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Shadow with LW / Archi CAD 9

Anonymous — Thu, 11 May 2023 11:46:23 GMT

Sorry, that I use this forum too much.

For Rendering I have used LW with sunlite, heavenlite.
I like soft shadow, but the shadow shows not so clean line....
Somebody can help me?

Re: Shadow with LW / Archi CAD 9

Dwight — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 23:03:28 GMT

keep your sun object divergence below 1 degree and add more suns - have at least six. The closer you get to your subject, the sun needs finer resolution.

For fine shadows, keep the sun power minimum and the sky object higher to mitigate the shadow strength. Experiment.

Think like a …

As for heavenlite, that is not in the ArchiCAD library. It is what radiates from the face of Erika Epstein.

Re: Shadow with LW / Archi CAD 9

Anonymous — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 14:07:43 GMT

sun object divergence 1 and seven , intensity 20%, color lite yellow

sky object lite color blue, intensity 80%

I think, it is not so bad.....or?

Thank you Dwight.

Re: Shadow with LW / Archi CAD 9

Dwight — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 15:25:27 GMT

perhaps a little bit too much glare - in the wall material, turn down the reflectance for diffuse