Blender help with the Mecabricks template. Quick Smoke - Cycles Render
Markal started this discussion in Model Export and Render

Greetings. Please can anyone assist in the problem I am having adding Quick Smoke using the marvelous Mecabrick template import template into Blender.

I am using Cycles render and the smoke does not appear.

I can get everything to work happiness and light using the solid view, but when I render, there is no smoke, just the emitter which appears as a solid sphere.

I have played with various settings, but obviously have missed a vital box that needs to be ticked.

Can any one help? Please!

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Hello,

Not too sure I can help you on that one. It goes beyond my knowledge of Blender.
Can you make it work in a Blender project other than my template?

Hi Scrubs. Sorry, not been on Mecabricks for a few days as i am working tirelessly getting this animation going.

Yes, I can get the smoke to work without loading the Mecabrick Template that gives the super finish to the lego parts. As soon as i have the Template loaded, I can get the smoke in the preview but not in the render so am assuming it has to do with the world settings, or order of settings or something.

I am a total newbie in Blender, having a very small amount of experience in Carrara. Finding Blender very un-intuitive but VERY impressed at its versitality. Especially as a free piece of software.

I have ordered a bunch of their books to learn a bit more of what goes on under the bonnet and also to support the cause financially in a small way.

I was experimenting with fog, and i think the problem is that the smoke/fog doesn't work with environment texture lighting (The default for the template)
It might work if you add an additional light to the scene like a spot light.

Thanks UmbraManis. I will play with that and report back.

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