MaxwellMayaEmitter class

Description

This class allows you to manipulate emitter components. Each material layer can contain one emitter. See here for a description of the Maxwell emitter mode.

Texturable attributes: mxi (AttrType_Double, value used as intensity multiplier when textured, ignored when not textured).

Base class: MaxwellMayaMaterialComponent.

Methods

void Destroy()

Destroys the emitter, removing it from the parent layer.

void SetEnabled(bool enabled)
bool GetEnabled() const

Emitters can be disabled, in which case they do not participate in rendering in any way.

Attribute name: enabled (AttrType_Bool).

void SetEmissionType(EmissionType type)
EmissionType GetEmissionType() const

Maxwell supports the following types of emitters:

• EmissionType_ColorLuminance: an analytic model based on color and luminance.

• EmissionType_Temperature: the emitter is defined by a single value called emission temperature which controls both the color and intensity of the light.

• EmissionType_MXI: texture-based emission.

See here for a more in-depth explanation of the three types.

Attribute name: emissionType (AttrType_Int).

void SetColorType(ColorType type)
ColorType GetColorType() const

When the emitter type is set to EmissionType_ColorLuminance, this attribute controls how the light color is specified:

• ColorType_RGB: as a RGB value.

• ColorType_Correlated: as a color temperature value.

See here for details.