David Ormsby Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 I use VW Spotlight 11.0.1 for lightplots, floorplans and modelling, and Cinema 4D for rendering. In VW 11, it seems that when I export a drape, using the drape tool, I get some nasty vertices along the top edge of the drape. The cinema export PI does not support nurbs, and this effect can be seen in VW by converting a drape to a Mesh. This seems to be much more pronounced in VW 11 than in previous versions. I have tried all different ratios of pleat spacing and depth, but no luck in removing the artifacts short of editing the mesh. Did something change in VW 11? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted June 15, 2005 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted June 15, 2005 In versions prior to 11, the drape was composed of several short nurbs segemnts. In V11 it's one numbs surface so Renderworks can render it more efficiently. Each nurbs segment was about 8', you can try making smaller segments and exporting them? Quote Link to comment
David Ormsby Posted June 16, 2005 Author Share Posted June 16, 2005 Well at least I wasn't imagining it! I'll give it a shot - a bit more work but a good workaround. Thanks Quote Link to comment
Kevin Beacham Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Am I missing something? Where you you adjust the segments? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted July 27, 2005 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted July 27, 2005 There is no adjustment for the segments, you have to use the curtain object and draw several curtains that are 8' long, because some other applications can't deal with the larger nurbs surface. Quote Link to comment
Kevin Beacham Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 Got it. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
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