Glass guidance needed

del82 · December 11th, 2007

Hello!
I have this exterior project coming soon, and decided to give MW a shot.
I have lots of windows and balcony doors in the scene, so I was wondering if the method I used so far for glass modeling, also applies to MW.
What I have are 2 meshes, one facing out and one towards the room.
Will this work, or I have to do something other to get nice looking glass in MW?
Thanx

Maxer · December 11th, 2007

Your glass has to have thickness it can't be just a plane. You say your using meshes I sounds like you have two planes in which case it might work, Maxwell really need for there to be a thickness between the front and back of the glass in order to simulate glass properly.

del82 · December 12th, 2007

But then I would have overlaping surfaces, because the glass "thickness" plane would overlap with door surface.

p.s. open the picture I attached, youll see more clearly highlited glass planes

Maxer · December 12th, 2007

The easiest way to see if it's going to work is to put a glass material on it and render.

del82 · December 12th, 2007

Yeah, but lets not forget how fast would that be

Any recomemndation on the glass material from the MW material site?

calpolyarc · March 19th, 2008

Maxwell doesn't mind overlapping geometry. I don't know if using 2 planes will give you desireable results, best way to tell as Maxer stated above is to just try it. Render one image with the glass as 2 planes and then another with glass as one plane with thickness... compare which one looks better as well as how long they each took.

As for a glass material the built in mxm wizard can create glass and/or AGS. If you have a specific problem with the glass mat let me know.

December 11th, 2007	#1 (permalink)
del82 Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Croatia Age: 74 Posts: 512 Name: Mario Pende	Glass guidance needed Hello! I have this exterior project coming soon, and decided to give MW a shot. I have lots of windows and balcony doors in the scene, so I was wondering if the method I used so far for glass modeling, also applies to MW. What I have are 2 meshes, one facing out and one towards the room. Will this work, or I have to do something other to get nice looking glass in MW? Thanx __________________ Beeeee!

December 11th, 2007	#2 (permalink)
Maxer Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Age: 34 Posts: 2,491 Name: Devin Johnston	Re: Glass guidance needed Your glass has to have thickness it can't be just a plane. You say your using meshes I sounds like you have two planes in which case it might work, Maxwell really need for there to be a thickness between the front and back of the glass in order to simulate glass properly. __________________ “There is no spoon” http://devinjohnston.cgsociety.org/gallery/

December 12th, 2007	#3 (permalink)
del82 Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Croatia Age: 74 Posts: 512 Name: Mario Pende	Re: Glass guidance needed But then I would have overlaping surfaces, because the glass "thickness" plane would overlap with door surface. p.s. open the picture I attached, youll see more clearly highlited glass planes __________________ Beeeee!

December 12th, 2007	#4 (permalink)
Maxer Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Age: 34 Posts: 2,491 Name: Devin Johnston	Re: Glass guidance needed The easiest way to see if it's going to work is to put a glass material on it and render. __________________ “There is no spoon” http://devinjohnston.cgsociety.org/gallery/

December 12th, 2007	#5 (permalink)
del82 Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Croatia Age: 74 Posts: 512 Name: Mario Pende	Re: Glass guidance needed Yeah, but lets not forget how fast would that be Any recomemndation on the glass material from the MW material site? __________________ Beeeee!

March 19th, 2008	#6 (permalink)
calpolyarc Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: seattle Posts: 1 Name: todd storch	Re: Glass guidance needed Maxwell doesn't mind overlapping geometry. I don't know if using 2 planes will give you desireable results, best way to tell as Maxer stated above is to just try it. Render one image with the glass as 2 planes and then another with glass as one plane with thickness... compare which one looks better as well as how long they each took. As for a glass material the built in mxm wizard can create glass and/or AGS. If you have a specific problem with the glass mat let me know.

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