Lines in transparent materials

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ā2008-10-04
10:29 PM
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01:41 PM
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Noemi Balogh
Archicad 18/Windows 11
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i7 2.4 GHz / 16 GB ram

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ā2008-10-07 10:24 AM
Dwight would say, if you have to make a cartoon tree, make it a translucent ball on a stick.

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ā2008-10-07 05:50 PM
Archicad 18/Windows 11
Alienware 17 R5
i7 2.4 GHz / 16 GB ram

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ā2008-10-07 07:07 PM
By any chance could the lines you see be shadows lines from nearby objects?
I happened to view the trees I did from when several were in a cluster and because of the translucent material setting, you see lines which are the edges of the trees behind.
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ā2008-10-07 07:22 PM
No shadow lines as these objects are the only things visible in the project. I think what I am going to try is to open the project on another computer with a different hardware configuration and see what differences that may make.
Thanks for your curiosity.
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ā2008-10-07 07:36 PM
David wrote:The word "cartoon trees" reminded me of a project I did a while back. We did master planning for a local community college and this is one of the images we used to convey our phasing. I call it my Monopoly look. I used a Google earth image for the ground along with a jpeg of our ArchiCAD colored site plan and my lollypop trees.
After sleeping on it Dwights advice sounds good. The materials work on simple form cartoon trees. Only becomes a problem when the forms get real detailed and complex. I think the simple look is best and ties in with the sort of artistic look I am after. I am just planning on using them as a simpl tree wash background. I am balancing this creation with the multitude of other "emergencies" and will post some images for comment soon. Thanks for all the advice everyone.
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ā2008-10-08 12:10 AM
The one deciduous tree might work. You can adjust the crown for that lolipop look.
Rboert, Nice site

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ā2008-10-08 12:23 AM
If you go "real" the tree should have texture and a controlled irregularity - each individual has differences, but they appear uniform along a street, say. The Archicad trees Erika shows remind me of scale train model sets....
If you go "cartoon", the Irish marble look is too harsh. The opacity and saturation of the foliage ball should be low enough to seem insubstantial.

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ā2008-10-08 12:53 AM
The attached show the Archicad tree on simple on the left, and also the right with the crown resized to lolipop.
the middle is the archicad sphere on a column.
All 3 have the same translucent foliage material and trunk material
Dwight, why the camouflage look?
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ā2008-10-08 01:09 AM
It is better if you use the sphere object or spin a complex profile.

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ā2008-10-08 01:11 AM
Robert wrote:Wow, that's uncanny. Check out the quick model I made during a design charrette in Georgia. Didn't cause any unrest there, in fact quite impressed the client given the time restrictions.
The word "cartoon trees" reminded me of a project I did a while back. We did master planning for a local community college and this is one of the images we used to convey our phasing. I call it my Monopoly look. I used a Google earth image for the ground along with a jpeg of our ArchiCAD colored site plan and my lollypop trees.
Cheers,
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