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Sun position
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:12 pm
by adri
Is there any way of predicting where sunlight is going to fall? I'm doing the inside of a building and it would be very helpful to know where the sun is going to hit the walls/floor etc.
TIA
Adri
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 1:32 pm
by JDHill
If you mean something like showing shadows in the Cinema viewport, then the answer is no. However, the Scene object has a visual indicator which can show you where the sun is shining from - see pg. 21 in the manual for details on how to use this feature.
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 6:39 pm
by Mr. Gog
JD:
Maybe the plug in should include a sun object instead of a litle sphere. We could preview shadows with cinema engine...in that way.
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:30 pm
by JDHill
It will probably be better if the plugin would scan the scene for a regular Cinema Sun object and use the position from that. I'll see if I can do that.
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:41 am
by Mr. Gog
Yeahh!
Maybe the sky object must be included!
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:21 pm
by Becco_UK
The plugins' ground rotation feature is a great little feature too - I only just discovered that today! Ideal for adjusting position of shadows without having to turn the actual Cinema scene.
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:20 pm
by deadalvs
hey JD .. long time no see, well since last siggraph ..
is there a feature in cinemaxwell that orients the sun to a null ?
that'd be really cool. i guess in maya it works pretty well..
greeets !
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:28 pm
by JDHill
Hey deadalvs, sorry but no, as of yet the sun position must be specified by date/time/location/rotation in the Maxwell Scene object; I have not yet hooked up a way of setting it explicitly using an arbitrary location.
I hope the springtime finds you doing well - cheers!
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:27 pm
by deadalvs
thanks, man ..
well, springtime makes me sneeze all the time .. damn hayfever !
hail maxwell ! hail renderfarms !
