Ernestas Mozeiko Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Hi, Could anyone please tell me why is it rendering this way? I set all settings to the max, and anyway curved objects came up terrible. How do i make smooth lines ? I have set the dpi to 300 as well. [img:center]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26088808/Screen%20Shot%202013-09-07%20at%2011.39.02.png[/img] Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Tamsin Slatter Posted September 7, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 7, 2013 Have you tried File > Document Settings > Document Preferences and then turn Mesh Smoothing on? Quote Link to comment
Ernestas Mozeiko Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 Thanks for you help, but I am afraid it didn't sort the problem. It did help but it is far away from perfect. [img:center]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26088808/Screen%20Shot%202013-09-08%20at%2016.52.27.png[/img] Any other ideas ? Or that is all what renderworks is capable of ? Quote Link to comment
mike m oz Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Ty setting the mesh smoothing angle to 30?. Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 The problem is probably the symbol. If it's one of those symbols made with thousands of mesh objects, that's as smooth as it will get. If you need a better rendering, use or make a symbol with smooth solid objects. hth mk Quote Link to comment
Ernestas Mozeiko Posted September 15, 2013 Author Share Posted September 15, 2013 Well, it happens to any object I import either it is 3d max or sketchup, vectorworks renders it terribly. Is there any why to solve this ? Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Its because VW is a solids and NURBS modeller. The geometry you're importing is a polygon based mesh which is essentially a group of triangles. As mike_m_oz says, reducing the mesh smoothing angle will help. Also, converting the mesh in something like Meshlab to a regular, square mesh could help. Much of what you're seeing is because of the triangles. There is a new feature of the auto-hybrid object in the upcoming VW2014 that will allow you to adjust the smoothing angle on individual object which might help you if you do a lot of imports from Sketchup or 3D Max. A better option is to use solids based resources. What version of VW are you using (Architect, Designer, Spotlight, Landmark, Fundamentals)? There are 3D resources like you're looking for included with some versions (definitely Designer which I'm using, has 50+ 3D toilets). Resources based on solids and NURBS will always render better in VW. Kevin Quote Link to comment
Monadnoc Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 I deal with this issue with all the models I make in C4D and import into VW. The problem is there is no phong tag in VW. I have had mixed results with changing the smoothing angle. In general, I find it doesn't usually work. Maybe 2014 has phong tags now. Let's hope. And also proper UV mapping so we can scale the models after import. Without both of those abilities, VW isn't too useful for 3ds models. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 16, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 16, 2013 As mentioned by a few above, the problem lies in the geometry, which in this (and many) case(s) appears poor because of the way 3DS and other types of Mesh objects import into Vectorworks. They are handled as a large number of separate 3D polygons at worst, or an overly complex and slow mesh object at best. For instance, if you created that toilet in Vectorworks using the 3D modeling tools available in the software itself, there would be no issue. Render a Sphere in this rendering mode with geometry and 3D conversion res set to Very High to see what I mean, perfectly smooth edges and surface with no odd warping or faceting. It doesn't solve the issue, but in this case it isn't Renderworks thats to blame, its what is happening to this kind of geometry during import. Quote Link to comment
Ernestas Mozeiko Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 The toilet I have posted before is from vw library. So it appears renderworks has ty rendering engine. Unrended sketch up object looks better then the same object imported to vw rendered. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 19, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 19, 2013 Some of the libraries are made here, but many are submitted by the manufacturers directly and will be of varying quality, true. Make sure to test resources from multiple sources when trying to verify if an issue is with the rendering engine or not, its easy to keep one model and forget that the problem can lie elsewhere. Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 As mentioned by a few above, the problem lies in the geometry, which in this (and many) case(s) appears poor because of the way 3DS and other types of Mesh objects import into Vectorworks. They are handled as a large number of separate 3D polygons at worst, or an overly complex and slow mesh object at best. For instance, if you created that toilet in Vectorworks using the 3D modeling tools available in the software itself, there would be no issue. Render a Sphere in this rendering mode with geometry and 3D conversion res set to Very High to see what I mean, perfectly smooth edges and surface with no odd warping or faceting. It doesn't solve the issue, but in this case it isn't Renderworks thats to blame, its what is happening to this kind of geometry during import. Jim, While the primary problem is the geometry, there is also a problem with how VW handles polygon/mesh geometry specifically when rendering. You can make the