[Radiance-general] clipping planes exposing object interiors?

[Axel Jacobs]

Paul,

> In creating renderings of a room and its lightshelves with a fore
> clipping plane it appears that the clipping plane is exposing the wall
> interior in such a way that it becomes rendered. Is this the way
> clipping planes operate?

Clipping planes do not introduce extra light where it should not be.

Assuming the model is air tight (which is not always the case for imported
CAD geometry), the inside of the wall the ceiling is visible due to the
ambient light. Setting -av to 0 0 0 should remedy this.

Axel