The black is just the built geometry itself, but it is not casting shadows over the “ground”…
Hi Nicole - OK, yes, thanks, I see it in this view - well, your video support is on that great here - I am not sure if the 4000 is expected to work for shadows but you could try boosting the memory available to shadows in the options.
-Pascal
Thanks… Thanks… tried that but no change. I tried all the sliders in fact… Only modifying the “bubble” some shadows appear… but not sure if thatás the correct way to do it
I’m having this problem. I believe I checked evertything suggested above. Noticing that spotlight and point light display cast shadows whereas rectangular light does not- neither does linear light.
Can anybody get cast shadows on this model? Thanks.
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AmEW-HsXOJs0qy9h5JvCa4zs8G9h
Hi Michael - in Rendered mode that is actually expected as far as I know - these lights are not supported in the openGL preview - but a full render should work…
-Pascal
Thanks, Pascal.
Hello All, I am actually having problems with the shadows also in rendering mode. I have done all the things you have suggested but it´s still not working. I would truly appreciate if anyone could help me as I´m desperated. Thanks a lot!!
Any suggestions???
Hello - are the materials all set to use self illumination? It looks like they might be.
-Pascal
Thank you very much for the instant response I really appreciate this.
How can I check this?? The problem is that when I render it the shadows
show up, but in rendered mode they don´t that is what I don´t understand.
Also its a bit weird because sometimes they show up when I play with the
Camera based Clipping Buble but only in a fixed view,and in certain
objects, if I move the view a bit then the shadows dissapear.
Hello - I’ll just guess for the moment that the scene is too large - if you hide all but a relatively small part of the scene do shadows come back?
-Pascal
Still doesn´t work…
Hello - I guess we should see the file - if you make a new file with a box and a plane, do you get shadows? Is the Rendered mode set at defaults?
If a new file at defaults shows shadows please post a small, if possible, file that does not show shadows, to tech@mcneel.com, we’ll take a look.
-Pascal
Can you try something simple first…just to see if shadows are completely broken…
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Start Rhino
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Draw a box
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In the Perspective view, set it to Rendered.
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What do you see? Screenshot please.
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Go to the Render Tab and UNCHECK Skylight (see image).
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Now what do you see in the Prespective view?
-Jeff
Did this ever get completely resolved? I’m trying to work on a sundial ring prototype for a client and I’d like to demonstrate the effect. I have the entire ring set to not self illuminated and I’ve boosted the memory used for shadows. Both Sun and skylight are off, per images below.
Here’s what I get in in the rendered screen…
Hello - what happens if you make the ring material non-reflective?
-Pascal
Hi All,
For me there is no “Use accelerated hardware mode” option at all… I went into the OpenGL folder in preferences but the page only shows “Appearance Settings” and “Video Hardware & Driver Settings.” Any advice?
Thanks in advance!
The accelerated hardware setting was a V4 and V5 thing. It’s not exposed in V6.
I do see that @gary2’s GeForce drivers are quite old.
Since shadows are an OpenGL think, I’d be updating the drivers.