Glossy Surface

[Guest Demfis Fyssicopulos]

Dear all,

What is the best way to make a surface render glossy?. e.g. a glossy floor.

df

[Tamsin Slatter]

Hi Demfis

You need to use a Renderworks texture with some reflectivity set up. Depending on the version of Vectorworks that you have, you will have different options to define within the reflectivity shader of the texture.

Double-click on the Resource Browser and choose to create a new Renderworks texture. Set the Color shader to whatever you want (color, or image, or tile, noise, etc. Set the Reflectivity shader to Mirror or Plastic and then click Edit to adjust the parameters.

Hope that helps.

[Guest Demfis Fyssicopulos]

Hi Tamsin!,

As always, thank you very much. That is what I thought and I had tried it, but without much success. It seems all I get is greys and no glossy white surfaces.

df

[Guest Demfis Fyssicopulos]

Got it!.

Looks great!. Thanks!

df

[Cynthia]

@Demfis Fyssicopulos Hi there, I'm trying to do a glossy white cabinet as the method mentioned above but the cabinet turns out grey, could you advice me how to get it right. Thanks.