Glass texture (transparency over transparency)

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Hey guys,

The picture below should sum up what my problem is. For one thing: why is there a solid shadow on a transparent material tube? (double sided). Basically. How do I make the entire thing a nice clear glass tube. I tried settings found on blender wiki amongst other things and am entirely at a loss (the tube is supposed to be broken).

Thanks,
-Jake

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how many light sources do you have?
this can create shadows behind the object !

did you crank up the Depht value - if you have double glass tickness it need to be higher
check the wiki page on glass for the settings

Salutations

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I have one Spot light using Blender engine. Should I not have this?

As you can see, I’ve made some progress - but it now looks like plastic, and the edges of the broken glass are not defined. I added the depth value, but it adds nothing. By depth, do you mean Ray Mirror or Ray Transp?

Thanks!

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can you show a wiremesh also
might be easier to see or may be upload file on FTP
so can study it

the shadow is trange
Salutations

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You have to check transparent shadow for the wall and ground.

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Select the background object. On the shading panel (f5) / shader/Enable TraShad.

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Try removing traceable from the render pipeline of the material