Forum - How Do I ...? - Transparent Windows? - Messages http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Forum - How Do I ...? - Transparent Windows? - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Fri, 29 Jan 2016 00:14:00 GMT Fri, 29 Jan 2016 00:14:00 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from PatMarrNC urbanlamb wrote:
The FBX for muvizu is version 2012 or 2011 I think.. one of those two you will need to check the wiki. If they put in fbx for like 2015 version it wont be working with muvizu


thanks for that info.. it would seriously bum me out if I upgraded for FBX support then couldn't use it in Muvizu!]]> Fri, 29 Jan 2016 00:14:00 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from urbanlamb Thu, 28 Jan 2016 23:36:47 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from PatMarrNC
I found that if I apply the alpha texture in my 3D modelling program, it persists when I continue to Sketchup to make it an ASE file, so I don't have to do anything else.

I haven't tested yet to see if the same thing applies in Blender when saving to FBX, but usually Blender recognizes the textures I've already applied in Silo, so I expect it will work just as flawlessly!

On a (mostly) unrelated note, I recently contacted Silo support. Their development has slowed wayyy down, but they assured me it is not an orphaned product... best of all they told me the next update would be soon, and it would include FBX export! currently, the only reason I have to use any other 3d program is for either FBX or ASE.]]> Thu, 28 Jan 2016 21:45:04 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from braj 7.4 is binary, 6.1 is ascii. The things I make with 6.1 are falling over, I think the axis should be fine, if I use 7.4 it works dandy. For now, I'll only use 6.4 if transparency is required.]]> Thu, 28 Jan 2016 09:18:24 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from braj Thu, 28 Jan 2016 02:25:37 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from PatMarrNC Thu, 28 Jan 2016 00:28:38 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from braj urbanlamb wrote:
I think 7.4 works as well now but I know for a fact 6.1 works. Also there is binary and ascii and I dont remember right now because its so automatic for me which one I have used.



7.4 is binary, 6.1 is ascii. I don't know if that makes the difference. The cool thing is now I can adjust the transparency level within Muvizu, which is ideal.]]> Wed, 27 Jan 2016 20:20:52 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from braj edited by braj on 27/01/2016]]> Wed, 27 Jan 2016 20:19:01 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from urbanlamb Wed, 27 Jan 2016 20:13:45 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from braj Wed, 27 Jan 2016 19:06:05 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from urbanlamb
I actually can't do trees with fbx in muvizu (they didnt include the mask function for some reason I guess because the unreal engine "tree maker" has that function normally lol)

I can't remember which assets I used this way but I think this one uses the alpha mask techqnique and one material.
http://muvizu.com/3D/23066/Joshua-Tree

There is one caveat with using the alpha mask method and there is an issue its a pretty common issue and not just a muvizu thing called "alpha sorting" which gave me a chuckle when I was making a door using the alpha mask technique cause this alpha sort issue is the bane of the existance of many creators using older software. It can drive you batty. Anyhow its possible but I would only use it for something like trees otherwise you will encounter the dreaded alpha sort issue which is typical of older engines.
edited by urbanlamb on 27/01/2016]]> Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:37:10 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from ziggy72 ziggy72 wrote:
Regardless of what you do in Blender or SU, you can't mix transparent and opaque textures in Muvizu in the same model.

Sorry, yes, Urban's right - you can do it with FBX, but ASE? Really? How? I've never got that to work...]]> Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:47:08 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from urbanlamb
I really dont know what else to say because that page is just a mechanical process.
Are you using the correct version of fbx? the 6.1

At the time that was created there was only the 6.1 exporter make sure the sliders for transparency etc are not set at 1 or something just slide them down and same with emit if you want it to work move the sliders down to about half.
edited by urbanlamb on 27/01/2016]]> Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:41:00 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from braj Wed, 27 Jan 2016 04:10:39 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from urbanlamb ziggy72 wrote:
Regardless of what you do in Blender or SU, you can't mix transparent and opaque textures in Muvizu in the same model.



You can actually but you need to assign a dedicated material to the model for it then assign the transparency settings only to that one material.

...so take your object and create a second material and take the mapped windows and put those onto the second material and remove them from the material containing all the other bits and pieces that are not transparent.

if you use ASE you can do this using a mask however the method to do this with fbx is to assign transparent areas to a second material.


here once upon a time they allowed us to upload models here is a window done in fbx format you can download this and import it into blender and take a look at how I did it.

http://muvizu.com/3D/31554/The-Door-to-the-cottage-Country-Cottage-part-
edited by urbanlamb on 27/01/2016]]> Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:19:16 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from ziggy72 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:17:16 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from braj
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once you have done this go into the wiki and click the buttons I showed in the diagrams.

http://muvizu.com/Wiki/wiki/125/fbx-blender-material-settings-make-shiney-transparent-light-thingies]]> Tue, 26 Jan 2016 22:00:49 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from braj Tue, 26 Jan 2016 21:50:35 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from braj Sun, 24 Jan 2016 12:24:12 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from PatMarrNC
http://muvizu.com/Video/12480/Backdrops-Making-a-backdrop-with-transparent-]]> Sun, 24 Jan 2016 02:03:21 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from urbanlamb http://muvizu.com/Wiki/wiki/125/fbx-blender-material-settings-make-shiney-transparent-light-thingies

put anything you want to be like this on a seperate material layer if you need parts to be not transparent. Unless they added the ability to create a mask for fbx, but last time I checked this was not an option.
edited by urbanlamb on 24/01/2016]]> Sun, 24 Jan 2016 01:17:38 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from braj Sat, 23 Jan 2016 22:03:56 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from fazz68 1.make models of the portholes and place them on the mirror wall with a built in starfield texture in the porthole.
2.totally do away with the mirror wall and make a wall with portholes built in from scratch (the method i would use).
3.use small floating backdrops the size you want the portholes with the starfield texture on it and another floating backdrop in front of that the shape that you want porthole to be. placed on the mirror wall. because whatever you do you wont be able to make the mirror wall have any type of transparency on it because it not built to have any. which i find strange in muvizu not having the ability to put textures onto a muvizu wall (which is why i dont use them)
so it all depends how good you want it to look and how much work you are prepared to do to achieve to effect you are looking for.
edited by fazz68 on 16/11/2013]]> Sat, 16 Nov 2013 01:46:31 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from urbanlamb
http://muvizu.com/3D/21842/windows-with-transparency

and likewise you can make some if you want here is a tutorial on one way of how to do it if you want round or something

http://muvizu.com/Video/23378/Muvizu-Tutorial-How-to-get-transparent-object]]> Fri, 15 Nov 2013 23:55:09 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic3181-transparent-windows.aspx Message from BigWhirl2012 ]]> Fri, 15 Nov 2013 22:43:15 GMT