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    • K Offline
      khashayar
      last edited by

      hi everyone,
      i just exported a model from archicad as a 3ds file and imported it into sketchup. when i try to render it, the glass material is rendered in a strange way. i don't know what i've done wrong, but when i check the material editor and preview the material, it's alright. here is post a test rendering so that you'll be able to see what i mean by "strange".
      i don't think it's because of archicad export translator. because i rendered another model which was exported the same way and it's rendered as it i expected it to.

      thanks in advance for your help

      http://i52.tinypic.com/2r553dg.jpg

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        thomthom
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        Make sure you don't have faces overlapping each other. Kind of looks like z-fighting.
        Also, make sure your mesh normals are correct, that it's the front-side of the face that's pointing outwards.

        Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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          khashayar
          last edited by

          @thomthom said:

          Make sure you don't have faces overlapping each other. Kind of looks like z-fighting.
          Also, make sure your mesh normals are correct, that it's the front-side of the face that's pointing outwards.

          thanks thom. i know it may sound silly but i don't know where can i check the normals?

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            thomthom
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            @khashayar said:

            @thomthom said:

            Make sure you don't have faces overlapping each other. Kind of looks like z-fighting.
            Also, make sure your mesh normals are correct, that it's the front-side of the face that's pointing outwards.

            thanks thom. i know it may sound silly but i don't know where can i check the normals?

            Set the Style to display Default Material, and set the back-side color to a brightly coloured one so you can easily see the difference between front and back.
            By default it's white for front and blue/gray for back.

            Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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