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Open the model - sphere.obj. You should see the original subdivided cube called obj_base.

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^_{obj_base}

Assign a Standard Surface shader to the sphere model. Create a Bitmap and open the file Diffuse_colour.jpg. Connect it to the Base Color and the SSS Color parameters.
Add an Arnold Properties Modifier to the sphere.
Create a Bitmap texture and open the vector displacement map - mudbox_vdisp.tif. Drag and drop the vector displacement bitmap onto the Displacement Map parameter in Displacement of the Arnold Properties Modifier.

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^{_{Vector Space is set to Tangent}}

Ensure that you have enough subdivisions for the sphere geometry otherwise the displacement will not look correct. In this case 6 iterations with Type set to Catclark is sufficient.

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You can see a subtle difference in quality between 4 and 6 subdivision iterations in the images below.

That concludes this tutorial on rendering vector displacements from Mudbox with MAXtoA.