User manual NEMETSCHEK RENDERWORKS 2011 GETTING STARTED GUIDE

[. . . ] 2011 Getting Started Guide The contents of this guide and accompanying exercise were originally created for Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. by Daniel Jansenson. Renderworks 2011 Getting Started Guide |1 © 2011 Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, faxing, emailing, posting online or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher. Vectorworks and Renderworks are registered trademarks of Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. , in the United States and other countries. [. . . ] Make an image prop from a tree image and place it in the scene. Later we will add a number of pre-made image props in various locations. -Go to the command Model>Create Image Prop. . . The Choose Prop Image dialog box will open, prompting us to select an image to be used in the image prop. Task 5: Add Entourage. This scene uses three types of entourage: one car symbol, several image props of people, and several of trees. 1. Create and place image props. An image prop is, in essence, a threedimensional flat object onto which an image has been mapped, similar to a billboard. The image prop can be optionally set to automatically rotate toward the camera in order to enhance its appearance and three-dimensionality. With this setting, it is not necessary to orient each image prop in a particular direction (unless desired). One need only place specific image props in the desired locations, and they will automatically point toward the camera in any 3-D view. Additional automated features are optionally available as well, such as the selection of certain colors for transparency, suitable for transparent backgrounds. -Click on: Import an Image File, and then click OK. The Import QuickTime Image Document dialog opens. -Navigate to the folder containing this exercise and, once inside, to the folder graphics support files. The image file to be used for this image prop is located in this folder. -Select the image tree five image. png and click on the Open button. The Image Prop Options dialog box opens. -In the Name data field, type a new name for this image prop: tree five. Renderworks 2011 Getting Started Guide | 33 -Under Dimensions, change Height to 12'-0" [3660mm], and make sure that the Lock Aspect Ratio checkbox is selected. Color (if that is not the default selection, click on the drop-down box and select This Prop's Color). -Select Transparent Color, and click OK. Now we'll make the background color of the tree image transparent, so that only the image of the tree itself will be seen. -Under Mask Options, select Use Mask, and then click on the Create Mask button. The Choose Prop Mask Image dialog box opens. To create the transparency mask (required in order to make a portion of the image transparent) we will reuse the image we have already selected: -Click on Reuse an Image from Another Resource. -Leave the drop-down box at This Prop's 34 The Create Transparent Color Mask dialog box opens. We will now select the color to be used as a transparent color mask (anything in that color will be transparent in the image prop). Note that the original image has been prepared with a uniform background of a single color. [. . . ] -Click on the Texture drop-down box, and select Neon Light. The texture is now applied to the 3-D model of the neon tubing. -Back in the Edit Texture dialog box, click OK to complete the texture. Task 2: Lighting: Set the Appropriate Light Quality Settings. Access the Lighting Options dialog box: -View>Lighting>Set Lighting Options. For the fastest, reasonable-quality results (with illumination from lights, not directional/ sun light or HDRI), try turning off Indirect Lighting and using Ambient lighting instead, set to about 30%. b. [. . . ]