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    • W Offline
      Warped9
      last edited by

      Hi. I don't understand what is going on here. When I enable shadws in SketchUp I can see lighting changes on the model, but I'm not seeing any shadows being cast. However, I do see the shadows when I render the model in Maxwell.

      This is strange and I don't understand why the program began acting this way. Without seeing the actual shadows being cast within SketchUp it's a pain to decide which setting to use. I'm guessing until I actually render the model.

      In the Shadow Settings panel the selections for displaying shadows on faces and on ground are checked off although from edges is not checked off, but the selctions are grayed out and I can't change them. I've tried to find a tool reset to default option, but I can't find any such thing.

      I'm stuck and at a loss for what to do.

      Any help greatly appreciated.

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      • soloS Offline
        solo
        last edited by

        can you show a screen grab of scene and shadow console?

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        • Dave RD Offline
          Dave R
          last edited by

          It would also help to know operating system and SketchUp version. Why not complete your profile?

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          • W Offline
            Warped9
            last edited by

            I'm using SketchUp 8.0.1 on an a 2 year old iMac and OSX Mavericks. I've had no problems until this seemingly minor glitch.

            The upper image doesn't have shadows enabled while the lower image does have shadows enabled. But in both option selections for faces, ground and edges are grayed out and I can't make any changes. As I said before even though the shadows do not display in SketchUp they do appear when I render the model in Maxwell.


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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
              last edited by

              Where's the red/green plane relative to the model? After you reset the axis?

              Use Sun For Shading doesn't actually turn on shadows. Do you have them turned on? If you only have Use Sun... selected but you don't have the shadows actually turned on, you'll wind up with the grayed out tick boxes.

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              • W Offline
                Warped9
                last edited by

                Doh! OMG, I am now going to crawl away in shameful idocy. How could I have overlooked something so basic? 😒

                Thank you very much. Now it works.

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                • alexandre skA Offline
                  alexandre sk
                  last edited by

                  it's not the only important button in sketchup that does't look like a button.

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