Ray Trace Issue

[Anonymous]

Hi Folks,

I am having an issue with a model I am working on. When I set it to a realistic visual style it appears nearly black so I adjusted the graphic display options to fix the issue. However, when I set the visual style to ray trace the model appears black(see attached jpg). At first I thought it was the light fixtures so I deleted them out but this was not the problem. Can anybody offer some advice? Thanks in advance.

Eamon

[barthbradley]

Hard to say what's going on. We can start by looking at your rendering settings. Post a screenshot showing those. 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the reply. See attached.

[MostafaElashmawy]

Would you please show the sun settings.

[barthbradley · Accepted solution]

It's because your view is looking up at the bottom of the building and towards the sky.  Basically you're below the ground  and the below the shadowing. 

[barthbradley]

...and it's late in the evening, close to sunset.  It's probably an accurate rendering.  

...I'm kidding of course. Here's what I get when I Render the OOTB "rac_basic_sample_project.rvt" with the same sun settings you have selected (<in-session, still>).  Yes -- and looking down at the building: 

[Corsten.Au]

While rendering, in Lighting Scheme, try " Exterior Sun only"

[barthbradley]

@Corsten.Au: I think all he need to do is change the time of day for <In-Session, Still>.  Here's the same Ray Trace as I did above, but the time of day on this one is 11AM.  I think the OP's is done at dusk or dawn.