LordSobe Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 I am trying to render the entire building all at once, but whenever I do any sort of rendering it only does one floor. All the floors are all on different layers (because that is how the File > Setup > Model Setup) sets up the file I work with to be. How do you render the entire building at once? Also, even with a sun ambience source, the textures still seem to be rather dark (using a red brick texture). I tend to look at the floors with renderworks on a Right or Left Isometric View, but when I do, some of the walls do not show up (but the windows that are in these walls do show up). Is this a problem that needs to be fixed, or is this a natural way to render? Thanks, Chris K Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 1) You can to create a LAYER LINK which will consist of all the various layers in your whole building. 2) You can change the level of light in any layer with the command: VIEW>LIGHTING>SET LAYER AMBIENT 3) Probably the "invisible" walls are in a class that is set to invisible... Hope that helps Peter Cipes Residential Designer Ashland, Oregon Quote Link to comment
LordSobe Posted June 22, 2004 Author Share Posted June 22, 2004 How can I determine if the walls are set to Invisible? [edit] I found some related option under Organize > Class Visibilities, and Organize > Layer Visibilities but everything is set to visible.. Is there any other way to determine this? [/edit] [ 06-22-2004, 11:46 AM: Message edited by: LordSobe ] Quote Link to comment
LordSobe Posted June 22, 2004 Author Share Posted June 22, 2004 Just full of questions, aren't I? I used the layer link, but the roof for some reason shows up on the first floor...so I go to File > Setup > Model Setup and see that the roof layer is actually set for a 0 elevation...I fix it, but for some reason it always resets itself back to 0, is there a reason for this, or is it just a bug? Quote Link to comment
Kevin Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Layer links will not change dynamically. You have to delete the layer link and then add it again with the new elevation value. 1. Go to your model layer and select the Roof layer link. (The Object Info Palette will show you when you have the Roof layer link selected). 2. Unlock the layer link and delete it. 3.Add the Roof layer link back to your model. The new layer link will establish itself based on the current elevation data. Quote Link to comment
Kevin Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 LordSobe: You can also move your Roof layer link within your Model layer. Once you unlock the layer link, you can move it up and down manually. Quote Link to comment
LordSobe Posted June 22, 2004 Author Share Posted June 22, 2004 Thanks, that part has been solved... Now I just need a solution for the invisible wall issue... Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 LORDSOBE: I don't use the setup assistant, I do it manually. So I'm not sure why you are getting those reults. Why not just go into the ROOF layer, turn it to a HEAD-ON view, SELECT ALL and then move all the roof objects up (whatever height is appropriate). Peter Quote Link to comment
LordSobe Posted June 23, 2004 Author Share Posted June 23, 2004 solved the invisble wall issue...apparently many of my walls decided to be flat objects rather than walls... Quote Link to comment
Kevin Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 LordSobe: Walls will appear "flat" if your wall height, "delta z" is zero. Quote Link to comment
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