How to add matte shading on all parts of a digital asset or subnet ?

[avak]

Hello,

 

I am trying to make a digital asset node "matte shaded" during rendering, I couldn't find an easy way though.

 

if I go to edit rendering parameter and add a matte shading parameters on a digital asset, it seems not working

 

just I can go inside digital asset and select hundreds of mesh one by one and and turn on matte shading parameter which is tedious task and seems not a correct way

 

so what is an efficient way in these cases to add a parameter (matte shading, or phantom,...) on all parts of a digital asset

 

hope you help and thanks in advance

Edited January 16, 2014 by avak

[woodenduck]

If you go to your mantra node, on the objects tab, there is a 'forced matte' parameter. You can select a any subnet and it will force all contents to be matte shaded.

[Guest tar]

 you can also select multiple nodes and when you check/uncheck 'Matte shading' it will apply to all selected nodes.

[dayvbrown]

or you can copy/paste relative reference' the asset level checkbox and link it to all objects within.

 

I would probably go for the mantra/force_matte_object workflow suggested by woodenduck though.

[avak]

Thanks for your answers,

choosing subnet and digital assets in mantra node/objects tab  , is working

 

to complete my understanding I would like to know about 3 parameters  that we can add by "edit parameter interface" :

-mantra/shaders/matte Shader (vm_matteshader)

-mantra/shading/and matte Shading(vm matte)

-mantra/render/phantom (vm_phantom)

 

what is vm stand for ?

 

so how should we use them in a correct way to work

Edited January 17, 2014 by avak

[Guest tar]

"vm" are Mantra rendering properties

http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini13.0/props/mantra

 

The correct way is what works.