Bi-fold doors

[Lobo0953]

Hi

I am a very novice user and I am trying to modify a set of bi-fold doors created by PencilArt, which are in the latest Contributions.shf

Currently, these doors have small panes in them and I would like them to be single panes of glass.

Eventually, I'd also like to have a 3 door version but that's less important.

How do I go about this? I have the Furniture Library Editor but I cannot see how to remove the panes...

Thanks in advance

[hansmex]

To modify a model you need 3D-modelling software.
The Library Editor is suited only to make libraries, not to do 3D-modelling.

H

[Bubblobill]

I need something to do. I'll knock one up for you.

[Bubblobill]

See if this fits the bill



I tried putting it into a library file which might work.
AccordionFoldGlassDoors.sh3f

Failing that, you can import the Object files;

accordionFoldGlassDoors.obj
and
accordionFoldGlassDoors.mtl

Credits to PencilArt and eTeks for prior work.

Regards,

Jay

[hansmex]

Jay,

Nice try with the folding doors.
Unfortunately, when you insert the doors into a wall, the doors disappear into the wall as well.

Also, could you split the model into more groups, so that more individual parts can get their own colour/texture? Suggestion: doors, handles, bottom rail, 3-sided frame, glass. It would make the model more realistic.


H

[Bubblobill]

I just deleted the framing elements that divided the glass panes and added a door handle. Everything else is identical to the original properties. Makes no sense why it wouldn't fit the wall. I must have changed the origin at some point.

As for your other requests.... that will take it from a minor edit to a new model, so maybe.

Probably do it when I get frustrated writing my staircase plugin so chances are good.

Jay

[Bubblobill]

Just checked. The origin is the same as the original model.
*shrugs* No idea why it no working

[dorin]

Maybe You could tray this Accordion Folding Doors library.
I've try to make it as Hansmex sugest.
When we will have hinge_on_rail and some glue between parts could be made more complex.

[hansmex]

Very Nice!! Thank you.

[Jonnie63]

Just throwing in an observation on the subject of bi-folding doors, I noticed whilst rendering with the doors open that the rendering really slowed down in areas where the rays would be traveling through multiple layers of glass.

I did not see this as a problem more just an interesting observation that ray tracing has a lot more work to do in this scenario, I guess with reflection and refraction going on the number of child rays of parent rays shoots up a fair amount.