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title: "VRayFlakes2Mtl"
canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/VMAYA/111740567/VRayFlakes2Mtl"
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This page provides information about the VRayFlakes2Mtl in V-Ray for Maya.


## **Overview**

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<summary>UI Path: ||Right-click on the geometry|| > Assign New Material...</summary>

||Right-click on the geometry|| **>** Assign New Material... **> VRay** section **> VRay Flakes2Mtl**


![image](media://6e9edba7-59de-4105-9a99-a8c78114849d)


||V-Ray Shelf|| **> **Right-click to** Create V-Ray Materials **button **> VRay Flakes2 Mtl**


![maya2025_72010_Shelf_VRayMtls.png](media://e9ad2839-107e-4927-9e9f-b250a554ef4c)


**||Hypershade|| > Window** tab** >** **Create... > VRay **section **> VRay Flakes2 Mtl**


![image](media://d31c465b-429c-4f9d-b1b0-ab1183f6ff56)
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## **Flake parameters**

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### Example: Flake Random Color


This example shows the Flake Random Color parameter used with a **Ramp** map with Type set to **U Ramp** with six randomly set colors. Flake Density is set to 20; Flake Size is set to 0.4; Flake Scale is set to 0.5; Flake Color is set to white (255,255,255). 





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### Example: Flake Orientation


For this example, **Flake Size** is set to 0.3 and **Flake Density** is set to 20; the other parameters use their default values.

![image](media://12fd2010-cd43-44e2-82c9-d676ed0dc6aa)

**Flake Orientation** = 0.8

![image](media://273d8fdb-ecaf-43bd-9646-6a429ba9e517)

**Flake Orientation** = 1


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### Example: Flake Density


For this example, **Flake Size** is set to 0.3 and the other parameters are at their default values.

![image](media://a0f1b533-a262-4ba8-809a-451b55d7fee1)

**Flake Density** = 20


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### Example: Flake Scale


For this example, **Flake Size** is set to 0.3 and **Flake Density** is set to 20. The rest of the parameters are at their default values.


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### Example: Flake Size


For this example, **Flake Density** is set to 20. The rest of the parameters are at their default values.

![image](media://5ff96977-51cc-4761-bcc5-66a8b7a1fd87)

**Flake Size** = 0.75

![image](media://630ef8d5-8685-45d8-8ce0-b38decc1c676)

**Flake Size** = 1

## **Options**

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## **Environment Override**

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