render finishes right away with no rendering

[billygo]

Is there a limit to the amount of lights in the free Twilight Renderer? I am working on a kitchen scene using a section cut.
There are 3 spots - ( rendering has no problem)

When I try to add an extra spot the render finishes right away with no rendering picture? any suggestions? thanks

[Chris]

The only limitation is how much memory you have. 4 spotlights should definitely not be a problem though!

Check the camera that you have chosen for rendering, and check the layers you have selected for rendering to make sure everything is as expected.

What render method are you using? Have you tried using a different render method to see if you get different results?

[billygo]

I think I got it figured out. Had to make sure all section planes are in off mode.

[Chris]

One thing to know about Twilight Render and section planes is that it will render ALL section planes, not just the one that is active in the SketchUp view. We may offer an option in the future to only render with the active section plane (requiring SU 2014 or above) but as of now, it is not that way.

You can quickly disable Section Plane rendering completely by turning it off in the Render Window's Settings menu.

[Fletch]

Section plane rendering on a per-scene-basis, as shown in the video tutorial (see link in my signature), can be controlled by putting section planes on layers, and controlling layer visibility with Scenes.