Gai,

Thanks for the response. The fact that Twilight will be able to render sections in future has me sold on it. Kerky has been a great free companion though.

Stan

Twilight render looks very interesting . Does anyone know if it has the capability to render a section / Perspective Section? I would find this very handy like most if it does.

Stan

Thanks for the input guys. I have gone with bjanzens suggestion which looks great. It would be great to able to Blurr the drop shadow slightly and I was wondering if this could be done with the fog function in LO. I haven't really figured out yet what this function does.

S

Thanks Andrew,

That's quite effective, I might give it a go.

Stan

Something Like the attached

Overlay.pdf

Hi all,

I hope everyone is managing to deal with the Xmas rush....its got real busy down here in NZ. I have a quick question for the LO gurus of the forum. I am in the process of preparing a site analysis document which is based on an aerial photo. I want to fade out the photo and do some LO line work over the top with a drop shadow. Is this possible in LO?

Thanks in advance for any help you can on this.

Stan

Hi All,

Wouldnt be great if you could reference an excel spread sheet or a word doc into LO so that it behaves similar to a referenced SU . Does anyone know how far away this capability is or is there a work around that I am not aware of that would enable me do this? Be interested to hear some ideas on this

Stan

Insert it anywhere or somewhere specific?

I to was having many problems with Bugsplats. What I try to do is keep my complex textures and images in my model to absolute minimum as these I have found to be the main source of my problem in LO. Today I was having no end of problems with bugsplats even when I wanted to change pages. What I found was the logos I had in my title block were far too large and it just didnt like it.

Stan

Christian,

Good to see another Kiwi in here. Those drawings you are doing look fine to me....coming from an Architect and not an engineer.

Stan

Thanks Guys, I had the same problem. Excellent info.

Stan

Gai,

Thanks for the tip, I am puting the section cut face and group from section on a separate layer so hopefully I wont have any problems.

Gai,

Your a genius , you just saved me hours of experimentation to find a solution. I must say, I am really liking the capability of LO now.

Hi All,

I am having problems snapping dimensions to a section cut line in LO. I have used the Sectioncutface plugin to create a face but for some reason it doesn't recognize the line. Any pointers would be appreciated.

Stan

Thanks solo, will definitely check it out.

Stan

Hi All,
I am working on a factory at the moment and am looking to import the 3D equipment models in to my SKP model. The company doing the equipment work in solid works and a format I hadn't heard of called universal 3D

I was wondering if any of you had come across this format before and can suggest a good work around to get the U3D files imported into SKP.

Thanks in advance.

Stan

Get rid of complex components like cars, trees and furniture and give it another go. If you still want these indicated on the 2D drawings import some DWG blocks into scrapbook and use those. I had the same problem when I was vector rendering and this increased the speed significantly.

Stan

Inspirational stuff Pete. Its got me thinking about some ideas now

Thanks TIG, I couldn't do without this plugin

SEKTA

Mike,

Superb renders, they have a certain crispness and "restraint" that I find very appealing.
Keep up the great work.

Stan