Setting Up Maya 2016 Correctly for Production
This video demonstrates how to set Maya 2016 up for production. Many starting artists think you just open up the software and start creating. This causes for the user to create situations where their files are broken. 3D softwares, want the user to utilize a specific folder structure. So they will have a utility within the software to set up a "Project Folder" where the software will create specific folders for you to store your external files, such as bitmap texture files. If you don't store the files in the correct folders then when the scene file is shard, by "Archiving" the file, the scene file will be broken. When the scene file is opened the end user will get error messages and you textures will not show on your models.
This video also demonstrates how to set up Mental Ray.
For Maya 2017 you download Mental Ray directly from NVidia.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/nvidia-m...