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Hello


I'm a hobbyist with this render, I use it in conjunction with SketchUp 2017

As in the subject, please provide instructions on how to make such glass.
Colorless, not completely transparent.
Smooth on one side, visible groove on the other (photos attached)

I really want this similar glass.


Best regards

That sir.. that's how its done! Great work

@pixie
Those are photos, OP wants a tutorial

@OP
Model the 'panel' and apply some from "Glass material library" for a starter

I don't know much.

Can I ask for a tutorial, photos of what and where to put?

I would be very grateful!

Sadly there's no specific 'Academy' like curriculum tutorial. So you'll have to do the studies yourself.
You'll find some within Resources/Tutorials and check those under Skindigo section. Also, help yourself by going through the Indigo Manual.

You could also ask, if any proficient Skindigo user here is willing to tutor you or at the very last, being commissioned.

Do well and have a good day.

I started by doing displacement but ended modelling the glass. I did it in cinema 4d, but I can send you the model if you give me the dimensions you're planning to use

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Mon Mar 24, 2025 2:36 am

@pixie
Those are photos, OP wants a tutorial

Sometimes I forget that real life also gives the same type of pictures as that of indigo xD

bidir test vs
path tracing on gpu diffuse depth 12

Wow, great!

Did you do this in Cinema 4D? Is that a different program than Indigo?
Did you model this glass as a 3D model?
Aha... I thought you could get this effect using a texture?
For testing, I'd like a model measuring 817x2017mm and 8mm thick.

Indigo is the renderer, I used Cinema4D for modelling. I tried texture, but modelling gave me not only a better result, but smaller memory usage in the end. Once I got the desired effect on 3D, one might create a displacement texture out of it.

Updating the model to align more closely with the image reference.

lol, I did the glass in the portrait mode, I will post here the correct version, I think xD

This time I baked the geometry into a normal map, what you see is just a normal map applied to a box. It might be all that you want.