Hi
Just tried using the Work Plane plugin for the first time and this error comes up on starting SU.
Plugin seems to still work okay though, unless I'm missing something.
I'm still running SU2018, and I have Notepad++ if you can suggest a fix.
Thanks
Nick
It has happened before, only on 2018 I think. Might be time to bite the bullet on the upgrade then.
I will check driver but I think it is up to date.
Thanks Dave
Yes Dave still on 2018, haven't had enough reasons to upgrade yet.
Graphics card is poor Nvidia GT 610 
Mean anything to you?
Thanks
Nick
Anyone have an idea what's going on with the attached screenshot of my layout viewport?
I have some kind of mismatch going on with the style but the page was created as a copy of another page which is fine. This only happens with Hybrid, it is ok with Vector and Raster, but I need hybrid to create a decent looking PDF for my customer
Thanks
Thanks for reminding me, I had actually forgotten that
@unknownuser said:
That render looks nice.
Thanks, just don't zoom in, it only had a few passes to check the glass.
Downloaded 2019 to give it a go, got some detail drawings I want to try out. A bit too busy at the moment for a full blown switch over and re installing plugins etc.
Thanks for your help
Okay Dave thanks a lot,
Off to a good start with the reversed face on the pane but as you say makes no difference in SU, but you've helped me get to a point where I may have a solution.
I was thinking about opacity after I set it to 0, higher value helps see the shelves but not so good with the pane of glass. So I decided to play with the materials for both and came up with a temporary workaround. One material for the pane with low opacity, another for the shelf surface with opacity at 25 or so, and another darker glass for the edge of the shelf with same opacity. The edge lines of the shelves are still not visible but the darker materials are, so depending on camera angle the outline of the shelf is apparent. The shelf only has a top face, no 'thickness', but has edge faces.
This way it still renders quite well and transmits a reasonable amount of light through the shelves and shows up in LO hybrid render to some degree. An acceptable compromise from my point of view as my glass cabinet models are library items and I can set them up with the materials saved.
I tried a bit of viewport stacking in LO2018 with some success, could be useful for showing hidden detail. Never tried it before, is it more capable in 2019?
Yes still in LO2018.
Sent you a PM
Thanks
@unknownuser said:
the glass panel being blue and not transparent made me wonder what is going on in your model.
You had me going for a minute there Dave, but ran some more tests. The panel is definitely glass on both faces but the camera angle would only reveal the back panel of the cabinet and none of the edges or side panels. I attached a shot from a another angle which shows the change in shade where the base and side are visible-but still no shelves.
Thanks for your replies
Yes I'm still on SU 2018 Dave, I usually wait a while before upgrading to see if it's worth it and for bugs to be ironed out.
Maybe it's time I had another look if stacking viewports is now an option, although there seems to be more visibility in just the hybrid view.
Yes the cabinets are blue, thankfully I am past that schoolboy error these days, but a worthy question nonetheless.
Hi all
Is there a way to show the edge lines of glass shelves seen through a glass door and have textures visible. I have attached a screen shot of a kitchen wall unit on which the left hand door has a glass centre panel of zero thickness and a transparent 'glass' material applied to both faces. The right hand door has no glass panel and the glass shelves extend behind both doors. The shelves are not visible behind the glass panelled door and I am looking for a way to do this without having to have to remove the glass panels each time. I also use the same scenes for rendering so I don't want to be fiddling with layer visibility each time.
The scene is rendered as Hybrid in layout because I still want to show the textures.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Nick
Hi guys, sorry I haven't replied yet, I've had no internet all weekend.
I have cleaned up the model and uploaded it as SU version 8
Thanks Dave, that would explain why I can't find anything. There are a lot of them about in this part of the world.
I will have to get some front and side photos next time I come across one.
@nlipovac thanks but I don't think photomatching would work with the shape, not enough straight lines and no known right angles.
Would anyone know of where I could get hold of detailed plans for this chair. I can't find a model of it anywhere so I want to model it myself.
Thanks
Pyscho, that's the one. Updating profile very soon. Soonly soon..
Dave,how did I know it would be you to first answer this question...
Spot on thank you that worked. And no I am on 2018.
Thanks again
Nick
Hi All
Maybe a stupid question but does anyone know what this symbol is that has appeared in my scrapbook window? Its a black rectangle with an arrow type shape in it.
Thanks for reminding me of Fluid designer Pilou. Just gave it another try but runs slow on my machine. Also takes you away from the native Blender interface which I don't like.
Very interesting Chipp and well timed. I have dabbled with Blender on and off and like most people have struggled with the steep learning curve and UI. You make a good case for both, but how do you think you could replicate having a library of SU components in Blender that can be dragged and dropped as easily? This functionality has prevented me from trying to move to Blender. I have looked at the 'append' function but it still seems a bit long winded. I design kitchens so I have a large collection of cabinets saved as components which are dropped into models very quickly in SU. I would be happy to invest the time in learning Blender if I could find a few workarounds.
Nicely put together video by the way.
