Hey all,
First post here so hello everyone. Great little forum this!
So I am a long time user of Sketchup, and really like the product. I recently discovered Maxwell (and a bunch of other rendering engines). I like Maxwell a lot.
I want to get emitters to work but no matter what I try, its just no good. I have read guides, read this forum, and watch youtube videos, to no avail. So...here is what I will do. I will post screenshots of each step, and hopefully someone can correct an error I am making. From here I will correct the screenshots, and it can be used as a reference point for others with the same issue (it appears a lot of people have this issue!).
So here we go:
Download Sphere from 3D warehouse, and create "black box" for sphere to sit in:
![http://i.imgur.com/8BOIE.png](http://i.imgur.com/8BOIE.png)
Select Sphere, and then go to window, materials. From here create new material (lets call it "Light Test")
![http://i.imgur.com/CRv5K.png](http://i.imgur.com/CRv5K.png)
![http://i.imgur.com/Ma9pk.png](http://i.imgur.com/Ma9pk.png)
Now we need to apply the Maxwell MXM emitter material to the sphere, so open the Maxwell scene manager:
![http://i.imgur.com/FzlCZ.png](http://i.imgur.com/FzlCZ.png)
From the drop down on the first tab, make sure our "Light Test" material is selected, and then select the MXM button:
![http://i.imgur.com/C9E0E.png](http://i.imgur.com/C9E0E.png)
Now we need to browse for the MXM (emitter) file we want to apply:
![http://i.imgur.com/mryrU.png](http://i.imgur.com/mryrU.png)
![http://i.imgur.com/42gGU.png](http://i.imgur.com/42gGU.png)
You should now have an emitter preview in the scene manager window:
![http://i.imgur.com/Ms7fE.png](http://i.imgur.com/Ms7fE.png)
Select the MXM button once more:
![http://i.imgur.com/Vm0P1.png](http://i.imgur.com/Vm0P1.png)
Now change the "Type" dropdown under the Character menu to "emitter":
![http://i.imgur.com/E4qB9.png](http://i.imgur.com/E4qB9.png)
Now select "Assign":
![http://i.imgur.com/SUlju.png](http://i.imgur.com/SUlju.png)
Once done you should be able to do a test render and see light emitting from the sphere (I DONT!!!):
![http://i.imgur.com/v2lhP.png](http://i.imgur.com/v2lhP.png)