Fabric Curtain Wall

[Jase1992]

Hello All,

 

I have been battling with Vectoworks (Designer 2018) all day trying to create a simple curtain wall. I want to visualise a sheer curtain but due to the amount of poly lines the shape generates it always renders black and not sheer.

 

HELP? I know there must be a simple answer. 

 

Thanks in advance.

[herbieherb]

I wouldn't model the curtain, but rather place a texture with displacement mapping on a simple 3D polygon. It looks much better in a rendering, you don't have to model it and you don't have to have a lot of geometry in your project while working.

Here is a video of how you do it:

The texture only works if you select a Renderworks render style and turn on Displacement Mapping.

Here's the texture used:

 

And also some other Textures to experiment with:

 

 

And here's the Vectorworks file from the video:

curtain.vwx

Edited February 25, 2020 by herbieherb