joan2799 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 I've been working on a project and all was going well with the ray trace renders. Left the computer to do a couple more overnight and all of them turned out very grainy and black and white, like the one in the attached image. I have tried to re render many times this morning. I have updated chief X9 to the most recent version, closed out and reopened the program and have retstarted my computer (macbook pro), but still having this issue. Any ideas on how I can correct this? Thanks so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlackore Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Attach the plan file and screenshots of your raytrace settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joan2799 Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 I have been just using the default High Quality indoor raytrace settings, just limiting the duration to 10 passes. I haven't had this issue before using these settings, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joan2799 Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 Just tried again and noticed that the ray trace seems to go as expected for the first 3-4 passes and then turns the black and white fuzzy at about pass 5. Has anyone else experienced this? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Chief Architect X9 MacBook Pro 2015 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 AMD Radeon R9 M370X 2048 MB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Try to update your video card drivers, looks to me like a video card problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_M Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 The ray trace problem you're seeing is likely caused by a symbol in the plan that has bad geometry. Post the plan here or contact tech support if you'd like help tracking down the symbol. If the symbol is from one of Chief's libraries, please let us know so that it can be fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joan2799 Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 Thanks so much for your replies. I've just added the plan to my original post. Hopefully someone can help me find out what the problem is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlackore Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 I get the problem with any of the lights turned on. With ALL the lights turned off I get some very strange artifacts: ...still investigating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKitchenAbode Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 The materials on the fridge are a problem. Looks like a model SKP model. I changed that and those artifacts have gone away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joan2799 Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 Thanks for trying to help me figure this out Robert @rlackore. I've done many other renderings before and have never encountered this problem. Thanks again, Katrina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joan2799 Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 @TheKitchenAbode Thanks so much for letting me know that. I will try to change the fridge materials and see if I have any better luck.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joan2799 Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 @TheKitchenAbode Changing the fridge materials seems to have solved the rendering problem. Thanks very much for the tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKitchenAbode Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Just now, joan2799 said: @TheKitchenAbode Changing the fridge materials seems to have solved the rendering problem. Thanks very much for the tip! Your very welcome, glad it worked out for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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