topic Rendering with transparent white background in 3D Part & Assembly Design

Rendering with transparent white background

Cosmo — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 11:33:43 GMT

Hi All,Does anyone have a good way of generating a good quality rendering in Pro/E that also has a transparent background? For some reason, I can't seem to set this up.Also, is the preferred method for applying different materials to different family table instances still to

Rendering with transparent white background

wfalco — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:13:39 GMT

May be a job for Photoshop? I'd like to know if Pro/E can do it.

RE: Rendering with transparent white background

sl2741 — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:24:38 GMT

I defined a room that is a white cylinder and load it for rendering.
White wall, floor and ceiling.

Rendering with transparent white background

cpodom — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:44:43 GMT

Interesting, just like a "Cove" in photography.
What was your intent and results?

RE: Rendering with transparent white background

sl2741 — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:06:38 GMT

My intent is to provide a render quality image for printing. White background = no ink...

In Reply to Curtis Odom:

Interesting, just like a "Cove" in photography.
What was your intent and results?

RE: Rendering with transparent white background

SteveFowler — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:14:02 GMT

Mike

Are you looking for something as simple as view/display settings/system colors/scheme/black on white/print or save a copy?

Steve

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Rendering with transparent white background

pfariello — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:09:45 GMT

For a transparent back ground, in the render setup, check the "render alpha" box, choose tiff or PNP as the output type.

Not sure what version you are using, but the render quality is much improved with WF5 onward.

Regards,
Patrick Fariello

Rendering with transparent white background

tgiauque — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:45:59 GMT

I did the same thing. White cylindrical room (cylindrical = fewer surfaces to change the color on). Because I am frequently called upon to generate pretty pictures of something out of Pro/E, I also made a mapkey that would automatically load the room.

To make the background transparent, simply use the snipping tool to grab your rendering, drop it into Powerpoint, and set the white background color to be transparent. Here's the white room file I use if anybody is interested.

Tim

Rendering with transparent white background

cpodom — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:48:12 GMT

Such a great idea.
This is exactly how commercial product photographers do their work
especially with reflective surfaces. any of them would tell you that
shooting chrome or any shiny surface is very problematic due to reflective
backgrounds. commercially or homemade "coves" are used to eliminate
reflections. Rendering programs have the same problems.

If you have access to a quality commercial photographer have them help you
setup the lighting. This will pay huge dividends.