Solid Angle Maya to Arnold 5.0.0.1 with Documentation

version 5.0.0.1 - Date: 08.11.2021

Known Issues
- Arnold Hydra viewport disappears when a USD object is selected in the viewport. This is caused by a known issue in Maya-USD .
Bug Fixes
- [MTOA-877] - multi-frame Maya batch render on Mac with MtoA 5.0 doesn't work
- [MTOA-878] - multi-camera batch rendering doesn't work in MtoA 5
- [MTOA-865] - Crash when saving a snapshot in the Arnold Render View
- [MTOA-880] - OSL nodes ignoring mtd file when being created
- [MTOA-847] - arnoldPlugins -loadExtension does not seem to work on Linux
- [MTOA-866] - Crash when hiding or unhiding lights after closing the Arnold Render View

Arnoldis an advanced cross-platform rendering library, or API, used by a number of prominent organizations in film, television, and animation, including Sony Pictures Imageworks. It was developed as a photo-realistic, physically-based ray tracing alternative to traditional scanline based rendering software for CG animation.

Arnold uses cutting-edge algorithms that make the most effective use of your computer's hardware resources: memory, disk space, multiple processor cores, and SIMD/SSE units.

The Arnold architecture was designed to easily adapt to existing pipelines. It is built on top of a pluggable node system; users can extend and customize the system by writing new shaders, cameras, filters, and output driver nodes, as well as procedural geometry, custom ray types and user-defined geometric data. The primary goal of the Arnold architecture is to provide a complete solution as a primary renderer for animation and visual effects.

Arnold for Mayais an advanced Monte Carlo ray tracing renderer built for the demands of feature-length animation and visual effects. It uses the Open Shading Language to define the materials and textures. Arnold for Maya (or MtoA) provides a bridge to the Arnold renderer from within Maya's standard interface.

Arnold, Maya Quickstart Fundamentals

Solid Angleis leading provider of rendering software for animation and visual effects. The Arnold team believe that accurately and efficiently computing light transport in CG scenes is the best way to create stunning imagery for films and TV. Developers strive to provide clients with the best rendering tools to efficiently create realistic images.

Solid Angle is a wholly owned subsidiary of Autodesk Inc, and has its offices in Madrid and London.

Product:Solid Angle Maya to Arnold
Version:5.0.0.1 with Documentation
Supported Architectures:x64
Website Home Page :

www.arnoldrenderer.com

Languages Supported:english
System Requirements:PC / macOs / linux *
Size:4.5 Gb


System Requirements:
- Maya 2019, 2020 or 2022
- Windows 10 or later, with the Visual Studio 2019 redistributable.
- Linux with at least glibc 2.17 and libstdc++ 4.8.5 (gcc 4.8.5). This is equivalent to RHEL/CentOS 7.
- macOS 10.13 or later.
- CPUs need to support the SSE4.1 instruction set. Apple Mac models with M series chip are supported under Rosetta 2 mode.
- GPU rendering works on Windows and Linux only and requires an NVIDIA GPU of the Ampere, Turing, Volta, Pascal, or Maxwell architecture. We recommend using the 470.74 or higher drivers on Linux and 472.12 (Quadro), 472.12 (GeForce), or higher on Windows. See Getting Started with Arnold GPU for more information.
- Optix denoiser requires an NVidia GPU with CUDA™ Compute Capability 5.0 and above.
Maya Plugins Compatibility
MtoA 5.0.0.1 works with the following Maya plugins
- Bifrost Extension for Maya 2.3.1.0
- MayaUSD 0.13.0