topic Re: curtain wall appears as mirror in Visualization

curtain wall appears as mirror

Anonymous — Thu, 11 May 2023 10:32:14 GMT

Help,

I modeled a building in archicad 10 with a curtain wall facade, but when I try to render it, a lare portion of the curtain wall acts as a gigantic mirror.

What's wrong and how can I fix this.

I hope someone can help me.

Re: curtain wall appears as mirror

Dwight — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:08:38 GMT

It will be the Reflectance Shader in the material.

Open it up - see the mirror factor.

Adjust to suit.

Re: curtain wall appears as mirror

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 11:46:45 GMT

I thought of that Dwight, I tried to change it already. I even turned it off all the way, but the result was still the same

Thanks anyway, got any other ideas?

Re: curtain wall appears as mirror

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 11:49:10 GMT

ps. It seems to go away when I put the camera further away.

maybe this can help you with any ideas

Re: curtain wall appears as mirror

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 23:27:44 GMT

hi try turning off the camera light in lightworks settings. i found glass surfaces reflecting to almost white once & it went away after i turned off the camera light.
Of course it'll change the light quality in the render then.

Re: curtain wall appears as mirror

Dwight — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 23:34:36 GMT

Good call.
Should have thought of that lousy camera light before.
Even though one Archicad colleague uses the camera light to create chrome highlights, it is a useless camera-flash-in-a-bar-where-everyone's-eyes-are-covered-in-the-magazine-with-a-black-stripe kind of light.

There is, however, an Archicad Camera Light Enthusiast's Group.
Here's their picture.

Re: curtain wall appears as mirror

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:28:45 GMT

Dwight wrote:
Good call.
it is a useless

There is, however, an Archicad Camera Light Enthusiast's Group.
Here's their picture.

Hi Dwight,
actually I found it a little useful for exterior renderings, you know when the sun is very hard & shadows quite dark. almost seems like the way the eye adjusts aperture when focusing on a dark area surronded by light areas. sort of like having a light reading of a point applied to the entire frame. it does wash everything with light just like using a flash in daytime, but i found that the colors pick up a little because of this.
Usually I set the lights first & then modify the materials & for exteriors the camera light comes in handy for quick renders.
what do you think?
ashy