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how to set up a simple Custom AOV for a material?

PostPosted: Fri Jun 02, 2023 8:42 am
by Dingbat
struggling to get this working in AC - what am i doing wrong?

in the Settings tab i enable 'Output AOV Group' then in Input 1 i select 'Render Output AOV' and in its own input i select 'Custom AOV 2'

in the Material settings i enable 'Custom AOV 2'

in the Rendering tab there is only a 'Output AOV 1' available and no 'Custom AOV 2'

the output is all black

aov.png

Re: how to set up a simple Custom AOV for a material?

PostPosted: Fri Jun 23, 2023 4:56 am
by face_off
Hi - I couldn't actually get this work in Octane Standalone, but I think once you work it out there, it should transfer to the AC plugin. Check the section Custom AOV's "https://render.otoy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=78621" - and check the custom-aovs.orbx sample. Let me know if you find the solution please!

Paul

Re: how to set up a simple Custom AOV for a material?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:12 pm
by Dingbat
i did it in MODO in the end

will take another look over the next few days as am back in AC

Re: how to set up a simple Custom AOV for a material?

PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2023 6:11 pm
by Dingbat
i'm not sure but i think the Render AOV's are missing from the list?

the Output AOV's i believe are for use with the Compositor, or at least that's how it is in MODO?

i have to say they must have tried /really/ hard to get the naming as confusing as it is

outputAOV.jpg


renderAOV.jpg

Re: how to set up a simple Custom AOV for a material?

PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2023 11:08 pm
by face_off
Are you saying the render AOV's missing from the ArchiCAD plugin or Modo?

Thanks

Paul

Re: how to set up a simple Custom AOV for a material?

PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2023 8:44 am
by Dingbat
sorry i meant to say that Custom AOVs are missing in the Render AOVs... in Archicad

in MODO you can choose Custom AOVs in both Render AOVs and Output AOVs

in AC, i only see Custom AOVs available in the Output AOVs section

Re: how to set up a simple Custom AOV for a material?

PostPosted: Thu Jul 20, 2023 1:17 am
by face_off
Dingbat wrote:sorry i meant to say that Custom AOVs are missing in the Render AOVs... in Archicad

in MODO you can choose Custom AOVs in both Render AOVs and Output AOVs

in AC, i only see Custom AOVs available in the Output AOVs section

Thanks - I will make sure these are in the 2023.1 version of the plugin (which contains a new AOV system).

Paul