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Render Sections in Rhino
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 6:36 am
by gmb_7
I am a new Maxwell Render user.
I am hoping that I am missing something but it seems that the Maxwell render does not recognize the clipping planes I use to develop architectural sections within Rhino. Can Maxwell render sections in Rhino?
Thank-you
Greg
Re: Render Sections in Rhino
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 9:12 am
by Polyxo
Maxwell can not currently render curves.
What you can try is ApplyCurvePiping in Rhino 5 and then to ExtractPipedCurve.
Re: Render Sections in Rhino
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 3:32 pm
by polynurb
i think Greg needs the clipping not the curves..
it is right that maxwell can't render rhino clipping planes, but if your are rendering a "planar" view (your clipping plane is parallell to the camera plane) you can use maxwell z-clip feature in the camera options. but you will need to measure the correct distances from your scene manually.
-daniel
Re: Render Sections in Rhino
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 4:27 pm
by Polyxo
polynurb wrote:i think Greg needs the clipping not the curves..
it is right that maxwell can't render rhino clipping planes, but if your are rendering a "planar" view (your clipping plane is parallell to the camera plane) you can use maxwell z-clip feature in the camera options. but you will need to measure the correct distances from your scene manually.
-daniel
Ah, ok I reacted on the Section-Bit as Greg already found out that Clipping-Planes don't work.
Re: Render Sections in Rhino
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:02 am
by gmb_7
Thank you both for your replies.
OK so Z clipping planes are my only option. Which means I can't do non orthogonal sections or perspective sections. Do you know if this a limitation of rhino or maxwell? Is Maxwell or rhino intending to address the option to render sections more directly? I would think this would be a highly desirable option for rendering both architectural and industrial design objects. Are there other workarounds.
Thank-you in advance for your insights
Greg
Re: Render Sections in Rhino
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 8:32 am
by kami
Hi Greg
I think this would be a limitation of maxwell.
A workaround is possible, but depending on the complexity of your model it can create a lot of extra work.
To do so, you would have to physically cut your model in half, select the part that will be cut away and make it 'hidden from camera'.
That should give you the same result as with a z-clip-plane.
Cheers, Christoph
Re: Render Sections in Rhino
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 9:32 am
by gmb_7
Thanks for the clarification.