Craig Ramsay Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 Is there any way to make a slightly transparemt material in sketchup to show something like glass? I know you can make the whole model transparent but I just want to make the glass slightly transparent and everything else solid. Cheers Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 cant be done at present. you'll have to do 2 separate renders and comp them in photoshop. they're working on transparancies in the next release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ramsay Posted April 8, 2003 Author Share Posted April 8, 2003 Cheers Strat! That sucks orangecry Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crapitecture Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 I find that a quick and dirty method to get a 'transparent' glass , is to select the glass and hide it, then select 'show hidden objects' in the view menu. This gives a gridded plane. I use it while discussing the model etc. on screen, and for printing quick modeling proofs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryR50 Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 It can be done now, with version 3.0, which includes transparent textures, as well as the ability to make any texture or color transparent. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ramsay Posted October 10, 2003 Author Share Posted October 10, 2003 Cool I might take a look at it again. Can I ask why you guys that use programs such as Max, Cinema 4D (STRAT) use sketchup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 yeah, like mentioned 3.0 has opacity textures, just dump it on a plane like a normal texture. i'm still a student, but use max a lot. sketchup lets me make quick models and its more "fun" than max. its really easy to populate a scene with everthing needed...trees, people, cars, etc. the other big advantage is how it looks- doesnt try to look photo realistic, just looks nice, in a rough prelim way. there also arent all the issues with rendering times, advanced lighting and all that. i can actually 'design' (as all my profs shudder) in sketchup and make changes quickly. hope this helps, chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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