topic Re: Custom tree bitmap in AC13 in Modeling

Custom tree bitmap in AC13

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 11:11:12 GMT

Hi everyone, I was just trying to use some custom pics of plants in my project. I did everything as said in this tip ( http://www.archicadwiki.com/CustomBitmapPeople?highlight=%28CategoryLibrary%29 ), but somehow it doesn't work. I saved pic as both .GIF and .PNG without background, loaded it into embed library, but when I type its name in designated place and close the settings dialog, AC lets me know that it wasn't able to find pic with that name. What am I doing wrong? I'm attaching both pics so someone can check if I did that 'masking' correctly. And yes I tried to find program's own bitmaps and see how they are masked in PS, but i can't locate them.

Re: Custom tree bitmap in AC13

David Maudlin — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 11:33:12 GMT

Višnja wrote:
I'm attaching both pics so someone can check if I did that 'masking' correctly.

Images not attached, try again.

Višnja wrote:
but when I type its name in designated place and close the settings dialog, AC lets me know that it wasn't able to find pic with that name.

You might try the image's name both with and then without the file name extension.

You should add a Signature to your Profile (click the Profile button near the top of this page) with your ArchiCAD version and operating system (see mine for an example) for more accurate help in this forum.

David

Re: Custom tree bitmap in AC13

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 12:02:12 GMT

You might try the image's name both with and then without the file name extension.

David

Tried, same result

.rar atached

Re: Custom tree bitmap in AC13

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 12:05:49 GMT

another one, png this time

Re: Custom tree bitmap in AC13

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 16:32:15 GMT

Would you mind attaching a jpg or png? These two files types are visible in the forum without the need to download. Thanks.

Regarding AC not finding the file: double check using an independent file viewer such as Explorer or Finder that the file name and location is where you think it is.

This post is a similar issue with trees.

I just repeated the ArchiWiki and got this result in AC13:

Re: Custom tree bitmap in AC13

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 16:36:47 GMT

Well files are just too big, but never mind. I think I overcome the problem by creating a semi transparent material and assigning it to a thin wall. Because of the distance it won't be visible..... I know it's a butcher's way but it did a job

Re: Custom tree bitmap in AC13

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 16:56:15 GMT

Not a butcher's job, I use this technique as well, it is a nice render technique and saves on render time. Here are some trees made with slabs, some are glass and others are just a solid green. They cast shadows which was my primary goal for a sun study. I avoided all the render time of real trees.

Re: Custom tree bitmap in AC13

David Maudlin — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 12:37:46 GMT

Višnja:

To get your image to work in AC13, I converted the Gif to Tif and added a alpha channel. [The original gif works as is in 17, so there appears to be a change to the way masking is handled.]

David