domer1322 Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 I need help ... I'm trying to render a stained glass window. When I make the image prop and related texture, I adjusted the image mask for levels of gray/black transparency, and the light comes through the window according to levels of black in the image, but it doesn't show the colors in window. That is, I expect to see the light reflecting off the floor to be the color of the stained glass. As a bonus, it would be nice to directly look at the window and see the colors "glowing". What I see now is the various levels of grayscale render as transparent (clear) glass. How do I make this work the way it looks in real life? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted January 11, 2017 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 11, 2017 You won't be able to get the sort of lense flaring or blind spot effect you get in real life by looking directly at a light unfortunately, in Vectorworks that mostly has to be added afterwards in image editing. However, to get the colors to behave that way and light the area properly, you will likely want to use a backlit shader. @Luis M Ruiz made a nice example of this at some point, let me take a look and see if I can find it. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted January 11, 2017 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 11, 2017 Oh, that was in was a thread you started a while ago, I will see if the example is still available, the link seems to have expired: Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Popular Post Luis M Ruiz Posted January 11, 2017 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2017 5 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted January 11, 2017 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 11, 2017 That's the one! Quote Link to comment
domer1322 Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 great ... but ever since VW started this new forum format, I can't figure out how to look up my old threads .... so I don't know how to get to that old thread ... help ??? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted January 12, 2017 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 12, 2017 14 hours ago, domer1322 said: great ... but ever since VW started this new forum format, I can't figure out how to look up my old threads .... so I don't know how to get to that old thread ... help ??? The fastest way is to click on your name, then you can see a history of all your activity, the left hand menu on that page lets you sort by activity type. This works for any other member as well. Quote Link to comment
Elite Exhibits Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Luis M Luiz ¿ Are you able to share the CAD file for the above stained glass window example ? Thanks Peter Quote Link to comment
rDesign Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 (edited) @Elite Exhibits Just a forum tip that if you want to tag @Luis M Ruiz to see your request, start typing @ and continue typing their user name, it will autocomplete if you have their correct user name. Edited May 3, 2022 by rDesign 1 Quote Link to comment
Elite Exhibits Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 Thanks rDesign ! @Luis M Ruiz ¿ Are you able to share the CAD file for the above stained glass window example ? Thanks Peter Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Luis M Ruiz Posted May 20, 2022 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted May 20, 2022 Hi. Sorry for the delay. Here is a link to the original VWX file:https://www.dropbox.com/s/hcyovqlre52ccmt/Stained Window.vwx?dl=0 Quote Link to comment
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