Simon Allan Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Hi All, See Picture attached. I can't figure out why the truss and pipe in this drawing won't show correctly in OpenGL. The other object (box) is fine but all my truss and piping is affected. It is the same for all render modes actually. I have pasted these objects into a new blank drawing to be sure and the result is still the same. Maybe I am missing something simple??? Any help appreciated. Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 (edited) It looks like the pipes have a texture which is not rendering or they have no fill. Look at your View>Rendering>OpenGL Options. The "Use Textures" may be disabled (default). Enable by checkmarking the box for Use Textures. If no render, try entering the symbol edit mode, 3d objects, select pipe objects and apply a fill. Or, better, find the class for the pipes, and edit the class to have a fill color and near bottom of Class dialog look in the OTHER texture tab and see if a texture is set properly. Pipe objects in the symbol should have all attributes by class. Or maybe it's something else entirely. -B Edited April 24, 2014 by Benson Shaw Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted April 24, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted April 24, 2014 (edited) It is most likely as Benson says, above. (Trust in The Benson!) However it may also be, if they are extrudes, that you need to edit the profile of the extrude and make sure that source object is a closed and filled poly as well. If it isn't closed or has no fill, it can cause that effect when extruded. Edited April 24, 2014 by JimW Quote Link to comment
Simon Allan Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 Thanks for the help but still no joy. I tried all fixes you both mention and all appears correct. Also, the truss was created using the truss tool so that eliminates some of the items you mentioned but I did double check the pipe. I have included the file so you can take a look. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted April 24, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted April 24, 2014 When I opened the attached file, the truss and those pipes had a fill in the attributes palette of None. When I set the fill to Solid, they appeared as expected: Quote Link to comment
Simon Allan Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 Thanks Jim! I keep forgetting the attributes palette. I was looking at the class and it had a solid set there so I thought it was OK. I think I will have to keep that attributes window in view in the future. Thanks for the fast replies. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted April 24, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted April 24, 2014 Oh yeah, Attributes Palette and Object info palette should be open at all times. They're the most important two in my humble opinion. Quote Link to comment
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