Kalwall Material

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rudy970
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Kalwall Material

Post by rudy970 » Thu Mar 05, 2015 4:06 am

Hello All. Just joined and just downloaded Twilight. I am a former Kerkythea user so I think the transition should be pretty easy and I can already tell that this is 100x easier to use.

I was wondering if anyone here has tried to make a Kalwall material or object. If you are not familiar, Kalwall is a translucent wall panel that is made up of two sheets of fiberglass reinforced sheets (not 'plastic' according to the company) over a grid core. The cavity is also insulated. The lighting effect is pretty amazing. See attached. I have seen forum posts for other renderers and wanted to see if anyone has any ideas here. I figured that I would have to build up the panel just as the actual product is done and try to find a rice paper like translucent effect.

Here is the company's website:
http://www.kalwall.com/

Cheers!

Rudy
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Re: Kalwall Material

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Re: Kalwall Material

Post by Fletch » Thu Mar 05, 2015 11:53 am

use the translucent leaf template and set Opacity in Sketchup to 10 or 20 percent but leave default scattering at 90 percent. this should work when your model is a single face.

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Re: Kalwall Material

Post by Fletch » Tue Oct 16, 2018 1:12 pm

Download scene below.

Kalwall material

Template>Translucent>Leaf
Set to 50% and 90% as shown in screenshot.

Scene lighting : Light Emitting material on ceiling - 100w/m2
Scene render settings: Easy 09
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Re: Kalwall Material

Post by JGA » Fri Oct 26, 2018 12:59 pm

Thanks for the sample model
JGA

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Re: Kalwall Material

Post by Fletch » Fri Oct 26, 2018 5:47 pm

:hat: ;)

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