Ginkgohouse Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I am having a unique problem with a plan regarding the "rendering with shadows" The result is a spike-like shadow in lieu of the smooth shadow line. Even more unique is that the spikes are only on the front and not the rear of the home. Any Ideas? Thanks Mark Concept One.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashid_Garuba Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Preferences > Render > "Legacy" shadows.. Not sure why they decided to call it Legacy when the atmosphere can cause hard or fuzzy shadows.. The fuzzy doesn't look good anyway but the legacy seriously slows down navigation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Preferences > Render > "Legacy" shadows.. Not sure why they decided to call it Legacy when the atmosphere can cause hard or fuzzy shadows.. The fuzzy doesn't look good anyway but the legacy seriously slows down navigation. wait a minute...... this is interesting.... so what do you suggest? don't use legacy shadows? don't use legacy shadows because it slows down computer? if you don't use legacy shadows you get the spikes... ... so..... I want a fast comupter (don't use legacy shadows)....so I won't use legacy shadows, but if I don't use legacy shadows I get spikes..... not good. So how do I not use legacy shadows and avoid the spikes Thanks for the help Rashid, this could be some good info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashid_Garuba Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Thanks Scott.. I am rarely able to help.. Tis the season I guess.. Tried checking Legacy AND Soft... no difference.. So what they did is degrade and call the better shadows "Legacy". Must be the file size as he has lots of furnishings. Of course Chief is shadowing everything rather than just walls. He should setup a Layerset that turns all non-essentials off when doing exterior work. Ultimately there should not be spikes in the non-Legacy soft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkClemons Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Legacy Shadows uses the slower method of drawing shadows that the software use to use. In X5 or X6 we developed a new faster shadows feature that allowed users to keep shadows on all the time with very little hit to performance. The trade off is that the shadows are not as accurate. You can try checking the Hardware Edge Smoothing option to see what you are using. In Rashid's post he had it set to 8xMSAA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I don't use Legacy and don't get spikes and always use hardware edge smoothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginkgohouse Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 Thanks ! I will check out those suggestions. It is only in one plan (Concept One) where it occurs. The Entry Plan and the subsequaent Concept Two and Three (all Save As from the Entry) do not have the spikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashid_Garuba Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Perry.. No spikes for you with his file? I use 8x MSAA.. spikes galore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Perry.. No spikes for you with his file? I use 8x MSAA.. spikes galore. here is what I get using your plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Perry, Mostly you need to zoom in close to see the roughness of the shadow edges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginkgohouse Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 Perry - That is exactly what I am seeing on the back side of the house - Not the best shadow line but passable - The front walls (Left side of plan) are the ones that are very large spikes - both the house and garage walls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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