topic Is It Possible to Create a One-Way Vision Material in Archicad? in Modeling

Is It Possible to Create a One-Way Vision Material in Archicad?

mrsneuna — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:07:09 GMT

I would like to know if it is possible to create a one-way vision material in Archicad, where from the outside it appears dark and not transparent, but from the inside it remains visible to the outside. If possible, how can this be achieved?

Operating system used: Windows 10

Re: Is It Possible to Create a One-Way Vision Material in Archicad?

Barry Kelly — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:09:56 GMT

A single material, no.

But you can apply a transparent material to one side of a wall and a non-transparent material to the other side.

Barry.

Re: Is It Possible to Create a One-Way Vision Material in Archicad?

Lingwisyer — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:56:32 GMT

Do note that if you plan do renders in an external program, this may mess with the UVs. Twinmotion used to mess up the UV for some surfaces and to fix it you would need to force two-sided, but in this case, it would mean that you glass is looking at a solid face... Not sure if this has been fixed since, there have been quite a few major updates since.

Ling.

Re: Is It Possible to Create a One-Way Vision Material in Archicad?

alemanda — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:16:00 GMT

in Cinerender it is possible, using a shader.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9p8nG7qSzU

This is a video of a russian master user who explains in details how to achieve the requested effect.

I suggest to use subtitles.

Hope it helps.