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    • B Offline
      bravilor
      last edited by

      Can someone please explain some things about casting shadows from transparant faces?
      Sketchup-help function says transparent surfaces only cast shadows above 70% opacity but how can you explain this:

      shadows.jpg

      Both 'bryce' and the cube are painted with the same material at 25% opacity, both are components with 'cast shadows' turned on and yet the cube does not cast shadows...

      What am i missing here? Thanks in advance πŸ˜„

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      • GaieusG Offline
        Gaieus
        last edited by

        Well, the case is that neither should cast shadows... Bryce is the curious thing here... 😲
        Are both sides of Bryce painted? with this transparent material?

        Gai...

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        • B Offline
          bravilor
          last edited by

          yes, both sides are painted...

          here's the skp to check:

          Untitled.skp

          weird ❓

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          • GaieusG Offline
            Gaieus
            last edited by

            Still it's got something to do with the "face me" property - if you uncheck that, Bryce won't cast shadows either and vice versa - if you check that for the cube, it will also cats shadows.

            Still weird why a face me component should behave differently.

            Gai...

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