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Picture bounding box

JGoode
Expert
Hello,

is it possible to remove the bounding box lines that are visible in 3D when using a 'Picture'?

Thanks
ArchiCAD 23

Windows 10
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Barry Kelly
Moderator
As far as I know the 'Picture' command when used in 3D does not have a boundary (unless the image you are using has one).

It will have a background though so it will always be rectangular.
But if your image has and Alpha channel, you can hide the background.
You can control the visibility of the Alpha channel with the 'mask' option in the PICTURE command.

Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
JGoode
Expert
Hi,

Please see my attached image.

My code is this:
picture "male_wc", A, ZZYZX, 1
It's not a huge problem, but ideally it wouldn't show in 3D.

Thanks
ArchiCAD 23

Windows 10
Barry Kelly
Moderator
I see what you mean.
I don't have the man image but I grabbed one that does have an Alpha channel.

The background is transparent but the image border is still there.


I am not sure how to turn that off.

The best I could do was to set a white pen colour just before the PICTURE command.


Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
Anonymous
Not applicable
I use the EXTRUDE command directly, the thickness is 0, and the edges are hidden.

material mat
rotx 90
EXTRUDE 5,0,0,0,1,
		0,0,0,
		a,0,0,
		a,b,0,
		0,b,0,
		0,0,0
del 1