Quick and Simple Question!

IceAged · November 6th, 2006

Hi all

I have been asked to create a cross section of the interior of a building - only got an hour left to do it, however...

Is there a quick and simple way of doing this, ie, by creating a plane for the camera in orthographic view?

I am running Max8 and mental ray...

Cheers!

jccloutier · November 6th, 2006

set a manual clipping plane with the camera.

near clip is slice plane, far clip should be beyond objects

IceAged · November 6th, 2006

Thanks Jeremy

I recall reading about this a long time ago, but i've never had cause to use it up until now.

My concern was that there might be problems using this feature with global illumination - and there is a warning in the help file against using clipping planes with mental ray... but it seems to have worked fine in my test render.

Thanks for the fast reply

John Dollus · November 6th, 2006

I use clipping planes quite a bit with Mental Ray and have never had an issue (yet).

jccloutier · November 6th, 2006

your welcome. if you ever need to do complex cutaways with slice plane caps there's a program called scalpelmax that is off the charts.

November 6th, 2006	#1 (permalink)
IceAged Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 111 Name: Thomas Cowling	Quick and Simple Question! Hi all I have been asked to create a cross section of the interior of a building - only got an hour left to do it, however... Is there a quick and simple way of doing this, ie, by creating a plane for the camera in orthographic view? I am running Max8 and mental ray... Cheers!

November 6th, 2006	#2 (permalink)
jccloutier Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PROVIDENCE, RI Age: 37 Posts: 108 Name: JEREMY CLOUTIER	Re: Quick and Simple Question! set a manual clipping plane with the camera. near clip is slice plane, far clip should be beyond objects

November 6th, 2006	#3 (permalink)
IceAged Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 111 Name: Thomas Cowling	Re: Quick and Simple Question! Thanks Jeremy I recall reading about this a long time ago, but i've never had cause to use it up until now. My concern was that there might be problems using this feature with global illumination - and there is a warning in the help file against using clipping planes with mental ray... but it seems to have worked fine in my test render. Thanks for the fast reply

November 6th, 2006	#4 (permalink)
John Dollus Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Tampa Age: 38 Posts: 619 Name: John Dollus	Re: Quick and Simple Question! I use clipping planes quite a bit with Mental Ray and have never had an issue (yet).

November 6th, 2006	#5 (permalink)
jccloutier Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PROVIDENCE, RI Age: 37 Posts: 108 Name: JEREMY CLOUTIER	Re: Quick and Simple Question! your welcome. if you ever need to do complex cutaways with slice plane caps there's a program called scalpelmax that is off the charts.

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