tpenna Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Is there a tool for making walls that can be transparent when viewed from one side? I'm drawing a room in 3D and want to be able to rotate around and be able to see through the walls into the room. Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 You will have to set the Texture on the wall you want to see through to be transparent. You probably want to use Plain transparency and not Glass as the Glass textures require lights instead of just the default lighting. Alternatively, could you use the Clip Cube and just move it up to eliminate the wall in you need to be transparent? You would still be able to fly around and not have the wall in the way. But that won't work if you need things to show between the viewer and the wall. 1 Quote Link to comment
tpenna Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 Thanks! I'll work on that. I have one more question, unrelated to the first. The space that I'm modeling has steel joists in the ceiling like the kind in the attached image. I've been working with the Structural Member Tool (I'm in the Spotlight workspace) but I can't find a setting to make the right shape. Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 I can't help with the trusses. Sorry. You might have to actually model them. Quote Link to comment
Guest Wes Gardner Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 @tpenna, does this help? Bar Joist.vwx Quote Link to comment
tpenna Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 (edited) Definitely! Thanks! I'm using VW2019. Is this a 2020 file? I don't think I can open/import it as 2020, unless there's something I'm missing. Edited September 29, 2020 by tpenna Quote Link to comment
Andy Broomell Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 1 hour ago, tpenna said: Is there a tool for making walls that can be transparent when viewed from one side? I'm drawing a room in 3D and want to be able to rotate around and be able to see through the walls into the room. I assume you're trying to achieve a "dollhouse view" but Vectorworks can't do single-sided surfaces, unfortunately. For anyone curious - here's an example of single-side surfaces - click this link then hit the "View Dollhouse" button in lower left. https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=YWe14zFGZHe 1 Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 It's easy. Use the Framing Member set to Open Web Steel Joist. Quote Link to comment
Guest Wes Gardner Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 @tpenna, here ya go... Bar Joist v2019.vwx Quote Link to comment
tpenna Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 (edited) CipesDesign, it looks like that toolset is in Architect and Landmark, but I only have Spotlight and Fundamentals. Edited September 29, 2020 by tpenna Quote Link to comment
Guest Wes Gardner Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 @tpenna, let me know if you can't manipulate the bar joist to suit, I can always make you one given a couple of measurements... Wes Quote Link to comment
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