Re: MIRROR EFFECTThx bud...
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| Posted by Kirl at May 14, 2012, 2:18:26 AM |
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MIRROR EFFECT Hi all, can anyone help me? Can i make a mirror effect at SweetHome? If 'yes', please tell me... Hugs all!!!! |
| Posted by hansmex at May 14, 2012, 8:11:14 AM |
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Re: MIRROR EFFECT Rob, Depending on what you mean: 1 - Use Modify furniture -> Mirrored shape 2 - Use this model. Hans ---------------------------------------- Hans new website - under constuction hansdirkse.info |
| Posted by Kirl at May 28, 2012, 3:34:47 AM |
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Re: MIRROR EFFECT Thx bud... |
| Posted by oxygen at Jun 9, 2012, 2:41:26 PM |
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Re: MIRROR EFFECT About mirrors again... I want to make a custom mirror and I downloaded a nice mirror in 3ds format than imported it into my SweetHome. And it didn't work!  Mirror material was imported as some type of a metal. OK, I think there was anoter way - I took a model from post of hansmex and open it in my Deep Exploration to grab a mirror material from it and replace the material of my downloaded mirror with grabbed mirror material. Than modified mirror object was saved in .3ds, .obj and .dae but when I tried to import it in my SeetHome, it was unsuccesful at all even if I make a changes of a properties of a mirror material in Deep Exploration. So... What am I doing wrong?  |
| Posted by hansmex at Jun 9, 2012, 3:20:02 PM |
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Re: MIRROR EFFECT The "mirror trick" is the mirror.mtl file that's included in the zip-file. Here the material properties are specified. If you make an object and use the mirror.mtl file as its material, you will obtain the mirror effect. Use a text editor to study the mirror.obj and the mirror.mtl files. Hans ---------------------------------------- Hans new website - under constuction hansdirkse.info |
| Posted by Puybaret at Jun 9, 2012, 3:59:53 PM |
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Re: MIRROR EFFECT Sorry Hans, the MTL file is useful to find which part is the mirror, but it's not the MTL file that must be modified. oxygen, you should export your 3D model first at OBJ + MTL format (both are text files you can edit with any text editor). Then in the generated MTL file, search for the name of the material following newmtl that match the texture or the color of the mirror in your 3D model. Once found, search the line where this material name is found in the OBJ file and search back the closest line starting by "o" or "g" in the previous lines. Following "o" or "g", there will be the name of a part of your 3D model that you should prefix with sweethome3d_window_mirror. For a real example, please have a look to rectangularMirror.mtl and rectangularMirror.obj showing the following mirror:  Finally, note that the reflection effect in the mirror works only at the two best rendering quality levels in Photo creation dialog box. ---------------------------------------- Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator |
| Posted by oxygen at Jun 9, 2012, 6:35:21 PM |
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Re: MIRROR EFFECT Thanks Hans and Emmanuel)) I'll try to make some cute mirrors for my projects. |
| Posted by chenjs at Aug 17, 2012, 7:08:50 AM |
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Re: MIRROR EFFECT Hi all, I'm also having problem with the mirror effect. I have imported the mirror models from the Sweet Home website but somehow they show a metallic surface, not a reflection. It there a problem with my software or hardware configurations? Please help. Thanks in advance. |
| Posted by sclee at Aug 17, 2012, 9:36:37 AM |
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Re: MIRROR EFFECT here:http://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,3453 |
| Posted by Puybaret at Aug 17, 2012, 10:35:10 AM |
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Re: MIRROR EFFECT chenjs, the reflection can be seen only at the two best quality levels in the photo or video creation panes. ---------------------------------------- Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator |
| Posted by chenjs at Aug 21, 2012, 11:24:13 AM |
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Re: MIRROR EFFECT Hi Emmanuel, thanks for the enlightenment. |
| Posted by oxygen at Aug 21, 2012, 3:50:22 PM |
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Re: MIRROR EFFECT sclee, your tutorial is great but not very useful for all the people who do not understand you language(( Sorry but can you make tutorial in English? I try to make some custom-shaped mirrors so hardly and I think that your way is easy so I want to try it but not completly understand what to do . |
