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Cosmo1-Visitor
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September 30, 2011
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Rendering with transparent white background

  • September 30, 2011
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Hi All,
Does anyone have a good way of generating a good quality rendering in Pro/E that also has a transparent background? For some reason, I can't seem to set this up.
Also, is the preferred method for applying different materials to different family table instances still to add surfaces to the generic and then turn on/off the surfaces per material assigned to the surface? Or is there a better way?
I need to be able to generate high quality realistic images very very quickly much like solidworks does (I know I know....I hate them too) so any other tips and tricks are much appreciated.
Thanks in advance,

Mike -
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wfalco16-Pearl
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September 30, 2011

May be a job for Photoshop? I'd like to know if Pro/E can do it.

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sl27411-Visitor
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October 2, 2011
I defined a room that is a white cylinder and load it for rendering.
White wall, floor and ceiling.
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cpodom1-Visitor
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October 2, 2011
Interesting, just like a "Cove" in photography.
What was your intent and results?

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sl27411-Visitor
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October 2, 2011


My intent is to provide a render quality image for printing. White background = no ink...



In Reply to Curtis Odom:
Interesting, just like a "Cove" in photography.
What was your intent and results?

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SteveFowler1-Visitor
1-Visitor
October 3, 2011

Mike


Are you looking for something as simple as view/display settings/system colors/scheme/black on white/print or save a copy?

Steve

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pfariello1-Visitor
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October 3, 2011
For a transparent back ground, in the render setup, check the "render alpha" box, choose tiff or PNP as the output type.

Not sure what version you are using, but the render quality is much improved with WF5 onward.

Regards,
Patrick Fariello
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    tgiauque1-Visitor
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    October 3, 2011
    I did the same thing. White cylindrical room (cylindrical = fewer surfaces to change the color on). Because I am frequently called upon to generate pretty pictures of something out of Pro/E, I also made a mapkey that would automatically load the room.

    To make the background transparent, simply use the snipping tool to grab your rendering, drop it into Powerpoint, and set the white background color to be transparent. Here's the white room file I use if anybody is interested.

    Tim

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    cpodom1-Visitor
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    October 3, 2011
    Such a great idea.
    This is exactly how commercial product photographers do their work
    especially with reflective surfaces. any of them would tell you that
    shooting chrome or any shiny surface is very problematic due to reflective
    backgrounds. commercially or homemade "coves" are used to eliminate
    reflections. Rendering programs have the same problems.

    If you have access to a quality commercial photographer have them help you
    setup the lighting. This will pay huge dividends.

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