Windows refuse to render properly

[Jac7890]

(Hi, this i my first post).

When I am in final quality Renderworks in a 3-D perspective view, my windows don't render. Everything else shows color and texture and shadow, but the window is a greyed-out box.

Is this normal for the program? I hope not, because that would make Vectorworks pretty crappy. Please help if you can!

[Ray Libby]

Welcome! In the help menu open VW help. Do a search on "windows" and "Using Style Classes. It will tell you how to set the glazing parameters.

[P Retondo]

If your window is a multiple-unit with mullions, there is a bug in the PIO whereby if the mullions are beyond a certain thickness, they take over the entire window. Check to see if this is your problem.

[Petri]

This is one of my standard posts here...

One can (and should!) edit the value lists of Plug-Ins. Not even the Spanish Inquisition wants classes called "Style-1", "Style-2" etc.

So, go to the VectorScript Plug-In Editor, locate Window (press W to get close quickly), click Edit, Parameters, Values and replace the silly styles with something more appropriate, eg. along these lines:

None

COL-White

COL-Graphite

COL-Red

COL-Blue

MAT-Aluminium-Natural

MAT-Aluminium-Bronze

MAT-Aluminium-Gold

MAT-Timber-Light

MAT-Timber-Dark

Choose the most likely to be Default.

Then you give suitable graphic attributes to classes named in your choices list.