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Shadows in 3d document

yashmunot
Newcomer

I can see window shadows in 3d model, but as soon as I open a 3d document those shadows dont appear, the shadow settings are on and I can see other shadows, only the window (glass) shadows are not appearing!

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Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin

Did you turn on the Shadow checkbox in the "Model Appearance" panel of the 3D Document Dialog?

If I do that, Shadows will be generated for me.

However, it seems that there is still a limitation: glass panes will not be interpreted as holes in the Shadows in the 3D Document Viewpoint. I think this is the limitation of the Vectorial Engine, which the 3D Document Viewpoint uses. (The 3D Viewpoint can use Hardware acceleration.)

 

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