Rendering Problem - Invisible body being rendered.

[mikeboxall]

Hi,

I'm trying to model and render an LED matrix.  Each LED in the matrix is a component comprising 3 bodies:  The physical body of the LED, a transparent face and an emissive source...

If i turn off the visibility of the source, it disappears in the design view (no red dot visible):

... but when i render it, the light from it still gets rendered:

Anyone got any ideas what is going on?

Essentially i need to be able to turn on and off the visibility of the source so i can put messaging on the LED matrix without swapping out thousands of different components each time i need to change the message or colour!!... :

Any ideas whats happening and how to avoid?

Thanks

Mike

[mikeboxall]

I think i may have found the answer... if i break the link to the master LED, then i can change the LED in my model.

With the link in place, the rendering is done according to the master/parent component.

I guess there is no way round that?