alfresco Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I have just finished modelling a table. I can view in wireframe and hidden line. When I try to render nothing is visible. Why. What do I need to do? Thanks lm Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted February 20, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted February 20, 2014 (edited) OpenGL and Final Quality Renderworks both show nothing? Normally when wireframe and hidden line work fine but you see nothing in the other modes, means you either have NO light at all (usually the rendering is then black) or too much light (usually then its solid white) but that's just a guess based on common things users run into. Edited February 20, 2014 by JimW Quote Link to comment
alfresco Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Jim, Correct. Nothing is visible in either open GL or Final Render works. Thanks lm Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted February 20, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted February 20, 2014 If it isnt too much or too little light, or that the light objects are inside a 3D solid, send in the file to tech@vectorworks.net and I can have a look. Quote Link to comment
alfresco Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 I have just extruded a rectangle. Again, not visible when I try to render? Is this a setting/bug or corrupt file? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted February 20, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted February 20, 2014 Does it work in a new blank file if you create and extrude a rectangle? If so, send me your original file. If not, send me this from your machine, please: http://kbase.vectorworks.net/questions/627/DirectX+Diagnostics+and+System+Profiler Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted February 21, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted February 21, 2014 It turned out there were two lines something to the effect of 10e27 meters from the original geometry, which can cause issues with rendering. To identify the problem, we (Mike Groves, another Tech here who got to your email before I did) used Edit > Select All, then View > Zoom > Fit to Objects, which showed the geometry far from the documents origin. Then, we simply selected your intentionally drawn objects, then used Edit > Invert Selection, to select anything other than your table, which gave us the selection of two line objects. Once these were removed, the rendering engine was able to do its job without failing. For both you and any other users that may come across this thread, more info on working with the origin can be found here: http://kbase.vectorworks.net/questions/1147/Origins+and+Large+Coordinate+Values Quote Link to comment
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