Posts by Robertpolk

This is current 3.0, named "Grass"

See if just "grass" works as a material name

I had the same issue with a bmp that I was using to show a "cut" pattern on the lawn. As a check, switch the material in the grass you are having issues with to be just a color. I did that and the material worked fine. I have had an issue with Enscape "grass" taking a bitmap as the color also. The other especially important factor is to be sure the location of the images you want to use is in the rendering path of Revit (File ->Options-> Rendering). Seems more sensitive to that path workflow now. The two images attached are a bitmap on the Enscape Grass. The bowling image is current 3.0 render

While working on Revit model in section and 3d with Enscape 3.0 running, I decided to add an asset (beer table) to the scene, however I did not have a plan view active, though there were 2 (plan and reflected ceiling) open. When the asset was selected, I got a pop up error (not in plan mode essentially). It locked Revit. I wound up having to kill Revit with Task Manager to get out. Needless to say, I lost some plan updates.

Anyway, please check your error-catching routine on this. I sent the Revit and Enscape log files to support.

thanks

Robert

A reflective wall added

I just spent a day matching a color and look of two brick blends and mix that a client wanted. To accommodate the look I used Photoshop to create the material jpeg files, Revit for the model, and final render in Enscape. While I was able to make it work, it was real work to get it to properly present the materials. I am including several comparison images.

Also, ambient lighting seems to be less than efficient. No change is really noted on an exterior render (trying to defeat the harsh solid black shadows). I can use the vray trick and create a light to offset the heavy shadows, but why not just use vray then?

Anyway, work on the materials side of things please. I used up WAY more time that was necessary trying to beat this thing to fit.

Thanks Robert

I have spoken with Autodesk and we resolved the issue, however without an explanation for what caused it. Somehow a reference plane became embedded in a floor definition (according to the support person it wasn't supposed to be that way). Anyway, when I suggested using the " view workplane" when we were exploring solutions, it showed the plane properly in the screen view, but when modifying the floor the edit mode was rotated. A little bizarre. With enough experimenting we were able to get the floor pattern corrected, but no real answer as to what caused the issue. The initial work around for those interested:

As the linked Revit model had the pattern oriented correctly, the support person selected the inserted link, then tabbed to the floor, selected it and hit copy, and then hit paste into the working project. Revit then inserted the floor as an object with the correct pattern orientation. Honestly, I didn't realize you could do that so easily, though it makes senses you could. The question we then spent about an hour working through was how the rotated pattern got that way as it never corrected even when selecting match properties between the rotated and correct floors. We did finally get it corrected as noted above, but without an understanding of what caused it.

I have spoken with Autodesk and we resolved the issue, however without an explanation for what caused it. Somehow a reference plane became embedded in a floor definition (according to the support person it wasn't supposed to be that way). Anyway, when I suggested using the " view workplane" It showed the plane properly in the screen view, but when modifying the floor the edit mode was rotated. A little bizarre. With enough experimenting we were able to get the floor corrected, but no real answer as to what caused the issue.

Demain, I have spoken with Rick Marx in Enscape Support and his analysis points to a Revit issue. I am about to follow up with tech support at Autodesk. I will share what I learn. I will be glad to send you the file if you would still like me to.

Finally, I also deleted the original slab and recreated it, and the pattern remains rotated.

I assume I have posted my previous post (Problems since installing Revit 2021) in the general forum that I posted this issue in the wrong location. Moderators, please move thread as appropriate. Further explorations into this issue have resulted in the following:

1. Original Problem - A floor with a 90 degree pattern applied does not stay orthogonal to the edges of the rectangular floor.

a. True North and Project North are slightly different, perhaps that is related.

b. Posted question probably in wrong forum.

2. Assume lastest Enscape 2.8+ preview, might have a fix. Download and install to test.

a. Did not repair the issue with material not remaining orthogonal

3. Create a new project and only create floor and apply material.

a. Material renders square to edge and remains orthogonal.

b. Duplicate material, rename and save to library as new name.

4. Return to original project

a. Create new floor type, create a floor in the project and apply newly created material from library - New material shows rotated on new floor

b. Change between Project North and True North, both material stays out of square

c. Link in floor from newly created project into orginal project

1. Material on linked floor remains orthogonal, but newly created floor in original project with new materal assigned remains out of square.

2. Both original material and new material are tried on new floor, neither material remains orthogonal.

d. Note other materials, grass patterning, roof material remain square as expected - Is this an issue with floor types only?

5. Render image and create notes and attach to this email.

My other tread notes a visibility issue of icons on the Enscape menu (in Revit 2020) after I installed Revit 2021. After installing Enscape Preview 2.8 the icons are back on Revit 2020, but Enscape loads really slowly. I had to manually kill all Revit sessions with Task Manager to get 2.8 to install.

I also restarted the machine after installation and testing to see if that resolved anything. It did not.

Thanks for your help.

Should I move this to "bugs" to get a response? To be clear, I am NOT trying to run Enscape with 2021. This is on a previously correctly running 2020 and Enscape install, which now does this after the installation of 2021 Revit on this machine.

There is a few degrees rotation between project north and true north, but changing between the two orientations in the project does not affect the patterning. The rotation is approximately the angle of the rotation of the pattern in the floor slab. The other patterns (roof, walls etc) have been correct so far.

since installing 2021, I am having problems in 2020 Revit with Enscape. I know Enscape has not released for 2021, but this is the only difference I can think of on my machine, other than an Adobe update.

I have lost legibility (the menu does not show in Revit for Enscape only), and there are some UVW issues for differing materials both during preview and render. Attached you will see a screen shot of the menu and both a preview and render shot of the project. Note the patterning via material on the slab is no longer square with the project, although the material created has no rotation embedded in the definition.

Ideas, suggestions?

NIce! Thanks for sharing.

Like Xrowdac, all I was able to create involved additional lights outside the window. This is in Revit though, not sketchup. the lighting flaws in the foreground are a known issue in 2020. The shadows still have a diffuse bleed at the edge of the light, not a hard sharp edge.

Jorgensen,

I agreed completely. It would be nice to have the integral alpha channel as I said, and my comment was intended for ash@hierarchy with no intent on assuming either of you didn't already know to do this.

Robert

Its not hard to create a background mask, but if you are after the background to be visible through openings, windows, etc., this process won't work. On render visual setttings, under capture, click the box to export depth channel, object id etc. Set the camera crop at a distance beyond the foreground you want. Render as you usually would. There will be a depth channel created. Use that as a layer mask in photoshop. Not too roundabout, but a step or two more, still not perfect. I would definitely vote for an alpha channel.

I'd like to upvote custom objects as assets. Might need to be proxies, but it would be great to get beyond the Revit limits on some items.

I have been more cautious with the program so it does not appear a normal occurance, but more likely either a conflict running 2019 Revit and 2020 revit at the same time.