DavidZ Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Hello everyone! I'm new here, with limited AutoCAD experience(I'm more for ArchiCAD), and I'm working for a company that makes plastic cup(yoghurt, etc.) as a summer job. As a hobby I started doing 3D models of the cups. But the edges of the cups are still not round. They look rough. Do you guys have any ideas on how to fix this? In the wireframe looks the cup looks perfectly round, but when I switch to 3D wireframe or conceptual look it all gets rough again. The render is rough too... (I tried uploading a picture, but it wouldn't take; invalid target file??) Thanks in advance:) David Quote
ReMark Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Rendered object smoothness can be controlled with the variable FACETRES. The default setting is 0.5 but you should try setting this to 5. The max setting is 10. Quote
Nick@TE-Direct Posted May 8, 2009 Posted May 8, 2009 Bringing up an old post, but what if after setting the facetres to 10 you have a round edge that is still not smooth. Quote
ReMark Posted May 8, 2009 Posted May 8, 2009 Several other factors influence appearance of objects in 3D. The topic has been covered previously. Try using the Search option above or take a look at Similar Threads listed below. Quote
Nick@TE-Direct Posted May 8, 2009 Posted May 8, 2009 I know facetres and review, i did search and tried some things out but still getting the same results, here is a pic of what I am talking about. Quote
ReMark Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 Sorry. Am unable to bring up your image. Suggestions? Yes. Have you checked the setting for the variable SPLINESEGS? The default is 8. Bump this up to 100. The max value is 32767. Let us know if that solves the problem or not. Quote
Nick@TE-Direct Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 maybe try this link http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a394/04Srt-4Dodge/website.jpg Quote
Nick@TE-Direct Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 I tried the SPLINESEGS and it is still the same Quote
ReMark Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 Still no luck. I think the IT department here has blocked the link. What is the setting for ISOLINES set at? Quote
ReMark Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 Shouldn't matter as I now realize it should not affect the HIDE or RENDER commands. Back in 2005 forum member erona posted this reply to a similar question: "This is more like an Anti-aliasing issue. Under the Render Dialog Box, click "more options" then choose what type of anti-aliasing you want to use. Let me warn you tho, the higher the setting, the slower the rendering." It was also mentioned by CADTutor himself it might be related to the drivers for one's graphics card. Do you have the latest versions? Quote
Nick@TE-Direct Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 the latest version of autocad? I am working in AutoCAD 2009. Quote
Nick@TE-Direct Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 I don't know it may be the angle I am rendering it at or it may just be some weird setting but I bumped up the sampling which is part of the anti-aliasing and it has to do with smooth edges and once again it did nothing Quote
ReMark Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 I'm inquiring as to the latest version of your graphic's card drivers. What graphics card are you using? How much onboard vidRAM does it have? Quote
Nick@TE-Direct Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 solid object, I wish you could see the pic it would make it easier but it is a 316 Stn. Stl. strap that is about .025" thick Quote
ReMark Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 Your graphics card seems to be up to the task. Are you using a laptop by any chance? Have you looked at the settings for performance tuning using the 3dconfig command? Click on Manual Tune. Quote
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