For David Bethel ...

[David Bethel]

Here's a low res actual pic of a range battery. -David

[gidgit]

My wife says the model looks nicer than the pic there Ross... and David, I like the castors idea... looks like a natural fit... [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

[gnurf]

I have Vue d'Esprit but don't consider myself as a real "pro" in 3D yet, so could you explain "invisible light" for me. Is it something like a light that doesn't cast shadows?

-Paul

[David Bethel]

Paul,

Accurender has an invisable light option foreach light source. Basically, the light source ( bulb, tube, etc ) does not show up on the rendering, only the output on the sufaces do, shadows included. What I was seeing in Vue is this intense bright spot when using a point light located within the field of view frame. -David

[Ross Macintosh]

I don't have Vue on this computer so I can't be sure...

Vue has a few different kinds of lights (the lighting button has a flyout to allow selection of the different ones). I'm not sure but I think you won't see the directional types onless they are pointing at the camera. Perhaps you can give it a try.

For your vue rendering above - it is an interesting effect to be seeing the range through the textured glass. For mine I deleted the walls, ceiling and floor you had modelled. While I don't think I'll have much occasion to have a glass surface between the camera and my models, I can well imagine using such a glass "wall" behind the model for its pleasant filtering effect on the background scene.

Regards, Ross

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[gidgit]

and I am still working on this thing...hahahaha

got it down to..."it's really more about lighting than one without much experience would have ever guessed..." well that and material properties, though I would suppose there are probably many more factors to consider as well [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

You have set quite the height to the bar Ross... [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img] [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img] [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

I hope we see some entries form some of the other apps as well... [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]