scot macintosh Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I am having problems with Final Quality RenderWorks (VW 2012 and 2008). Any cylindrical objects that I create, do not appear smooth... Lines parallel to the straight edges of cylindrical shapes don't want to disappear. I have changed the 3D Conversion resolution in Preferences to 'Very High'. This did not help... Any suggestions how to smooth the surfaces? Thanks in advance :-) Quote Link to comment
scot macintosh Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 Still cannot find a solution to the rendering issue. I am desperate for an advice! Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Scott - This may a problem with the object or with visibility settings rather than the render process. Couple things to consider or try: 1. Renders are sometimes ragged if there is a stack of one or more duplicate objects. 2. Paste one offending object into a new VW file and try the render. Adjust the settings as needed. If render is still bad, add that file to your next post (Switch to Full Reply Screen and use the File Manager) 3. If this is rendering on a design layer, look at class and layer visibility to see if several versions of the objects are superimposed. 4. If this is sheet layer viewport render, look at settings for foreground and background render. One might be set to wire frame or to hidden line or one of the modes with Show Edges. 5. Others here will have more ideas, especially if you post a small VW file with one of these misbehaving renders. -B Quote Link to comment
scot macintosh Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 Will try your suggestions. Will let you know how I went. BIG THANKS! Quote Link to comment
scot macintosh Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Hi Benson, No luck... I have tried your suggestions but it did not work... I have attached two files. Please have a look and let me know what you think. The objects were originally created with Preferences > 3D conversion res > set to Medium. Once the objects were created I have changed this resolution to very high but the change for some reason did not take effect. Many thanks. Quote Link to comment
VincentCuclair Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Had this a while back Peter....don't know if it's the same?! http://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=29762&Number=145450#Post145450 Quote Link to comment
VincentCuclair Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 If you use Custom Renderworks you have more control over the individual settings, if anything it will save you time with shorter render times........ Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Scott, Sorry, but my pro v2012 cannot open student v2012. More things to look at: ? Surfaces with no fill render with lines, usually vertical, throughout the surface. Select one of the objects and add a color fill with the Attribute Palette. Render. ? Your objects may have a texture applied. Select an object and look at the texture setting in the Render tab of the OIP. Textures render only if the objects have fill. Your lines could be from a texture. ? What is the source of these objects? Were they imported from other software? or converted from earlier version? Try saving the v2012 file as a v2008 file or other version available to you. Regarding 3d conversion preference settings: This is a global setting and will affect all objects in all open drawings. All existing 3d curved surfaces will change to more or fewer facets as the setting changes. New objects will display at the current setting. FQRW defeats the pref and renders all objects as if conversion is set to highest. Vincent's advice is also good. Try Custom Renderworks (and make sure you have fill in the objects). Set some of the options to highest in View>Rendering>Custom Renderworks Options. Esp Curved Geometry Then render again with Custom Renderworks. OK, keep trying and post back with results. Quote Link to comment
scot macintosh Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 Hi Vincent and Benson, Thank you for all the suggestions. Will try them all :-) Will get back to you soon... hopefully to report a success :-) Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 That's weird that the professional version can't open these educational files. Opening educational files used to give the watermark warning. But not opening at all, is this a new thing? I haven't seen this warning before. (Not that I normally open or need to open educational files, but it means this list isn't really a help resource for students then.) KM Quote Link to comment
pgym Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 That's weird that the professional version can't open these educational files. Opening educational files used to give the watermark warning. But not opening at all, is this a new thing? I haven't seen this warning before. (Not that I normally open or need to open educational files, but it means this list isn't really a help resource for students then.) Oh, brilliant. So design students spend 3-4 years learning VW and developing a personal library of PIOS, symbols, scripts, templates, and other resources with an eye toward using after graduation, and then get out into the working world and discover that they're all unusable and they have to rebuild them all from scratch. Now THERE's a scheme that's guaranteed to build user satisfaction and loyalty. You really have to hand it to the VW marketing Einsteins, because when it comes to finding new ways of antagonizing customers, they're far and away the industry leader. Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 All - This was news to me, too. I thought I could open the Education version files. Did anyone else try to open Scott's files? I tried in v2013 Designer and v2012 Designer. Both versions produced the attached Student/Pro incompatible dialog. Original poster, Scott M, indicated v2008 as another version he has but this file does not mount at all in my v2008 Landmark. -B Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Tamsin Slatter Posted August 13, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted August 13, 2013 Educational licenses behave differently in different geographies. Quote Link to comment
mar schrammeyer Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 (edited) Cannot open the file either asked Ozcad for clarification. OK had confirmation from Ozcad we cannot open student files with pro Opened the file with 2012 viewer and it appears that the object is original a generic solid which looks faceted, so if that original object could be edited to be smooth.. Edited August 14, 2013 by mar schrammeyer Quote Link to comment
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