Curvature Contour Shader

The Curvature contour shader traces a line whose thickness depends on the angle between normals of adjacent faces.

• mental ray material > Advanced Shaders rollout > Click Contour button. > Choose Curvature (contour).
• Other material > mental Ray Connection rollout > Advanced Shaders group > Unlock Contour if necessary. > Click Contour button. > Choose Curvature (contour).

So if two normals are in nearly opposite directions, there is a contour of width close to Max Width between them. As the angle between them decreases, the width of the contour decreases almost to Min Width.

Interface

Color

The color used for rendering the contour lines.

Min Width (%)

The minimum contour width, in percent of the image size.

Max Width (%)

The maximum contour width, in percent of the image size.