Pad rendering as Transparent/Glass-like material

[Anonymous]

I'm trying to create a view of the two buildings i just added into my project. No matter the view selected, whenever I render in the cloud or on my PC, the road itself (a pad I put together) seems to come out looking like a reflective surface almost like glass. I'm still a learning Revit student and would appreciate any help provided, thanks!

[Anonymous]

Btw in previous versions of this track I have had success in seeing the road in renderings. I've changed no phase settings or visibility preferences in the views and can supply older renderings pre-buildings.

[barthbradley]

Hard to tell without knowing how you envision it is supposed to render.  I can render locally though, but I missing your Topo Material.  I'd need that to get the full effect -- or, at less get a Rendering that is closer to your design intent.  Also, what's the purpose of the "clear" Floor?  

[Anonymous]

Im envisioning the pad as a dark grey street/asphalt type of road. Sadly im away from my pc at the moment so i don't have the file for the topo or a rendering to provide, but it was just a generic grass png i picked up off google images. As for the clear floor i believe i used it as a host for one or two components in the project, not entirely sure anymore since it's been a stretched out project.

[Anonymous]

Here's the topo material and a few renderings before i added the buildings

[barthbradley · Accepted solution]

Okay, so I took a look at your racetrack again.  There something haywire going on with it. Revit doesn't like your racetrack for some reason. Blow out your Building Pad and create the racetrack as a Topo Sub Region. Assign the asphalt material to the Sub Region and it renders fine and dandy. It's better as a Sub Region anyways. A Sub Region will follow the terrain just like a raceway does. Your Building Pad is flat and at the same level throughout the course.  

BTW, Revit has a great asphalt Material Appearance Asset. You ought to use it.  

[Anonymous]

Thank you so much, will give it a shot right now. Will update soon, hopefully with a new rendering!

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the help, the renderings turned out exactly as i had hoped, cheers man!