then in a viewport, click the leaf object.

Render the result:

• Render the Perspective view once more.

  

  Leaf applied as an instanced hair