Corona Physical to Autodesk Physical (Material Conversion)

This was a user request from the Corona Forums so I’m also releasing it free for those who need to convert Corona Physical to Autodesk Physical materials. You are free to copy/delete/modify for your own needs. You cannot sell this or a modified version of this script.

Install:

  • Download the maxscript here
  • Drag the .ms file into your viewport
  • 3dsmax Main Menu -> Customize -> Customize User Interface -> Toolbars -> Category -> Vella > Automate CoronaToPhysical
  • Drag this Toolbar button to your toolbar menu

Supports:

  • Base Color
  • Roughness or Glossiness
  • Anisotropy Amount / Rotation (hopefully, might need further testing as I have my doubts)
  • IOR
  • Metal
  • Refraction (could be incorrect, still trying to work out how this works in Autodesk Physical)
  • Thin Shell
  • Opacity
  • Emission / Self-Illumination
  • Normal / Bump
  • Normal_Bump, when ‘add gamma’ is used and texture is loaded as 2.2, automatically applies gamma 1.0 to Physical Normal_Bump texture
  • Displacement
  • Clearcoat Amount / Roughness / Bump / IOR
  • Numerical values such as Base Color Amount, Roughness Amount, IOR value etc.
  • Color swatches such as Base Color, Self-Illumination etc.
  • Corona Bitmap to Standard Bitmap conversion
  • All bitmap settings copied from Corona Bitmap (excluding the Output Curves)
  • Keeps all nodes in the hierarchy eg. Diffuse > Falloff > Basecolor.png or Composite nodes etc. Doesnt really matter how deep the hierarchy goes it just searches for the Bitmaps/CoronaBitmaps

Notes:

  • Applies conversion scene wide, not on selected objects.

Preview:

Corona Physical Material

Autodesk Physical Material

3 responses to “Corona Physical to Autodesk Physical (Material Conversion)”

  1. ken Avatar
    ken

    Hi Vella

    Exactly what I am looking for. Unfortunately it crashes. I am using 2026 with corona 13 and read in your ms file it’s for Corona 7

    1. Vella Avatar

      Yes this was for 3dsmax 2021 and Corona 7. Its been quite a long time since I have used either so I may update this later. Otherwise the script is free to adapt to your workflow.

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