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      xrok1
      last edited by

      is there a way to view a model in wireframe with hidden lines removed?

      “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

      http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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        Ecuadorian
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        I don't understand... isn't it exactly what the "hidden lines" mode is all about? Could you give an example of what you're trying to achieve?

        -Miguel Lescano
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          xrok1
          last edited by

          @ecuadorian said:

          I don't understand... isn't it exactly what the "hidden lines" mode is all about? Could you give an example of what you're trying to achieve?

          no, hidden line mode is more of just a monochrome mode , or no shading mode if you prefer, the faces are still there. what i want is just the wireframe, but no wires on the back should be visible, just as though there were invisible faces hiding them.

          it would look like this: (faked by deleting back lines)Capture.JPG

          in solidworks its called hidden lines removed and looks like this:Capture2.JPG

          “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

          http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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            pilou
            last edited by

            Seems that make the trick 😄


            hidden.jpg

            Frenchy Pilou
            Is beautiful that please without concept!
            My Little site :)

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              xrok1
              last edited by

              @unknownuser said:

              Seems that make the trick 😄

              no, look at the pictures, i want hidden line removed no faces.

              hidden line view in SU is useless it just an unshaded model!

              “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

              http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                Ecuadorian
                last edited by

                You want something like this?


                Condominio006.jpg

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                  Ecuadorian
                  last edited by

                  Or this?


                  Condominio006b.jpg

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                  • jeff hammondJ Offline
                    jeff hammond
                    last edited by

                    i think he's asking for the look of those pictures Ecuadorian except...
                    there would be no faces..

                    the pictures you posted still have faces (click on a window and it will highlight)..

                    dotdotdot

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                      Ecuadorian
                      last edited by

                      May I ask what, precisely, is your goal, to see if I can find a workaround?

                      -Miguel Lescano
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                        xrok1
                        last edited by

                        @unknownuser said:

                        i think he's asking for the look of those pictures Ecuadorian except...
                        there would be no faces..

                        the pictures you posted still have faces (click on a window and it will highlight)..

                        yes, i don't want faces. 😮

                        “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                        http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                          xrok1
                          last edited by

                          @ecuadorian said:

                          May I ask what, precisely, is your goal, to see if I can find a workaround?

                          😄 i knew that question was coming. i want to overlay a render, and i know there are work arounds, but its a pain. it would be so nice to just bring the render back into SU then put the model in front of it with hidden lines removed. 😄

                          “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                          http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                            Ecuadorian
                            last edited by

                            My brain was starting to hurt wondering why would anyone want to do this!

                            Easiest way to do that is exporting a 2D hidden line image and overlaying it on your render in any photo program using "Multiply" layer blend.

                            Or if you want to do it inside SU, go to styles and overlay your render as a watermark, just as I did with that texture in the second example. Of course you'll have to sacrifice some opacity.

                            -Miguel Lescano
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                              xrok1
                              last edited by

                              i should have kept you guessing a little longer LOL.

                              thanks for the help, i really appreciate it. 😉

                              “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                              http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                                jeff hammond
                                last edited by

                                @ecuadorian said:

                                Easiest way to do that is..

                                nice solution miguel..

                                dotdotdot

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                                  barry gray
                                  last edited by

                                  really easy way-
                                  Group your object>select a texture/color(any will do)>set opacity to zero>fill(this will fill all faces with one click). All faces will now be transparent. ????

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                                    Gaieus
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                                    @barry gray said:

                                    Group your object>select a texture/color(any will do)>set opacity to zero>fill(this will fill all faces with one click). All faces will now be transparent. ????

                                    That would result in the lines now covered also display (even in hidden line mode).

                                    BUT:

                                    • what if you render it simply with hidden line mode
                                    • Turn off any sky and ground
                                    • export it into Layout
                                    • change the rendering style to vector only (this will remove all the colour - see attached #1; screenshot)
                                    • get the totally transparent (except for the linework) png file exported from layout (see attached #2). Make sure to set the paper colour no fully transparent for this.

                                    Hidden lines with vector rendering in LO
                                    Plese, click on the image below; the forum software adds a black background to transparent png files and you cannot see anything of the "black on black" thing.
                                    Exported png file
                                    Certainl you may experiment with the sizes - note that the above technique is just "theory" and I haven't tried it in practice yet.

                                    Gai...

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                                      Dave R
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                                      So you want to do something like this:

                                      http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/weekender410/2eb58946.jpg

                                      From something like this:

                                      http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/weekender410/658dcab8.jpg

                                      and this:

                                      http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/weekender410/1418313d.jpg

                                      Is that right?

                                      I just export the hidden line image immediately before exporting to Kerkythea. I render in Kerkythea at the exported size and then combine the render and the hidden line image in my image editing software in a few seconds.

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                                        xrok1
                                        last edited by

                                        that's exactly it! i guess i just need to play with the export and render resolutions a bit cause i'm having a hard time lining them up.

                                        thanks all. 😄

                                        “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                                        http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                                          Dave R
                                          last edited by

                                          I've found that if I do the exports without orbiting or zooming in SketchUp or in Kerkythea and leave the resolution the same, it's pretty simple to get the alignment exactly correct. for thse images I did both at screen size.

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