Image mapping using Shader Node

Serengeti (Rhino WIP) Rendering WIP
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Hi,

Will like to ask, is this possible to apply image mapping using Shader Node like the way Mix node is used to apply image map on a surface in Blender?

Thanks in advanced.

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You already should be able to do that with the Grasshopper plug-in GhShaderNodes.

Download the GH file I use to set up the Rhino material conversion from

https://github.com/mcneel/RhinoCycles/blob/rhino-6.x/conversion/rhino_full_shader.gh

Load it in Grasshopper and let Grasshopper download and install the GhShaderNodes package. Once done restart Rhino and Grasshopper and you should be able to create your own shader graphs.

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Hi Nathan,

Thanks so much for the GH file. Wow… that’s quite a lot of nodes.

I will study it for a better understanding.

Thanks and regards

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Hi Nathan,

The texture coordinate node is same as blender’s. However, Rhino’s Texture Mapping system is quite different.

I will like to apply a Planar Mapping (Rhino) of an image map onto an object. May I know is there an equivalent of this in the GHshadenode plugin? I thought its closest match should be ‘Generated’ option on the texture coordinate node, but it is not giving the correct result.

Thanks.

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Planar mapping in Rhino creates UV coordinates. So in Rhino you apply a UV mapping to your object, then from the TextureCoordinate node you connect from the UV output.

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Hi Nathan,

Thanks so much for the reply. I managed to get the decal to be positioned correctly using your suggestion. :slight_smile:

However, I have a problem with the transparency/alpha of the PNG images not working. I have already connected the Image node’s alpha to the Fac input of the Blend (closure) node.

May I know what did i do wrong. Thanks so much again.

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Hi Nathan,

The transparency is working now… i was working with a corrupted PNG.

Thanks

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I assume you are having fun with the nodes :slight_smile:

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Awesome stuffs. Glad that it works similarly to Blender cycles node.

Here’s the video capture … https://youtu.be/5UapZRgRtmo

Thanks so much … i learnt alot from your Youtube Channel.

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Nice :slight_smile:

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Hi, Nathan! I really appreciate Cycles and Full Shader. Thank you for that. Will Full Shader work on Rhino 7? I installed but the Cycles material was not loaded.

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@joiascomrhinoceros in Rhino 7 you don’t need the GH shader. Just add any of the materials that Rhino provides: Custom material is the full shader.

But the Physically Based material is much more advanced, and is simplified by: Glass, Gem, Plastic, Paint, Emission.

Then just use either Rhino Render if you want to do the final render, or use Raytraced to see the materials on your objects in the viewport.

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great, thank you! I will study these materials