ericepv Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I just got a request from a good client of mine for a 3D render of a housing development in fall or winter, they want to show the planning board what the view will be like for the neighbors without all the leaves on the trees. I started looking for icons of bare trees and shrubs online and have found a few so far. I also thought about bringing in a snow covered ground image as a material for the terrain. If anyone has ever done a project like this I'd appreciate your suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VisualDandD Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I just got a request from a good client of mine for a 3D render of a housing development in fall or winter, they want to show the planning board what the view will be like for the neighbors without all the leaves on the trees. I started looking for icons of bare trees and shrubs online and have found a few so far. I also thought about bringing in a snow covered ground image as a material for the terrain. If anyone has ever done a project like this I'd appreciate your suggestions. Never done it...but got me thinking. I took the 3d trees and using the material selector, I changed all the leaf material to 100% transparent. Worked like a charm! For mounds of snow, the landscape feature would work well. Just put the right material on it. I would imagine you could start with just white and experiment from there. You just have to crank up the triangle count on the terrain to get them small enough to look good in small areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I've done some snow scenes using some small symbols made from custom countertops with quarter round edge moldings (white for snow) which I used in a material region. By setting the spacing and offsets you can get very smooth and/or lumpy snow. For the Roof, I made a similar symbol which was set as "flush mounted on roof" (2 options for exterior fixtures). By using different thicknesses you can change the snow depth. The material regions allow you to limit where the "snow" exists and where it doesn't. If the symbols are defined on their own custom layer you can simply turn of that layer to change to a different season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cchollibaugh Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I took the 3d trees and using the material selector, I changed all the leaf material to 100% transparent. Worked like a charm! I am using X7. How do you only change the leaves to transparency? I can only get it to change the whole tree, not just the leaves. Thank you! Caroline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH_Canada Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Anyone tried to do this since? I'm looking to just show the branches. I turned off the bloom time, leaves, no difference Is there a material that is "transparent"? The material is embedded in the tree symbol. Is there a way to get it out and then change it to transparent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 In a 3D view use the rainbow tool (Adjust Material Definition). Select the vegetation material, open it's dbx, go to the Properties panel and turn the Transparency up to 100%. This will not work in a vector view, but will work in Standard or Physically Based views. These are the same tree: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH_Canada Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Thanks I will try that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgardner Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 10 hours ago, SH_Canada said: Anyone tried to do this since? I'm looking to just show the branches. I turned off the bloom time, leaves, no difference Is there a material that is "transparent"? The material is embedded in the tree symbol. Is there a way to get it out and then change it to transparent? Just to mention this box is simply a search tool for plants. It has no changing of any of the components of the plants rather just filters the plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH_Canada Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 started to think that but was hoping it was not the case as they were in the symbols DBX. but here nor there the materials definition worked well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH_Canada Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 is there a way to get rid of the leaves for RT: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefer Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 need gratis rendering of your scene in a different software? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtldesigns Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Its easier to do this in Twinmotion.. I had a similar request last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH_Canada Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 29 minutes ago, Chiefer said: need gratis rendering of your scene in a different software? perhaps. are you offering this project is actually to oppose this development. The poor little old lady next door gets to look up at a 75' wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Second Twinmotion 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH_Canada Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 that is impressive. my CA computer is in for service at the moment and my other computer does not meet twin motion requirements. Hopefully it will be back soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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