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How to remove the frame around trees?

Frank Harper
Booster

Does anyone know, how to get rid off that frame of the trees in 3D?

Thanks.

trees.jpg

[Topic title edited by moderator to be more descriptive. Original title "Trees - ..it's urgent!"]

AC 4.55 -
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runxel
Legend

Hey there, first of all, you're posting in the German Forum (maybe @Claudius can move this topic!), secondly: You can use a GO since AC 25 for that (hiding contour lines).

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vistasp
Advisor

You may already know this, but the outline will not show in the rendering, provided you use one of the Physical renderers.

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Hmooslechner
Moderator
A veeery good question.. No - You cant get rid of it as far as i know.
 
thumb Workaround:  Make a new penparameter in the GDL - and give it a light colored pen - then insert this in the 3D-Script (nearly on its end) on this place and save it on a new name - to get a librarypart of You own - without altering the original. Then insert this new librarypart and play with it...
material "TreeMat3D"

!!!! Here You insert:
Pen YourPenName
!!!!  End of Your insert

vert	EPS, 0, EPS					! 1
vert	A-EPS, 0, EPS				! 2
vert	A-EPS, 0, _PicSize-2*EPS	! 3
vert	EPS, 0, _PicSize-2*EPS		! 4

edge 1, 2, 0, 0, 0
edge 2, 3, 0, 0, 0
edge 3, 4, 0, 0, 0
edge 4, 1, 0, 0, 0

pgon{2} 4, 0, 0, 6,
	-EPS, 0, 0,
	1, 0, 0,
	-EPS, 0, 1,
	-EPS, 1, 0,
	1, 2, 3, 4

body 1

del nTrans
end
 
 
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Yves
Advocate

I think if we want to modify the script 3D of the object then I will do like this

 

!!!!Old script
!!! edge 1, 2, 0, 0, 0
!!! edge 2, 3, 0, 0, 0
!!! edge 3, 4, 0, 0, 0
!!! edge 4, 1, 0, 0, 0

!!!!New script
edge 1, 2, 0, 0, 1
edge 2, 3, 0, 0, 1
edge 3, 4, 0, 0, 1
edge 4, 1, 0, 0, 1

 

Yves Houssier
Belgium
Archicad 19 -> 24
iMac - Mac Os 10,13

Thats it! Easy!

 

You could, of course, give it an new parametername to switch it on/off it from the user-interface.

 

Thank You!

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Trun off "Show Contours" in 3D Styles.  

SteveJepson_0-1705879044126.png

 

 

 

 

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Thanks for the numerous answers... have now created an override technique for this tree, and displayed the "contour lines" here!

 

 

AC 4.55 -

The trees "outline" contour lines are on Pen 4. So - although not ideal - you can retain the contours on the building and reduce the impact of the tree dark rectangle by changing Pen 4 to White or Light Grey.