[A *very* basic question - layer heights]

It used to be under VIEW|Align Layer Views

[12.5.1]

Is it just me, or does 12.5.1 feature smoother zooming and panning?

Has anyone found a list of the fixes in this release?

Cheers NNA.

Mat

[IMAGE USE]

i THOUGHT IT WAS "USE SPECIAL PROCESSING FROM TRANSPARENT BITMAPS" IN THE PRINT DIALOG

sorry about caps

[walls with more than one render & door insertions]

Do one wall. Then the door will insert properly.

Change to a front view, trace around the wall and door opening with a polygon. Extrude the polygon. Change to a top view and align the extrude with the outside face of the wall.

[HDRI renderings too grainy]

thanks Ray.

[HDRI renderings too grainy]

and here is the medium quality

[HDRI renderings too grainy]

interior, and here's the image at low quality.

[HDRI renderings too grainy]

Hi All

The new HDRI feature is great, and I have had some good success with it.

The latest drawing I am doing however is exhibiting a pronounced grainness when the HDRI render quality is any higher than 'low'.

Can anyone shed some light (haha) on this please.

Thansk, Mat

[post editing your renders]

Hi All

Here's what I do to improve my renders;

1>Export the render as a jpeg, best quality

2>Open it in photoshop, or the GIMP

3>Duplicate the background layer.

4>Use the find edges filter on the new layer, then set the opacity to 20-30 (Use 'difference of Gaussians in the GIMP)

Sometimes it's worth experimenting and selecting all the white, and deleting it. This allows the edges to show through without bleaching your image too much.

5>Duplicate the background layer again.

6>Use the diffuse glow filter (soft-glow on GIMP), tweak the opacity until you are happy

Import back into VW!

Here's the pictures....

The original image straight out of Renderworks

the edge detect filter in The GIMP, I probably could have done more pronounced edges to get a more cartoony feel

The soft glow filter in the GIMP

With all layers on, and opacity adjusted

[critique and advice please]

Nicholas - diffuse glow in photoshop (on a new layer with opacity set to 25%), then find edges (of the original, (on a new layer with opacity set to 25%).

Is, - you're right, I should have drawn the box - oh well it's gone to the Client now.

Thanks guys

Mat

[critique and advice please]

Hi Everyone, thanks for all your comments.

Ok so I took on board some of the suggestions and have come up with this, which I am happy with.

Further comments for interest sake would be appreciated.

[critique and advice please]

Hi All

I am designing an interior refurbishment for an elevator.

I need to fake the drawing to give it a "expensive modern shiny look" rather than the crusty antique look that it has at the moment.

I have played around with the light settings but the stainless steel walls either become too blue, or too yellow.

The lights are an HDRI background, a little bit of blue layer ambient, a flourescent tube from the "accurate lamps" library, and a blue colored point light.

Thanks in advance, Mat.

[PDF Batch command]

did you remove then add back in the menu command as I described in my first opst?

Mat

[tabs in text box show up as little boxes]

I have noticed this too

[PDF Batch command]

That Export PDF (batch) command will save us hours.

Thanks NNA

[PDF Batch command]

Hi All

The export to PDF command was not working on my WinXP machine.

I used the workspace editor to remove "Export PDF(Quartz)" then added in Eport PDF (Batch) and Export PDF.

Now it works....

Mat

[Alternate stair plans vs. design class]

what about putting each alternate stair on a differnt layer, then using the viewport to show hide the appropriate stair option

[3D dimensioning]

1>draw the dimension in top/plan view

2>modify-ungroup

3>select the text

4>text-true type to polyline

5>modify ungroup

6>select all the dimensino stuff

7>modify-convert to nurbs

it's not ideal, but it works

['Align Layer Views' command]

it's now under "view | stack layers". Make sure you have the layers turned on, and layer options set to "show visible"

[Uplighting in Renderworks?]

hi Eliz

If you click on the pic it will open the full size screenshot in another window and you can read the settings from there.

To make the shaft longer, you could move the light source away from the wall a little bit. I don't think I had much luck with adjusting the spread of the beams.

Mat

[Uplighting in Renderworks?]

Look at the following screenshots to see if this is what you want

http://www.katipogroup.co.nz/family/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pos=0

http://www.katipogroup.co.nz/family/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pos=2

Mat

[viewport class overrides]

thanks Jonathan

[viewport class overrides]

I use the localised Australia/NZ edition, so this may have something to do with it...

1>create a new blank file

2>select the wall tool

3>change the wall style to one of the defaults available

4>draw the wall

5>edit the class that the wall has been drawn on to "use at creation"

6>create a viewport and try class overrides

I agree with you about the workaround thing Peter.

Thansk all, Mat

[viewport class overrides]

Yes BIPLAB, you're right, and I have now got it to work.

For some reason, my walls which are drawn on a class Wall-Ext-Frame (set to use at creation), and type Unstyled, were in fact not behaving as I expected. If I select the wall, change it to any other class, then change back to Wall-Ext-Frame I get the correct result.

Can you explain why the wall, whose class was set to 'use at creation', was in fact not using at creation?

Thanks in advance.

Mat

[viewport class overrides]

Hi All

I am struggling with viewport class overrides. They just don't seem to work. It's pretty simple to do, so I won't detail my steps in doing it.

Does it work in 12.01? Does it work on a PC?

Thanks in advacnce, Mat