Window > Rendering Editors > mental ray > Shader Manager

 
 
 

Opens the mental ray Shader Manager window. For more information, see how to use custom mental ray shaders in Maya With the mental ray Shader Manager.

The following are descriptions of the buttons and options in the mental ray Shader Manager window.

Auto load

These buttons show which files have been loaded by means of the MI_CUSTOM_SHADER_PATH mechanism.

Loaded

These buttons show which files have been loaded currently in the session.

Information button

This button displays a window that shows you which node types have been created from a loaded declaration file.

Browse button

Opens a File Browser window that allows you to locate and load .mi declaration files not yet listed in the Shader Manager.

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