Octane for 3dsmax

OctaneRender® for 3ds Max® can render the 3ds Max-native Hair And Fur modifier. The hair renders when the OctaneRender material is applied to the underlying object on which the Hair & Fur Modifier is applied.

Figure 1: The Hair And Fur modifier applied to a sphere with a multi-colored Diffuse material 

For more control when using hair and fur in OctaneRender, it is recommend converting Hair And Fur to a Mesh.This allows for a material to be applied to the converted hair & fur object independant of the material applied to the underlying object.

Figure 2: Converting Hair And Fur to a Mesh 

You can also use a Gradient texture for the Diffuse slot of an OctaneRender material. However, you have to generate the Hair geometry with a third-party plugin other than the 3DS Max Hair And Fur modifier. Using a third-party plugin with the ability to set custom Ws is necessary. Deploying in such a way lets you use the OctaneRender Gradient texture with a W Coordinate texture, and connect the W Coordinate to the Gradient texture's Input slot. This orients the Gradient across the length of the hair strands. You can find more information about the W Coordinate in the W Coordinate topic in this manual under the Texture section.