same types of models look better in C4D (same rendering engine) with very little effort. Kevin Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Ernestas, Are you able to post a file with the problem geometry? I'd be curious to take a look. Kevin Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 19, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 19, 2013 You can make the same types of models look better in C4D (same rendering engine) with very little effort. True, currently there isn't a way to coherently edit a collection of 3D polygons or meshes. Specifically the Organic Mesh in C4D and even the way it handles editing them is superior. Not sure if that is a direction engineering will be going with our built-in modeling engine, but being able to "link" or otherwise make 3D polys understand that they are part of a whole, larger object instead of individual panels would be an excellent addition. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Dave Donley Posted September 19, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 19, 2013 Hello Ernestas: The Mesh Smoothing Document Preference does essentially what Phong Tags in C4D do, as long as the separate imported polygons are converted into connected meshes. The only limitation to mesh smoothing in VW is that it applies globally to all meshes. Quote Link to comment
Monadnoc Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 (edited) Hello Ernestas: The Mesh Smoothing Document Preference does essentially what Phong Tags in C4D do, as long as the separate imported polygons are converted into connected meshes. The only limitation to mesh smoothing in VW is that it applies globally to all meshes. The problem is when you convert the triangles into a mesh, the texturing goes all to heck. Therefore it is useless if you have a textured model. I'm guessing it's related to the same problem I mentioned in another post concerning scaling 3ds models after import. I'm no expert on any of this, all I know is the same model viewed in C4D looks smooth, viewed in Sketchup looks smooth, viewed in other 3D apps it looks smooth, viewed in VW looks terrible. I've tried and tried to figure out a way to get my plant models to look smooth in VW and the only way is to up the polygon count by 3 or 4 times. Which makes them unworkable in VW. I believe it is due to two factors, the triangulation caused by converting to 3ds and the lack of a phong tag in VW (or the equivalent - I'm fine if using mesh smoothing works, but then make it work with triangles. Or make the textures work after converting to mesh). Triangulation could be avoided by including a OBJ or FBX or DAE IMPORT capability. All of these maintain quads. So, with all respect, it is a problem with VW and its rendering engine. Edited September 19, 2013 by Monadnoc Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Dave Donley Posted September 19, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 19, 2013 OK, I was looking at this thread with the untextured toilet, I do agree that the mesh smoothing is not convenient if the texturing is lost when the object is converted to a mesh. Quote Link to comment
Monadnoc Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 (edited) So does 2014 include import capabilities for OBJ, FBX, or DAE? I'm still on 2011 (mainly due to these issues). I suppose I should just go watch the "What's New" videos, and find out for myself ... Edited September 19, 2013 by Monadnoc Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 19, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 19, 2013 Export for FBX and DAE yes, but not import unfortunately. Quote Link to comment
Monadnoc Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 (edited) Any idea when we'll be able to import either of those (dae would be my preference, if I had to choose only one)? Actually, my real first preference would be to be able to import .C4D files. Thanks. Edited September 19, 2013 by Monadnoc Quote Link to comment
Ernestas Mozeiko Posted September 20, 2013 Author Share Posted September 20, 2013 Kevin I have just used random object from vw designer 2013 library. I am interested why I am still using this program. Despite the rendering it is one of the best I have used so far, what I love most about it that it got rendering machine inside and even after rendering I can change it. So I assume there is no way I can import objects and make them look photorealistic, what a shame.! Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 20, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 20, 2013 You can, it simply depends what types of geometry you are importing. Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Any idea when we'll be able to import either of those (dae would be my preference, if I had to choose only one)? Actually, my real first preference would be to be able to import .C4D files. Thanks. I second this preference. Direct import of .C4D files and keeping this bi-directional import path current is important. KM Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Dave Donley Posted September 20, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 20, 2013 Ernestas: Please attach this file, I am not seeing it in the Fixtures.vwx library file. All the ones in there use solids which do not show this problem. Quote Link to comment
Ernestas Mozeiko Posted September 26, 2013 Author Share Posted September 26, 2013 Here is the file: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26088808/file.vwx It is from vw library, if vw is not capable to render it properly I do not understand why is it there in a fist place. Please post how is it rendering at yours. Quote Link to comment
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