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Redmaw: Added image example of Water shader assigned to Surface shader parameter.

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Added image example of Water shader assigned to Surface shader parameter.

Redmaw: Added descriptions and example images for all settings.

2021-10-05T22:41:00Z

Added descriptions and example images for all settings.

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JavaJones at 18:45, 1 June 2011

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JavaJones at 02:45, 18 May 2011

2011-05-18T02:45:50Z

127.0.0.1: jrfconvert import

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jrfconvert import

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[[Category:IMPORT]]
='''Plane'''=

[[Image:drex_module_10_image_0.png|485pxpx|Plane]]
__NOTOC__

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 *'''Name:''' This setting allows you to apply a descriptive name to the node, which can be helpful when using multiple Plane nodes in a project.
 *'''Enable:''' When checked, the node is active and the Plane object will appear in the scene with the settings below applied to its surface. When unchecked, the node is ignored.
 *'''Render:''' An object's render state can be set to Visible, Invisible or Holdout. When set to Holdout, an object is visible in the rendered image as a black shape with an alpha value of zero. When using render layers the object's render state is combined with the group visibility parameter to determine its least visible setting. Invisible is less visible than Holdout, which is less visible than Visible.
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 [[File: OBJReader_25_RenderingTab_RenderType.png | none|148px|Render options]]
 </ul>
 *'''Visible to other rays:''' When enabled, the plane object will be taken into account by all the rays determined by the renderer including those from the camera, direct and indirect lighting, etc. In the example below, a 100% reflective 3D object has been placed behind three coloured spheres in order to mirror the effect of the calculated rays.
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 [[File: OBJReader_60_RenderingTab_VisibleToOtherRays.gif | none|400px|Visible to Other Rays comparison]]
 </ul>
 *'''Cast shadow:''' When checked, the plane object will cast shadows.
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 [[File: OBJReader_61_RenderTab_CastShadows.gif | none|400px|Cast Shadows comparison]]
 </ul>
 *'''Center:''' This setting defines the position of the centre of the plane object.
 *'''Length a:'''  This setting defines the length, in metres, of the orange coloured A edge.
 *'''Length b:'''  This setting defines the length, in metres, of the magenta coloured B edge.
 *'''Edge vector a:''' This setting defines the direction of the orange coloured A edge.  A value of 1 in any of the axis input boxes means that the edge is fully pointing along that axis.  Values less than 1 mean that the edge is pointing in a percentage of that direction along that axis.  When the two edge vectors are at right angles to each other the plane will be rectangular.  You can shear the plane into a parallelogram shape by changing the edge vectors so that they are no longer at right angles.
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 [[File:Plane_03_EdgeVectorA.jpg|none|800px|In this example, increasing the Z axis value from 0 to 1 along the Edge Vector A setting, shears and reshapes the plane object.]]
 </ul>
 *'''Edge vector b:''' This setting defines the direction of the magenta coloured B edge.  A value of 1 in any of the axis input boxes means that the edge is fully pointing along that axis.  Values less than 1 mean that the edge is pointing in a percentage of that direction along that axis.  When the two edge vectors are at right angles to each other the plane will be rectangular.  You can shear the plane into a parallelogram shape by changing the edge vectors so that they are no longer at right angles.
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 [[File:Plane_04_EdgeVectorB.jpg|none|800px|In this example, increasing the X and Y axis values from 0 to 1 along the Edge Vector B setting, shears and reshapes the plane object.]]
 </ul>
 *'''Surface shader:''' Use this setting to assign a surface shader to the plane object.  The surface of the plane object is displaceable.
 <ul>
-[[File:Plane_05_PlanetVSPlane.jpg|none|800px|Comparison between the default planet object displacement and a displaced plane object]]
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 </ul>
 *'''Displacement Tolerance:''' Displacement tolerance: If you find that rough or spikey surfaces are showing problems at bucket edges, for example spikes having cut off tops, or gaps in ray traced shadows then increasing this value may help. However this can greatly increase render times. Relatively flat surfaces may render more quickly with smaller values. The default value is 1. However this is an advanced setting and you should not change it unless you have specific problem you need to address. If you are having problems try starting with 2 and then increase it by small increments until they're resolved. A value of 4 would be considered a high value.
 *'''Render method:''' This popup has three options.
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 <u>Force Ray Trace:</u> When enabled for the plane object, its surfaces will be ray traced at render time, even if Ray trace objects is disabled in the Renderer settings. This can be useful when Ray trace objects is disabled in the Renderer in order for other 3D objects to use displacement, but you want this object to use ray tracing for the highest quality rendering and it has not been displaced. <br /n>
 </ul>
 *'''Sorting bias (metres): ''' This setting gives you control over the order in which objects are rendered when using the micropolygon renderer. This does not apply to objects being rendered with the ray tracer. A large positive value, e.g. 10,000,000 (or 1e7) will usually force the object to render first. A large negative value, e.g. -10,000,000 (or -1e7) will usually force the object to render last, or after the terrain. This can be useful when rendering large objects with displacement, such as a lake object that lies mostly below the displaced terrain. By setting the lake object’s Sorting bias (metres) value to something like -10,000,000 forces it to render after the terrain.

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 [[image:plane_back_front.jpg|center]]
-<center><font size="-1">Left: Plane from "front". Right: Looking from "behind", plane isn't visible, though shadow still is.</font></center><br />
+<center><font size="-1">Left: Plane from "front".   Right: Looking from "behind", plane isn't visible, though shadow still is.</font></center><br />
 The plane is not the easiest object to position. The orientation of the plane is controlled by setting the direction of two of its edges, using the '''Edge vector a''' and '''Edge vector b''' parameters. Essentially you set the way the plane faces by pointing those two edges in appropriate directions.

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 The plane has quite a detailed preview. To help you size and orient the plane the A edge is drawn in orange and the B edge is drawn in magenta. The other two edges are drawn as dashed lines. The plane also has a full bounding box. If you can see the edges of the plane in the preview but not the plane itself then that means you are looking at the plane from "behind".
-[[image:plane_orientation.jpg|center]]
+[[image:plane_back_front.jpg|center]]
 <center><font size="-1">Left: Plane from "front". Right: Looking from "behind", plane isn't visible, though shadow still is.</font></center><br />

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-[[Image:drex_module_10_image_0.png|485pxpx|Plane]]
+[[Image:drex_module_10_image_0.png|center|Plane]]
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+'''Node Description and Purpose:'''<br />
 [[Category: Object Nodes]]

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