Casting and Receiving Shadow

To see the shadows of the object exported from 3DXchange in iClone:

  1. In 3DXchange, select the editable mesh node and check both the Cast Shadow and Receive Shadow boxes.

3dXchange tutorial casting 0 Casting and Receiving Shadow
(In 3DXchange)

  1. Export to VNS prop file.

  2. In iClone, apply the new prop in a 3D scene.

  3. You may found that it casts shadow only rather than casting and receiving shadow at the same time.

3dXchange tutorial casting 1 Casting and Receiving Shadow
(In iClone 2)

  1. Switch to Lights / Modify page and change the shadow mode to Self Cast Shadow in the shadow drop down list.

  2. Set both the Cast Shadow and Receive Shadow to All.

3dXchange tutorial casting 2 Casting and Receiving Shadow
(In iClone 2)

You may see that the object is now casting and receiving shadow.

3dXchange tutorial casting 3 Casting and Receiving Shadow
(In iClone 2)

Note:

  • The self-cast shadow is supported in iClone 2 only for the graphic card with NVIDIA chipset.

Casting and Receiving Shadow