| Posted by sclee at Aug 23, 2012, 5:58:23 PM |
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Re: MIRROR EFFECT My steps are as follows: ---------------------------------------- 
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| Posted by oxygen at Aug 24, 2012, 12:09:19 PM |
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Re: MIRROR EFFECT sclee, thank you for the tutorial, I really tried to do my best. But the result is not goog as you can see on my picture:  I think that I was made a mistake somewhere, but where is it?  I'll try to find, becouse I need a round mirror and some types of different-shaped mirrors... |
| Posted by Puybaret at Aug 24, 2012, 1:24:25 PM |
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Re: MIRROR EFFECT As explained previously, the "full" mirror effect can be obtained only for OBJ parts starting by sweethome3d_window_mirror. If you want to do it with Sweet Home 3D, this implies that you'll have to use Export at OBJ format, rename the mirror part in the OBJ file then reimport the modified OBJ file. ---------------------------------------- Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator |
| Posted by oxygen at Aug 24, 2012, 1:47:36 PM |
Re: MIRROR EFFECTPuybaret, yes!!! I made this! I changed the OBJ-parts as you advised and I made the mirror  Here is the result:  Many thanks to you and sclee! |
| Posted by Puybaret at Aug 24, 2012, 3:13:38 PM |
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Re: MIRROR EFFECT Great you succeeded ---------------------------------------- Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator |
| Posted by [email protected] at Jan 30, 2021, 5:27:56 PM |
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Re: MIRROR EFFECT Hi I have a mirror that works, but sometimes it renders only grey. Does somebody know this problem? I have made a video and in some rooms the mirror works, in others not. |
| Posted by Mike53 at Feb 6, 2021, 1:32:34 AM |
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Re: MIRROR EFFECT Any chance someone could explain this in a step by step manner, i keep getting something that looks like frosted glass. Appreciate any help |
| Posted by [email protected] at Feb 9, 2021, 3:20:10 PM |
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Re: MIRROR EFFECT Hi, I can send you my file. I have forgotten how I did it, but it works. Its just a cuboid with all the sides mirroring, you can shape it as you need it. I don't see how I can make attachments here, can you tell me how I can send it to you? |
| Posted by hansmex at Feb 9, 2021, 4:04:10 PM |
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Re: MIRROR EFFECT You could check this thread... H ---------------------------------------- Hans new website - under constuction hansdirkse.info |
| Posted by Mike53 at Feb 9, 2021, 4:32:59 PM |
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Re: MIRROR EFFECT Thank you Abenz and thank you Hans. The file may well be helpful to see what is different, the model not so. It can be shared as Hans's link shows or left click on my name to show my email. What i need is a large triangular mirror for a cabinet that fits under stairs. The earlier parts of this thread i find confusing, mirror, walls, light sources and mannequins.... just a mirror, Hans says mtl Emmanuel says not .... me....confused. Thx again to both, appreciate you taking the time to assist |
| Posted by enkonyito at Feb 9, 2021, 10:47:05 PM |
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Re: MIRROR EFFECT @Mike53 Any chance someone could explain this in a step by step manner, i keep getting something that looks like frosted glass. Appreciate any help You must follow the steps cited by Puybaret. Download the rectangular mirror as a template. To sum up, you just have to add the prefix sweethome3d_window_mirror to the part of the object that you want to turn into a mirror in its .obj file. ---------------------------------------- EnkoNyito |
| Posted by Mike53 at Feb 9, 2021, 11:38:45 PM |
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Re: MIRROR EFFECT Hi Enk, thx for the reply, unfortunately Puybaret's links lead to a page of greek |
| Posted by Mike53 at Feb 10, 2021, 12:39:44 AM |
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Re: MIRROR EFFECT Well.... that was easy, wish i had done that a few days ago. obj. file should end up looking like this.... mtllib xxxxxxx.mtl g sweethome3d_window_mirror_xxxxxx usemtl xxxxxx no need to touch the mtl. Thx everyone for the assist...Thank you Enkonyito  |
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