aa.schump Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Hi All. I have a section viewport that is showing windows that are behind the section cut. This only seems to be happening with a renderworks background and a hidden line foreground, top left section). Open GL and hidden line backgrounds appear correct.(bottom left section) Thanks! Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 I think this is basically (physically) correct this way. If I don't want to see through both facades, V1 : I bring either in realistic interior Walls or fake Walls on a fake Class V2 : I overwrite my Elevation Viewports Glass Classes with a non translucent fake Glass Material (reflective or not) with a color that fits my graphical needs. Quote Link to comment
aa.schump Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 @zoomer Thanks for the reply. I dont mind the transparency beyond the section cut, but the bay window should not be see. I'm sure Im missing a button somewhere. Annotated image below. Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Ah, thanks, got it. It is even behind the cut plane. Ahm, I think this is not ok and should not happen ... It is not just a reflection, it is the Window itself ... Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Matt Panzer Posted September 21, 2020 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 21, 2020 1 hour ago, aa.schump said: @zoomer Thanks for the reply. I dont mind the transparency beyond the section cut, but the bay window should not be see. I'm sure Im missing a button somewhere. Annotated image below. Could you send me the file privately? Also, what version of Vectorworks are you seeing this in? Quote Link to comment
aa.schump Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 @Matt Panzer Using 2021. Sending the file your way. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Matt Panzer Posted September 22, 2020 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 22, 2020 10 hours ago, aa.schump said: @Matt Panzer Using 2021. Sending the file your way. @aa.schump, Thanks for sending the file! I can reproduce the problem on my computer and submitted a bug (VB-174294). In the meantime, I would suggest doing one of the following: Try using an OpenGL Render Background until this is fixed. You can get some nice (and fast) results from OpenGL backgrounds for drawings like this.Tip: Image Effects can also help a great deal in tweaking the brightness, contrast, and saturation. The other option is to Use a Renderworks background render mode with no foreground render. Duplicate the viewport on top of itself and render that one in a Hidden Line background render mode. Quote Link to comment
Guest Wes Gardner Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 I get a pretty good image in a viewport from openGL when I crank the sheet layer DPI up to 600 Wes Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Matt Panzer Posted September 22, 2020 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Wes Gardner said: I get a pretty good image in a viewport from openGL when I crank the sheet layer DPI up to 600 Wes Nice @Wes Gardner !!! Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Andrew Bell Posted September 23, 2020 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 23, 2020 The triggering issue was shadow generation, as the window geometry was supposed to be put in the collection of geometry only for creating shadows but was instead being put into the geometry to be rendered. This has been fixed and the fix will be in an upcoming service pack. 4 Quote Link to comment
Popular Post aa.schump Posted September 23, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 23, 2020 Thanks, everyone! Happy to hear it will be addressed in a future service pack. In the meantime, I used @Matt Panzer's suggestion of two overlapping viewports and ended up with a nice little section! Probably too much for the city drawings, but it will be great for the clients. 7 1 Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Nice Drawings ! Quote Link to comment
Joe-SA Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 We are having a similar issue with our perspective Section Viewports that did not exist in VW2019 but has persisted through VW2020. We have not yet tested in VW2021. In our case we are creating perspective sections where the camera is not in the room but set back from the cut plane. Although they are generating correctly in OpenGL the Renderworks engine is failing to recognize the section cut. We have seen this when generating section SLVP's using the clipcube. We have also seen this when generating section DLVP's and then creating a second viewport to the sheet from there. In both cases the line work and OpenGL recognize the section cut but Renderworks is showing the full model as if the cut didn't exist. We are getting the same behavior when rendering in the design layer itself. In the attached image you can see the hidden line foreground only, the Renderworks background only, and the combined image. This works as expected in VW2019. Any chance this is also fixed in VW2021? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Matt Panzer Posted September 23, 2020 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 23, 2020 2 hours ago, aa.schump said: Thanks, everyone! Happy to hear it will be addressed in a future service pack. In the meantime, I used @Matt Panzer's suggestion of two overlapping viewports and ended up with a nice little section! Probably too much for the city drawings, but it will be great for the clients. Beautifully done!!! Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Matt Panzer Posted September 23, 2020 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 23, 2020 4 hours ago, Joe-SA said: We are having a similar issue with our perspective Section Viewports that did not exist in VW2019 but has persisted through VW2020. We have not yet tested in VW2021. In our case we are creating perspective sections where the camera is not in the room but set back from the cut plane. Although they are generating correctly in OpenGL the Renderworks engine is failing to recognize the section cut. We have seen this when generating section SLVP's using the clipcube. We have also seen this when generating section DLVP's and then creating a second viewport to the sheet from there. In both cases the line work and OpenGL recognize the section cut but Renderworks is showing the full model as if the cut didn't exist. We are getting the same behavior when rendering in the design layer itself. In the attached image you can see the hidden line foreground only, the Renderworks background only, and the combined image. This works as expected in VW2019. Any chance this is also fixed in VW2021? Can you send me the file. I can try to see if this is related to the same problem. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Matt Panzer Posted September 24, 2020 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 24, 2020 19 hours ago, Matt Panzer said: Can you send me the file. I can try to see if this is related to the same problem. @Joe-SA, Thanks for sending the file. Quite a doozie as far as 3D detail. First, the issue you're seeing is not related to the bug I reported. However, I think it may be simply a matter of updating the section viewports on the design layers before updating the sheet layer viewports looking at them. Could you try that and let me know if that fixes the problem for you? Quote Link to comment
Joe-SA Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 The DLVP's are always updated first because without doing so nothing shows in Hidden Line in the SLVP. We are not seeing this impact the Renderworks result in the SLVP. We are seeing the same behavior when rendering the DLVP directly from the design layer. It doesn't appear to be an issue with SLVP's at all since it is happening before we even get to the sheet. Renderworks is simply ignoring the cut. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Matt Panzer Posted September 24, 2020 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 24, 2020 19 minutes ago, Joe-SA said: The DLVP's are always updated first because without doing so nothing shows in Hidden Line in the SLVP. We are not seeing this impact the Renderworks result in the SLVP. We are seeing the same behavior when rendering the DLVP directly from the design layer. It doesn't appear to be an issue with SLVP's at all since it is happening before we even get to the sheet. Renderworks is simply ignoring the cut. OK. I've been having some odd computer issues and wound up restarting my machine. After doing that and opening the file in VW 2020 vs 2021: I do see the problem in 2020 but do not see it in 2021. If you do notice this happening in 2021, please let us know. Quote Link to comment
Joe-SA Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Thanks Matt. We are not usually early adopters but with VW2021 we might need to make an exception. Quote Link to comment
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