HDRI not showing up

[oli w]

I'm having trouble with my HDRIs, I havent used one for a while, and the last time I used one it displayed perfectly...however now the backgrounds don't show up, but the effects of them remain. Am I doing something stupid here? Using renderworks 2011 on mac. Thankyou

[mike m oz]

There is an excellent free guide to the new Renderworks written by Dan Jansenson: Getting Started with Renderworks 2011 which can be downloaded from the Training area of the Vectorworks website. The answer to your query will be in there. http://www.nemetschek.net/training/free_resource.php

[oli w]

thanks mike-very odd-even though i followed the instructions as stated on the guide it still only showed the effects but not the background, but then i went to the hdri in the resource browser and pressed apply..and then it worked! cheers

[Farookey]

Hi there...

How did you apply the HDRI the first time (when it didn't work)?

If it was through the View > Lighting > Set Lighting Options dialog box, at which point you selected 'From Selected Background' radio button, and selected your desired background...

This would only apply the LIGHTING EFFECTS of the HDRI.

In order to have both, the lighting effect and background of the same HDRI, you must apply it separately to the particular layer. This can be done by navigating to the 'Organization' dialog and editing the particular design layer (and selecting your desired HDRI background). Ensure that 'From CURRENT Background' radio button is selected in View > Lighting > Set Lighting Options dialog box.

Chances are, by 'applying' it as you did, it may have been added to THAT PARTICULAR design layer...

Let us know if it works...

[oli w]

you are indeed correct farookey, that does appear to be what I've done. I don't know how originally I managed to get it to apply (before it didn't work) but as long as it's working now im happy