A quite simple problem: I can’t figure out how to have the cutting plane fill in when I’m rendering.
Hi Keith -
I’m not 100% clear on the requirements here…
Have you enabled the “surface edges and isocurves” post effect?
-wim
In VRay you can define a render-material per clippingplane that is used for cut-areas of solids. BTW there is also a very useful option, where you can set if an opening from a clippingplane should affect lightning, because sometimes you dont want that. IMO both would be quite useful things for the rhino renderer.
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Thanks Wim! I did try that but I don’t want the edges and isocurves to show, only the cut plane itself.
I could in theory save the view and overlay a view. I could even save a copy and just boolean difference I guess instead of doing an actual cut. A one-step solution would be nice though.
I think there’s a “shadows ignore clipping plane” option inside Rhino as well. But if you have V-Ray skills I don’t think you’d be spending much time rendering inside Rhino itself.
Hi Keith -
I put that request on the list as RH-78984 Rendering: Post Effect: Section elements
Are you expecting different settings for the pattern, the background, and the boundary options of a section style, or would one Post Effect turn all of these on or off?
Hi Mich -
You should be able to do that in Rhino as well.
That one is on the list as RH-75825 Clipping plane should allow to affect geometry but not lighting
-wim
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I guess just something better to work with. The big issue with the cut plan being “hollow” is that if you edit the image in another program it’s that much harder to trace out the section itself.
You could potentially export both a render and a non-rendered view and overlay them. Actually that wouldn’t be so bad for anyone with have decent photo editing skills. I guess when it comes down to it the lack of the filled-in section plane feels like a bug and makes it harder to pull off a quick but nice looking rendered section.
Interesting - can you tell me where to set this?
Hi Keith -
You image in this thread is too small for me to see what’s going on. As you see in the picture I posted earlier, the cutting plane is filled.
Hi Mich -
You need to modify the clipping plane options in the display mode, e.g. Rendered > Objects > Clipping Planes. Uncheck the Use section styles option, and set the Show fills > Color usage to either the object’s render material or, as in your example, the clipping plane’s render material.
-wim
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“Luckily” this simple example produces the same result. I had suspected that there was something wrong with my solid(s) in my previous example. But I can reproduce the same result with relatively simple geometry.
As always it could be a setting somewhere but I haven’t found it yet.
Basic Render Example.3dm (600.4 KB)