hello,
in the below picture i applied a decal to get the blue carpet colour. When i render it has reflctions and the surface is shiny. I have tried adjusting the reflections setting within solidworks but no luck. The decal is applied to the defualt material. which is plastic.
Hey Greg,
Where did you get the carpet material?
Whats going on behind the scenes is that the material properties have a reflection property that could be tweaked if we had access to it. In modo it is called 'blurry reflections'. Unfortunately, the only possible avenue for the PV360 interface is to tweak the reflection color and specular color to black. That might help.
Another thought is to look on the lux website and find another carpet material?
thanks guys,
the carpet is just a decal i got from the picture below
i have tried tweaking the reflection colour etc but to no avail. I have tried various different base materials but they still look shiny.
As to modo, i dont have modo 401 so i cant get any materials off the site! i wish every day i could.
Unless someone wants to render this in modo for me?
according to Rob (and SW) you won't have to: https://forum.solidworks.com/message/151641#151641
we'll see
Yeah, we'll see. PhotoWorks gets discussed as if it's terrible rendering software, but that's simply not true. The interface could be cleaned up to allow the very powerful Mental Ray engine to do its stuff, stock materials/scenes/lighting could be supplied such that they actually deliver excellent results, and users would be quite happy. From what I understand, however, some big competitors may own the rights to the Mental Ray engine, so that could be why this option's no longer available.
Though the PV360 engine might deliver quick, visible results on-screen, that's discounting the fact that native SolidWorks support of PhotoWorks saves a tremendous amount of time as well (think of setting up quick views of configurations, hiding/showing parts, quick and precise moving of cameras, etc.). Generally speaking, once you've figured out some scenes and materials options in PhotoWorks, you really don't spend time on those things rendering after rendering. The interface then becomes of greater concern.
Regardless, the entire modo application is looking better and better until PV360 delivers on some of these promises. Transparent-decal support is absolutely essential for what I do, and complicated interfaces getting in the way simply won't help me earn a buck when providing excellent renderings for clients.
Greg,
I'd be happy to either render it for you or tweak the materials and send it back for you to render. The Great Rob Rodriguez has found out that you can acutally render a .lxo (modo file) in PV360.
my email address is paul (dot) mccrorey (at) insightbb (dot) com.
Paul
Greg,
Check your email, but here is a version. I added a couple of hidden light panels to help with reflection on the kick plate. In reality, there are an infinite number of possibilites for this. I did confirm that you can indeed open the .lxo file in PV360.
Just for your informationm both Rob Rodriguez and I are working on some tutorials to go with the Solidworks Kit in modo. They will help fill the gap between the 2 different User interfaces.
Greg, when you applied the decal what Illimination setting did you choose? Try setting it to matte.
Steve
What were the levels for the Ambient and Diffusion? Try them the other direction. Mine are set at 1.00 as default.
Steve
In PhotoWorks, you can change the base material where a decal is located (not sure if this is still true, but we used to have all sorts of custom options available).
In your case, you could use the Split Line to split the areas you want your decal, and for those faces you can select a different (low-gloss) material under the decal to stop this behavior, in case you're not rendering in PhotoWorks or in case the options are now gone.
Greg,
Check your email, but here is a version. I added a couple of hidden light panels to help with reflection on the kick plate. In reality, there are an infinite number of possibilites for this. I did confirm that you can indeed open the .lxo file in PV360.
Just for your informationm both Rob Rodriguez and I are working on some tutorials to go with the Solidworks Kit in modo. They will help fill the gap between the 2 different User interfaces.