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    Hide object but still have it cast a shadow?

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      ScottPara
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      Anyone have any ideas how I can hide an object but still have it cast a shadow?

      Scott

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        Search for a similar thread - where I showed how to use a completely transparent png as a texture for the material on all faces - you then also hide the edges in the object [group/component] and then you can't see it at all, but it casts a shadow...

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