Ground plane / Solar settings / Background gradient

[osuire]

I sort of miss the "ground plane" feature found in Flamingo.
It would create at render time a virtual infinite ground plane that could be textured and set at a certain altitude.

I am also looking for solar settings to get real sun placement regarding time and geographic location.

And how about a "color gradient" option for the background ?

Maybe all this is available already, but since I'm a total newbie with V-Ray, I can't find it.

Cheers,

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Olivier

[dalomar_cg]

Ground plane / Solar settings / Background gradient

Joe said that he had the Vray plane hooked up, so it will be in the next SR. I don't believe that it will work like the flamingo one (created from a dialog box), but have a representative piece of geometry for the ground plane (similar to how it is in max).

The solar sun thing we are investigating ways in which to create that system, so that is much more up in the air. However, Vray sun and sky should be in the SR as well. As for the color gradient, you should be able to create it by clicking on the map button in the enviroment. I'll post something for you on tuesday as I am currently on my new computer which doesn't even have Rhino installed yet.

Happy Holidays

[osuire]

Ground plane / Solar settings / Background gradient

Thanks for the answers.

Things are moving fast ! Good thing !

Cheers,

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Olivier