Arnold - Substance Painter

Last update: May 1, 2026

Substance Painter 2020.1 (6.1.0) ships with Output Templates for Arnold using the aiStandard material.

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Arnold Standard Shader (Arnold 5 and higher)

Substance Painter Export

Arnold AiStandardSurface

BaseColor

Base / Color

Roughness

Specular / Roughness

Metalness

Base / Metalness

Normal

(Maya) Geometry/ Bump Mapping / bump2d (Use as Tangent Space Normals) (3ds Max) Bitmap → Normal

Height

(Maya) Displacement Shader / displacement (3ds Max) Object modifier → Arnold Properties → Displacement → Use Map

Emissive

Emission/ Color (Emission Weight = 1.0)

Anisotropy Level (not included in default Arnold Output template)

(Maya) Coat/ Anisotropy (3ds Max) Coat/ Anisotropy

Anisotropy Level (not included in default Arnold Output template)

(Maya) Coat/ Rotation (3ds Max) Coat/ Rotation

NOTE

Maps that represent data will need to be interpreted correctly. Please see the Color Managementpage for more information.

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