3ds Max question...

[mined]

How do you get an object that has a transparent property to actually render transparent using mental ray daylight high settings.

[Tweek]

stupid question, but have you set up the transparency properly in the MR material?

[mined]

Actually good question, Tweek. The objects that I want to appear as transparent in my render have not had a material applied to them. Although it has been several months since I last used the material settings to produce a transparent object, I think I still remember how to do that.

In all honesty, I was hoping for a quick way to do it with out applying a material yet since I am undecided on the particular bitmap. I know that I could put a place holder in there, but I was hoping I could circumvent that for sake of an easy clay render.

Is doing it this way pretty much out of the question?

[Roostervier]

You can just change it's opacity without putting a bitmap on it you know...

[mined]

Yeah, I know. I went ahead and applied the material and adjusted its opacity. What I was trying to do was maintain the color of the object (i.e. blue) while having transparency without applying a bitmap. I just remembered I can give a material a color as well without a bitmap using th Material editor. Thanks anyways fellas. It is amazing what I forget when I have not done it in a reasonable amount of time.