Rendering Wireframe??

[maybelle]

Can I also render Wireframe in XSI? If not, how can I make a uv-snapshot, to use it as a texture?

[atyss]

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Can I also render Wireframe in XSI?
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Yes you can. There are 2 ways to do this.

1- Use the Capture function. In the camera viewport, set the display to wireframe, click on the cam icon and choose Start Capture. There you have output options. This is good for quick previews.

2- Use the Toon Shader. Here I can't help you as I don't have experience with it. However, it is described in the manuals in the Shader, Lights and Cameras manual > Blurs, Flares and Others Effects > Creating a cartoon effect.

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If not, how can I make a uv-snapshot, to use it as a texture?
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First, you must apply a texture projection to your object. Then, select this projection in the Explorer (in the clusters), and open the Texture Editor. Then Edit > Stamp UV Mesh.

Hope this helps
Salutations - Cheers
Bernard Lebel

[srvargas]

To render wireframe first you need to attach a Toon_Ink lens shader to your camera. In its properties check the "Render Ink only" button. Then (and this is the important part) go to Sampling-Facet and check "Enable" .
Then you will need to attach the Toon Material to your object of course. There you can set ink color for the object itself (or use the global ink colors from camera shader).
Lastly check the Transparency Enable button - make it white (this is to actually see the occluded , hidden wireframe at the back of the object).
That's all
Merge Colanar option in the Camera shader is to avoid rendering object's triangulation and render it as it is in the viewport.
I haven't experimented with this a lot, but it works great - of couse for dense wireframes you have to increase the antialiasing to get finer renders...
Chao