In 3DS Max you can set the real world size of a map/texture so it is scaled correctly on to the geo. This is done automatically if download a Corona or VRay material
Some of the new Redshift materials in the asset browser have the real world size of the map in the title, but I'm unsure how to apply that scale correctly in C4D.
The default scale of a texture node in Redshift is 1, is this 1 cm or 10cm?
A bit more involved than I was hoping for but pretty cool though. Thanks again!
Is there a way to bias which objects are scattered more than others when using Matrix scatter with Redshift?!!
Ok, I think it was the profile I was using as I drew another one at this profile works fine. I made disp and normal maps using this method, so cool!
On the normal maps, do I just leave it at Object for the Normal Method (on the Bake tag) or just Tangent?
This is really cool - I tried with another profile but the baked image isn't correct, can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.
I took a profile, made it an open spline, adjust the overall height to tile onto the back plane. Then applied an extrude, then a cloner. From there I connected the object, selected all polygons and applied regular UV mapping. I then added that object to the displacement bake tag.
I also tried by generating an AO map, it works better but I can't get is noise free. There is banding through the dark spots as well as some general noise in those areas despite really high sample settings in the AO shader.
Any thoughts?
DisP Map Maker 2.c4d
Trying to generate a displacement natively in C4D but it doesn't render correctly. The planks lines are not consistent so the map renders out incorrectly.
I just have a cloner with planks which are at a -10deg angle. Camera is in parallel mode.
In case you find it useful, I found this the other day. It's a native C4D shader that you can use to generate normal maps. It's listed on the homepage as NLinn Shader and best of all its free.
Although it was more complex and unlikely it would be possible, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.
I've experimented with most options including maps, Boole, displacement etc. I even tried RailClone on 3DSMax!
RailClone is clever and offers a lot of flexibility, however I don't want to be in 3DSMax land.
Fortunately for me, I found a copy of the NLinn shader, it's based on the original and the company I found had reached out to the originator of the shader and was given the original code. Anyway, I just tried it by making some planks in a cloner and generating a normal from it and it looks great. From there I'll generate a displacement map and just go that route.
I do really appreciate all the effort you put into my requests, I can't express how nice it is to have someone to ask questions and get a prompt response!
Ok, next challenege here. Similar to what we've discussed before 
In this instance I have a profile swept along a spline which is then added to a cloner to replicate cladding on a wall.
Is there a way that that cloner could then be clipped to another shape/spline?