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Figures Not Showing Up in iRay Render

SuSoleilSuSoleil Posts: 94
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I really don't know what I did, but I have the feeling I must've clicked some button.

Anyway, background and props are showing up and rendering beautifully, but the figures and everything parented to them are not.  The figures show up in all of the wireframes, but disappear as soon as I switch to any drawing setting that is shaded. It only happens in this scene. So I know it's not a problem with the software. It's something I've accidentally done to the settings. I just can't figure out what -- and how to undo it.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

SuSoleil

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,000

    If you select the figure and look in the parameters pane, what are the settings in the Display group?

  • SuSoleilSuSoleil Posts: 94

    Hi, Richard,

    Thanks for responding so quickly. The visible in render option is "ON."

     

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,000

    Ok, so much for that bright idea. Are you getting any errors? Do a render, then go to Help>Troubleshooting>View Log and scroll right to the end to look.

  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,970
    edited September 2016

    Did you accidently turn down the "Opacity Strength" or the "Cutout Opacity" in the surfaces tab?

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  • jestmartjestmart Posts: 4,449

    Refraction can make things disappear.

  • SuSoleilSuSoleil Posts: 94
    edited September 2016

    I figured it out. It has to do with the set I was using. I didn't realize this, but it has an underground  (or tunnel) as well as an aboveground/street level. Apparently this underground is actually the ground level as far as the set is concerned -- so the characters appear below the street level by default.  

    As long as I was viewing the scene in wireframe, the street was invisible, and the figures appeared to be aboveground. As soon as I switched to a shaded drawing setting, the ground appeared and the figures were hidden.

    I feel like such an idiot.

    Thanks for your help everyone. I learned a lot just by trying your suggestions. I ended up exploring tabs and "pushing buttons" I normally never would've!

     

    Post edited by SuSoleil on
  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,970
    SuSoleil said:

    I figured it out. It has to do with the set I was using. I didn't realize this, but it has an underground  (or tunnel) as well as an aboveground/street level. Apparently this underground is actually the ground level as far as the set is concerned -- so the characters appear below the street level by default.  

    As long as I was viewing the scene in wireframe, the street was invisible, and the figures appeared to be aboveground. As soon as I switched to a shaded drawing setting, the ground appeared and the figures were hidden.

    I feel like such an idiot.

    Thanks for your help everyone. I learned a lot just by trying your suggestions. I ended up exploring tabs and "pushing buttons" I normally never would've!

     

    Oh I should have remembered that - I've had this happen to me too. This happens a lot when a set is an older set with a "ground" plane and if it's actually possition below the ground level it will not show up in the render - until you drag the ground plane up to above the ground level. I'm glad you found the issue and was able to fix it! :)

  • jestmartjestmart Posts: 4,449

    Yes, push buttons see what happens, just don't push all of them at the same time or what happens is usually KAABOOOOOOOM!

  • garyp156_91954b7311garyp156_91954b7311 Posts: 36

    Sorry to dig up an old thread but this might help someone.  I had the same problem.  The figure dissapeared when I moved the camera around in an empty scene, when I found this thread, then It occured to me to turn off Draw Ground in the Iray Environment settings as I was using a blank scene.

     

     
  • estaf1001estaf1001 Posts: 9

    Same problem, when moved camera.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,000

    And is the camera below the "ground"?

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,000

    And is the camera below the "ground"?

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