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Renderlayer
The RenderLayer module offers features to set special
attributes to objects,
Layer:
Sets the Name of the Layer
Visibility:
Sets the attribute for the Color and Alpha Channel. If this attribute is set to OFF objects won't
be rendered at all
Visible in Alpha:
Sets the attribute for the Alpha Channel. If this attribute is set to OFF objects won't be
rendered in the Alpha Channel. This is the way to produce cutouts.
Primary Visibility:
Sets the attribute for the Color Channel. If this attribute is set to OFF objects won't be
rendered in the Color Channel.
Visible in Reflections:
Sets the attribute for the Reflection. If this attribute is set to OFF objects won't be visible in
reflections
Visible in Refractions:
Sets the attribute for Refcractions. If this attribute is set to OFF objects won't be visible in
refractions.
Cast Shadows:
Sets the attribute for casting shadows. If the attribute is set to OFF objects won't cast
shadows.
Using RenderLayer:
Right mouse context menu --> Create Layer: Creates a new empty Render Layer
Right mouse context menu --> rename: Renames Render Layer
Right mouse context menu --> Delete: Deletes Render Layer
Right mouse context menu --> Move Up: Moves a Render Layer one position up in the
Stack
Right mouse context menu --> Move Down: Moves a Render Layer one position down in
the Stack
Right mouse context menu --> Apply Attributes to All: Sets RenderLayer attributes to all
objects in one Layer
Right mouse context menu --> Add selected Nodes: Adds seleted objects from the
scenegraph to selected RenderLayer
Right mouse context menu --> Cleanup: Removes non existing objects from RenderLayers