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Gerard Jonker replied to nik's discussion 'Stacking layers and rendering model is not cooperating with my brain'

"No, Nik, I'm sorry, I read over this part in your mail: " If I link my second floor walls heights to layer delta Z, the walls disappear into themselves (leaving the windows behind in space) so I have them set with a bottom Z of 10'…"

Jun 30, 2010

nik replied to nik's discussion 'Stacking layers and rendering model is not cooperating with my brain'

"Hi. I'm using VW2009, but perhaps you're right that it's something buggy with the system which I shall explore, rather than me as an inexperienced operator? The issue does appear the same whether in wire frame or any GL or polygon…"

Jun 30, 2010

Gerard Jonker replied to nik's discussion 'Stacking layers and rendering model is not cooperating with my brain'

"Hi Nik, More questions: Have you tried this in VW 2010 SP4? Does it behave the same? Is it only the Open GL render engine that does this, or are the Renderworks enigines affected, too? Gerard"

Jun 30, 2010

nik replied to nik's discussion 'Stacking layers and rendering model is not cooperating with my brain'

"yes, thank you for looking - I've also attached a stacked "front" view showing separation more clearly, with roof layer active and 0' elevation showing up at the base of the second floor"

Jun 30, 2010

Jonathan Pickup replied to nik's discussion 'Stacking layers and rendering model is not cooperating with my brain'

"can you post a screen shot of the layer setup in the organization palette?"

Jun 30, 2010

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Stacking layers and rendering model is not cooperating with my brain

So I have 3 layers with Z values of 0',10' and 20' and delta Z values of 10' for each of two floors (and 0' for the roof layer.)If I stack them (in front view,) they appear "exploded" with 10' of air between each layer (I feel I must be missing something really obvious here, but can't find it - maybe it's just that time of day. But its getting worse...) If I link my second floor walls heights to layer delta Z, the walls disappear into themselves (leaving the windows behind in space) so I have…See More

Jun 29, 2010

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nik joined Franco Folini's group

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Jun 26, 2010

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nik commented on Frank Lipari's blog post 'NNA Run by E.T.?!'

"ha ha, res too low"

Jun 25, 2010

nik commented on Frank Lipari's blog post 'NNA Run by E.T.?!'

"hm. guess I'm not keeping up with my geek homework. Meanwhile, how about a more detailed visual of the pyramid - love to see what's going on in the VW consruction..."

Jun 25, 2010

nik commented on Frank Lipari's blog post 'NNA Run by E.T.?!'

"I had my suspicions about NNA - the technology they utilise does seem to be beyond the predominant technology of civilisation as we know it (in the USA.) Nevertheless, where "Mathematical accuracy like this is thought by some to be too advanced…"

Jun 23, 2010

nik commented on Phil Tindall's photo