Vray Edge Texture Renders Hidden edges on Soap Bubble Geometry

[Gflux]

I’ve been trying to create an 80s Old-Timey Tron look on some 3D text I’ve made. I drew some text, traced it in illustrator, saved it as a .dwg file, imported it into Sketchup, and used the Soap Bubble extension to create my geometry.

I applied the Vray Edges texture to the geometry but for some reason it is also applied to the hidden geometry even though the hidden geometry check-box is not checked. At first I thought it was something wrong with the texture, but I also applied it to a simple cube and it works on that. The only thing I can think of now is that perhaps Soap Bubble Geometry does not lend itself well to the Vray Edges texture.

Essentially all I want is the Sketchup style to be the texture. I don’t want the triangles I just want squares like in the screen shot below. Any ideas on my dilemma? Thank you.

[eric-s]

You may need more net subdivisions before you ‘inflate’ you letters. That and also try ‘Softening’ faces. See comparison between 10 and 40 divisions and then pre-softened (left) and post softened (right).

[Gflux]

Thank you, but I actually want the low poly look. If I could get it to render the edges in squares rather than triangles I was going to take it into after effects later and apply a glow to it to get that 80s neon 3D look. If I smooth it out and apply the Vray edges texture wouldn’t that make it worse?

[Gflux]

You’ve given me an idea though. What if I smooth out the letters and just apply a grid texture on it… that might do the trick… Thanks again.