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I am trying to make a linear wall sconce. While the light appear to be reflecting off the nearby surfaces as I want, the fixture itself is in shadow. I have the light source lines located such that they are within the globe area of the fixtue, but the globes render dark
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When you built your family, did you give the globe material a property that is transparent?
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Yes I used a frosted/ tranluscent glass and made it more
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Not sure what's wrong. Could you post your family?
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You need to give the actual light fitting a material that already appears as its glowing. You should find some already setup in your accurender library. Accurender Lite doesn't automatically give a light source a glowing appearance... Don't know whose idea that was!
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I've never had to make the lens glow in the fixtures I've made but you do need to build your fixture completely if you want it to work right. I build mine complete with internal reflectors to redirect the light. These of course have a high reflective surface. The lens is not clear because that will not show. I recently built an exterior up/down light using a point source that suited my needs. That light glows on its own when it's on. The lens is almost pure white with a .22 matte finish, .92 translucent, 1.5 IR and .93 frosted. I used a polished plain chrome material for the curved reflector. Obviously these settings are only guesses but until we have manufacturers creating revit families, we have no other choice.
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I will try the reflector idea. I have made glowing bulbs before for a ceiling pendant but it did not light the fixture it was purely for rendering purposes. I 'll let you know if that solves the problem
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WWHub I am posting the file I put a chome reflector in the left most lamp and it still renders the same. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated
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Sorry but you failed to attach the file.
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