Changes to NVIDIA Mental Ray rendering for 3ds Max 2018 and more recent versions

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Oct 8, 2023

Products and versions covered

Issue:

Information regarding the recent changes to NVIDIA Mental Ray rendering for 3ds Max 2018 and newer versions of the software.

Solution:

See the following PDF documents on the NVIDIA website regarding the recent changes in rendering:

Mental Ray for 3ds Max 2018 was available and could be obtained here: How to download Nvidia's Mental Ray and IRay renderers for 3ds Max 2018 and Maya 2018

3ds Max 2019 and later versions of the software will not receive supported versions of the plugin from NVIDIA due the discontinuation of the render engine.

For users looking to transition away from the Mental Ray in more recent versions of 3ds Max, please see this Autodesk Knowledge Network article on the Arnold render engine: Arnold for 3ds Max (MAXtoA).

Products:

3ds Max;

Versions:

2018;

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