https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/how-to-make-the-environment-appears-in-the-mirror/m-p/6505#M45167 Sit down and get ready for a heartbreak, but ArchiCAD's Rendering Engine doesn't render reflections because it lacks raytracing or radiosity.<BR /> To achieve mirror and chrome reflections with ArchiCAD models, here are your options. They all cost a piece:<BR /> 1: AV Works - plug-in for ArchiCAD - cheap and okay.<BR /> 2: Artlantis Render - Receives model from ArchiCAD - allows for camera changes, material changes and lighting but no edit of the model.<BR /> 3: Archilumos - just getting started but is a sophisticated plug-in with radiosity rendering... and fast.<BR /> 4: Almost any other Rendering Application where ArchiCAD models are exported - the trick is to successfully link ArchiCAD material definitions with the more sophisticated materials found in, say, Cinema 4D or Electric Image. Wed, 28 Jan 2004 07:33:53 GMT Dwight 2004-01-28T07:33:53Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/how-to-make-the-environment-appears-in-the-mirror/m-p/6504#M45166 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content">I'm very new in Archicad. When i insert a mirror from object lib., it doesn't reflect anything. How can i do that?<BR /><BR />Thanks very much for your help.</DIV> Fri, 03 May 2024 11:42:27 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/how-to-make-the-environment-appears-in-the-mirror/m-p/6504#M45166 Palawat 2024-05-03T11:42:27Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/how-to-make-the-environment-appears-in-the-mirror/m-p/6505#M45167 Sit down and get ready for a heartbreak, but ArchiCAD's Rendering Engine doesn't render reflections because it lacks raytracing or radiosity.<BR /> To achieve mirror and chrome reflections with ArchiCAD models, here are your options. They all cost a piece:<BR /> 1: AV Works - plug-in for ArchiCAD - cheap and okay.<BR /> 2: Artlantis Render - Receives model from ArchiCAD - allows for camera changes, material changes and lighting but no edit of the model.<BR /> 3: Archilumos - just getting started but is a sophisticated plug-in with radiosity rendering... and fast.<BR /> 4: Almost any other Rendering Application where ArchiCAD models are exported - the trick is to successfully link ArchiCAD material definitions with the more sophisticated materials found in, say, Cinema 4D or Electric Image. Wed, 28 Jan 2004 07:33:53 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/how-to-make-the-environment-appears-in-the-mirror/m-p/6505#M45167 Dwight 2004-01-28T07:33:53Z