Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] rhino vs truespace

Peter...have you tried drawing a solid box and then rendering the varios
surfaces as glasds panes or other colors?

Smoke
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From: cadcamcenter@... <cadcamcenter@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 7:57 AM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] rhino vs truespace

>thomasm923@... wrote
>
>"If I understand what you are trying to do, my suggestion is to
>extract the edges of your "panes" of glass and make the extracted
>surfaces a medium grey, with the same or lower transparency level as
>the "glass". Go to Solid/Extract surface or type in ExtractSrf in the
>command line. At the "Select surfaces to extract" prompt, type in c
>(to make copies) and click on the edges of your "glass". Then set the
>properties of the new surfaces as above and render."
>
>What I am trying to draw is the classic
>explanation for multiview (orthographic
>projection.
>
>The easiest is to draw the "glass plane
>as a rectangle, but the rectangle will
>disappear on rendering.
>Solve by drawing the "rectangle as a
>thin box (glass panel)
>
> Rhino "perspective" view
>
> /|
> / |
> solid / |
> ____ / |<-- glass pane
> / /|____ / | (thin box)
> /___// /| / |
> | |/____/ |/ /| | line art on
> ____|_______|_// //| | glass
> | | |/ | /
> | ____ | | / /
> | | |____ | |/ /Side view
> | | | | /
> | |________| | /
> | | /
> |_______________|/
> Front view
>
>
> Rhino rendered view, lines disappeared.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> /|
> / |
> / |
> ____ / |
> / /|____ / |
> /___// /| / |
> | |/____/ |/ |
> ____|_______|_// |
> | | /
> | | /
> | | /Side
> | | /
> | | /
> | | /
> |_______________|/
> Front
>
>Question is, how do I get the lines to remain
>visible on rendering?
>
>
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