bottleb Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Hi, My girlfriend is working on autocad for her classes and she is having a lot of trouble with the shadows and reflections. She is making a interior room and when she renders in 3D, the freakin curtains reflect on the floor, the wall, etc...On some views even the doors reflect on the ceiling...i've been searching google for the last 2-3 hours and she has spent countless hours trying to figure out why. Im everything but an autocad pro. If some could shed some light, i'd be forever grateful thanks Bryan p.s i don'T know what information else to include, if im missing something please tell me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Can you post the render so we can see what's happening? Also, what type of materials are being used on the floor, walls & ceiling? Are they highly reflective? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottleb Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 Can you post the render so we can see what's happening? Also, what type of materials are being used on the floor, walls & ceiling? Are they highly reflective? Thank you very much for responding so fast. Please hold on. My gf is making a render right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottleb Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 Here is one of them. As you can see the floor looks like a freaking mirror! also on the left side there is a small cabinet but we cant see it since it is so reflective! Also, sometimes she tries to put a ceiling white but it turns out gray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 It looks like you just have the reflection cranked up really high. Open your material editor and adjust the settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottleb Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 It looks like you just have the reflection cranked up really high. Open your material editor and adjust the settings. Ok we are opening up Autocad as we i type this to try and find the material editor. Ill brb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottleb Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 There doesn't seem to be the option to modify the wood she used to make the floor. its one that already is in autocad. materials she creates she has the option, not with the ones already in autocad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 That doesn't make sense. All materials can be adjusted. Even the ones that ship with Autocad. Can you post a screenshot of your material editor? I'm on 2010 here at home and I don't remember what the 2011 editor looks like. I think it's different from 2010. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottleb Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 That doesn't make sense. All materials can be adjusted. Even the ones that ship with Autocad. Can you post a screenshot of your material editor? I'm on 2010 here at home and I don't remember what the 2011 editor looks like. I think it's different from 2010. yes hang on tight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottleb Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 Here you go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottleb Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 Sorry if its french, but as you can see, there are options missing there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Yeah, they completely changed the material editor in 2011 and made it much more complicated than it needs to be. Right now you're in what I think they call the material browser. You need to switch to the material editor to make adjustments to the materials. Take a look at this video: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottleb Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 That exactly what we are doing, and the material editor that comes up, has many options missing. like if editing was disabled or something Cause we find the material we want, add it, click modify, and what comes up is a very restricted editor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottleb Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 Strange! When we select the same material the woman in the video take (Masonry, common) we are aable to edit everything!!!! But the wood floor we have, is not editable...very strange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Sorry but I don't have 2011 here, so I can't be of much more help. I'm sure someone else will be along shortly though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottleb Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 Sorry but I don't have 2011 here, so I can't be of much more help. I'm sure someone else will be along shortly though. I think i have it figured out...after checking it out a bit, i realized that certain files types were .PNG and some were .JPEG....so i noticed that jpegs could be editted and png's no...so i found the filepath to the .png and opened it up with paint and saved as JPEG...now i can edit. lets see what we can do EDIT : BUmmer, even with reflectivity all the way down, same thing happens....mirrior effect Bed time, ill check this thread in the morning. thank you very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottleb Posted August 14, 2011 Author Share Posted August 14, 2011 (edited) Thanks for the input guys. Well, it seems to be sorted out. The real problem was in PNG's not being editable. So i converted all the images eh wanted to use from PNG t JPEG and she now creates a new material and can play with the settings Last little problem, her ceiling is always too dark. if she makes a white one, it turns out like dark grey etc. every color turns out very dark for her ceiling colour. any thoughts? Even if you puts its bright white, it stays like that Edited August 14, 2011 by bottleb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 So you're saying that no matter what color you set, it always turns out gray? Can you post a screenshot of the material editor so I can see the settings for the ceiling material? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottleb Posted August 14, 2011 Author Share Posted August 14, 2011 Here you go I noticed that if she puts it green, it goes green but very dark green. Can it have to do with the lighting or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottleb Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 we spent a good hour again trying to figure out why every color is so dark on the ceiling!!! so sick of this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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