[Radiance-general] Transparency

[Greg Ward]

Hello Marisela,

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> From: Marisela Mendoza <marichurad at yahoo.co.uk>
> Date: March 8, 2005 2:48:55 AM PST
>
I am using desktop radiance in Ecotec.  I am trying to analyse the 
glare effect produced by applying different screen transparency on a 
window.  But when I applied the transparency in Ecotec to the screen 
material,  (i.e. 12% )  the material disappear from my renderings.   I 
know the material still there it is there since I can see the shadows 
it proyects on the floor.   I enclose some of the images I got. 
   
Figure 1 shows the deskto radiance rendering view from an exterior 
camera that faces the window of a room  which has these exterior 
octagonal modules. The modules material that I chose is fabric with a 
transparency of 0% for this case.

Figure 2 shows the interior of the room and the shadows projected on 
the floor by the modules.

Figure 3 shows the same camera view as Figure 1.  But in this case I 
changed the transparency material in Ecotec to be 60% and the modules 
are not visible anymore as it can be seen in.   However when I render 
with desktop radiance an interior view similar to the one in  Figure 2, 
it turns out that the modules are actually projecting shade, see Fig 4. 
 It is quiet strange that the transparency material can be perceived on 
the projected shadows but it is not shown on the material itself.

Anyone has clue of what is happening?