Exterior view ... transparent wall ?

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michelh59
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Exterior view ... transparent wall ?

Post by michelh59 » Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:18 pm

In my beerkkk english with google translate :
Hello
I wonder know if it is possible to make a wall transparent to the eye (I see inside the room) but opaque to light except through the exterior openings (windows).
Example: I chose an outside perspective. I run the rendering and I have a view of my entire room (not hidden by a wall) and only illuminated by light passing through a window.
Thanks


En français :
bonjour
Je voudrais savoir s'il est possible de rendre un mur transparent à l'oeil (je vois l'intérieur de la pièce) mais opaque à la lumière extérieure sauf au travers des ouvertures (fenêtres).
Exemple : je choisi un point de vue extérieur. Je lance le rendu et j'ai la vue de ma pièce entière (non caché par un mur) et seulement éclairée par la lumière passant au travers d'une fenêtre.
Merci
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Re: Exterior view ... transparent wall ?

Post by derei » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:08 pm

Using realistic glass template, illuminating only with Twilight Lights or Sun, and rendering with Preset Easy9 will NOT render caustics (light passing trough glass), so it might help.
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Re: Exterior view ... transparent wall ?

Post by Fletch » Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:03 pm

dereeei wrote:Using realistic glass template, illuminating only with Twilight Lights or Sun, and rendering with Preset Easy9 will NOT render caustics (light passing trough glass), so it might help.
:clap: This works BRILLIANTLY! Nice job, Dereeei. Very creative thinking. :rspkt:
  1. Give your wall a thickness of 6 inches/15cm
  2. apply a color to BOTH SIDES OF the thick wall
  3. be sure the normals of the wall faces point away from the centerline. (the outside of the wall should face to the exterior, the inside of the wall should face the interior)
  4. apply the Realistic Glass Template to interior and exterior faces.
  5. Set IOR for the glass material to 1.1, set Alpha to 1 Set COLOR to “white”.
  6. Apply Material Template Architectural Glass No Shadow to your Window Glass. Make sure the windows are built with only one face of glass.
  7. Render with Easy 09
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Re: Exterior view ... transparent wall ?

Post by michelh59 » Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:55 am

Very good !
Thankyou, it's exactly that i want !
Regards

Super !
Merci, c'est exactement ce que je souhaitais !
Cordialement
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