AC 15 FRAME MATERIAL

[Anonymous]

hello everyone, I'm new in the forum, I would like to ask if someone know about the material FRAME used on shells, i´m working with AC15 but doesn´t have that material in the list...I saw it in webinar presentation of AC15 and shell with FRAME material looks great.

[Steve Jepson]

Never heard of it. What did it look like? Frame as in picture frame?

Was it metal? cloth, wood, paint, plaster, clay???

[Anonymous]

This was shown in the DESIGN Webinar.

The 'Frame' material uses a .png file with an alpha layer to make the background disappear, leaving just the metalwork showing. It's a bit of a cheat to be honest as it will only display like this in the 3D window. You won't get the same effect in any other view as it is just a flat material - no structural elements are created.

Here is a random tutorial that shows how to make a png image with an alpha layer, if you're interested -

http://www.axialis.com/tutorials/tutorial-misc001.html

[Thomas Holm]

If we could just wrap a Curtain Wall around a Shell...