JasonParsons Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I had this issue a few years ago with dentil molding, and coming across it now. I have to recreate an existing kitchen that has a plate rail at the soffit. I am using SR,CSR from Yorktowne's molding. It freezes the raytracer in X6. My previous issue with the dentil molding was it created a large number of surfaces that consumed the raytracer. The plate rail, I assumed would be no different than a rail with spindles (on a much smaller scale). Anyone have any solutions besides creating 3ds symbols (last solution, and beyond my abilities). Have to finish the project today. For anyone looking to recreate it, make a room, add the molding referenced above and try to raytrace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonParsons Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 http://www.chieftalk.com/showthread.php?60658-raytrace-with-dentil-molding&highlight=dentil Original question with dentil molding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_Park Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I don't know why a dentil molding would make the ray tracer that slow. Number of surfaces for ray trace should normally be a much lower impact on time than number of lights or number of pixels. It would be good to send your slow example to support so that we can have a chance to look into the cause as that doesn't sound like something that I would expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamlinBC Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Is there a similar molding in a different catalog that you could use instead?... Something with a smaller face count?... Either that, or you could draw the molding profile and add it to the library?...or am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonParsons Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 I don't know why a dentil molding would make the ray tracer that slow. Number of surfaces for ray trace should normally be a much lower impact on time than number of lights or number of pixels. It would be good to send your slow example to support so that we can have a chance to look into the cause as that doesn't sound like something that I would expect. Doug, Still getting used to the new forum, I cannot find a way to attach a file in reply (only in a new thread). If you make a rectangular room, add the molding SR,CSR from Yorktowne's catalog as a chair rail, and try to raytrace. If you make a larger room 50', I get a warning before opening a render view that too many surfaces may affect 3d view. the regular room (16x16) i had no lights to try to eliminate that aspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Winsor Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Doug, Still getting used to the new forum, I cannot find a way to attach a file in reply (only in a new thread). Jason, you need to click on the "More Reply Options" button in the bottom right corner. From there you will be able to attach files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonParsons Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 Jason, you need to click on the "More Reply Options" button in the bottom right corner. From there you will be able to attach files. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonParsons Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 attached PLATE RAIL TEST.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcaffee Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 It took five minutes or so to get going, but once the ray trace started, it was quick: 100 passes in 4:14 on indoor "Quick" defaults. jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPDesign Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Hey I just tried your plan. fyi-The final render camera with shadows says there are 6,074,016 surfaces in the view. in this small room! 12,864 with out molding in plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 3d moldings will have a lot of faces. See if there is a 2d molding that will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Sometimes using a 2D Molding and assigning a material that imitates the 3D will work. It's a lot faster than 3D Moldings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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