User Groups
The mental ray User Groups and other on-line communities meet or post regularly to exchange know-how and information about the mental ray renderer. For further information, please visit their websites.
Forum
We offer a public forum for discussion of mental ray features, custom shader development, and integration related topics. These resources are intended for sharing ideas, shaders, and problems. The forum is moderated and first-time posters may notice a waiting period for approval.
Forum Rules
It is not allowed to post advertisements, other commercial solicitations on the forum. When posting material, the poster is responsible for ensuring that no intellectual property or other laws are violated. For example, do not post proprietary source code or material that you found but are not sure whether someone holds copyrights to. By posting to the forum, you agree to release all posted information to the public domain.
If you intend to make shaders or source code available, the same intellectual property concerns apply. Make sure that you own what you post, and that the material is free of third-party rights such as patent protection.
Ideally, put posted software under an open-source license such as the GPL (see www.gnu.org), and supply HTML documentation.
mental images does not assume responsibility or liability for material posted on the forum.