topic Re: Rendering transparent objects in Visualization

Rendering transparent objects

Anonymous — Thu, 11 May 2023 09:58:05 GMT

Hi,

I am trying to render semi-transparent trees and I can't figure it out.

What I did:
Gave the trees transparency by changing the surfaces transparency.
In 3D view the trees are transparent.

When rendering the trees are shown solid.

Any suggestion is welcomed.

Best regards,
Marius C.

Re: Rendering transparent objects

DGSketcher — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 13:46:09 GMT

This may be a ray depth / threshold issue. This frequently crops up where glass appears black and has been discussed a few times on this forum.

This may help... http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/guides/archicad-20/archicad-20-reference-guide/user_interface_reference/dialog_boxes/detailed_cinerender_settings/physical_renderer_advanced/

or this...

http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/troubleshooting/3d-modeling/texture-overwrite-fails/#CineRender_and_glass_surfaces

Re: Rendering transparent objects

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 13:52:22 GMT

I figured it out. Now the trees are transparent both in 3D views and on renderings.

When I open Surfaces, at the Engine Settings was selected OpenGL. I had to switch it to Internal Engine and make the changes there for the rendering to work properly.

Thanks for the reply !

CineRender doesn't work for me, so I had to make use of the Internal Engine instead.

Re: Rendering transparent objects

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 23:09:18 GMT

Correct.

You already figured out that Surfaces have individual settings for each rendering engine. Make sure you change surface settings for the rendering engine you use.