Rendering very dark through glass in Rhino8

Hi

Just getting used to Rhino 8 - mac. Big change in menues so some getting used to. We make scale models and often render the models enclosed in a glass cover. Before the colours of the model stayed the same but now in Rhino 8 as soon as I add the glass cover the model becomes very dark. Not sure why, any ideas…


Please run the Rhino command _SystemInfo and post the result here in a reply.

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I just improved it by turning on ‘sunlight’ but still don;t look as nice as it did in version7

Make sure you’re using the Glass material:

Here with just the skylight enabled

Hi @rene3 ,

I think you may be in the Rendered display mode and not actually rendering with the Render command or in the Raytraced display mode. You should also open the Rendering panel with the Rendering command and use the Reset to Defaults button at the bottom. Also make sure to use the Glass material for glass.