Phil Schawe

okay - I just deleted that PIO and started from scratch, and everything is A-OK. maybe a PIO can get corrupted?

Still an issue in a clean file. Here it is: Door.vwx

Here's a rendermap showing the door. Sidelites and transom rendering fine.

yes, absolutely. I can't figure what wrong. I'm rendering in Open GL

I'm using the Door PIO and have selected a solid door with a vision lite. I can't seem to get the lite to render as clear glass, even though I have it set in Classes as Clear Glazing. All my other windows and storefront doors render glass as clear. I had changed to a solid door from a glass door, and the glass door rendered fine. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

I have had a similar problem pop up: When I have a vision panel in a solid wood door, it renders white even though the sidelite+transom render clear. Both assigned to same glass class: Settings.tiff GlassDoor.tiff

Wow thanks so much for this info!

Maybe a dumb question, but I am thinking of getting a new M1 MacBook Air and wondering if VW2018 will run on it. Not my main machine, but just for doodling when I am not in the office. If no, should I get an older PowerBook?

Yes in Preferences, BUT you pointed me in the right direction and I found the problem! It's the Edit VP annotation window; I didn't have the "Display Viewport cache" box checked. Thanks so much! VP button.tiff

Thanks Wes! Yeah I know there MUST be a way to keep them rendered ; maybe a preference button somewhere?

I Annotate my Viewport elevations on Sheet Layers. Is there a way to keep the rendered elevation when I go in to annotate? The rendered elevation goes to a wire frame model and impossible to note easily. Surely I am missing something simple here.

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THANK YOU! I knew it must be something simple! I changed my heliodon from white fill to a very light tan.

my renderings alwayshave a blue cast. any way to make this more realistic? blue cast 2.tiff blue cast.tiff

You can also rotate textures in the OIP