TheSwamp
CAD Forums => Vertically Challenged => Architecturally Speaking => Topic started by: Guest on October 27, 2006, 01:46:19 PM
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I know a lot of you guys and gals are excellent coders, but what do you know about rendering??!?
I'm getting my feet wet with rendering (AutoCAD only; no VIZ) and I've got a test file that I'm messing around with; trying out different materials, colors, etc...
This one file I have doesn't seem to want to render the walls completely. The CMUs are partially rendered then it's as if they just fade out (see attached image - walls on left and right).
Anyone got any ideas what might be wrong or what I might try to correct this?
Thanks in advance, swampers!
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Forgot to mention.... I'm using AutoCAD 2005.
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Is it because of the lighting?
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Is it because of the lighting?
I don't see how it could be. Look at the wall on the left: You can see the individual CMUs on the lower half. Now look at the wall on the right: You can't see the CMUs on the bottom of the wall, but you can see them at the top.
I'm not sure what's going on!
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Did you change your anti-aliasing to high?
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I have it set to medium and the render type is Photo Raytrace. Should I be using Photo Real instead (as a standard operating procedure)??!?
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I'd set it to high and use photo real. I believe photo raytrace only affects transparent items...
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I might suggest that you investigate the material mapping and scaling parameters.
I also wonder are those faces 'normal' to the camera view? And isn't there a setting
in there (under Render) to force objects to be 2 sided, or am I imprinting another package onto ACAD?
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I'm gonna try some different settings and let the computer run over the weekend. See what happens.