topic AC25 surfaces preview bug? in Documentation

AC25 surfaces preview bug?

Paul King — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 10:52:28 GMT

For some reason when I create a new surface, even if I duplicate the 'Exposure to light' parameters exactly of another surface, the resulting preview is always either glaring white, or pitch black

Below is a standard built in Archicad colour - preview is fine.

This is a colour I made by duplicating another colour (also with an ok preview)

Why is this?

How do I fix already defined new surfaces exhibiting this issue?

(I tried the workaround of duplicating and re-defining another colour not exhibiting the issue - but the result in the duplicate is always glaring white or pitch black preview - and same appears in the surface painter pallet, and neither bear any resemblance to the colour as displayed in 3D view )

Is this a known bug?

Re: Surfaces bug?

Barry Kelly — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 10:52:25 GMT

I don't know why it appears so different, but your shininess is 75 instead of 50 and the specular colour is slightly different.

Barry.

Re: Surfaces bug?

Paul King — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 11:00:36 GMT

Thanks Barry - sorry you are right (pasted the wrong version) - but even tweaking these makes no difference.

Re: Surfaces bug?

Paul King — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 12:40:40 GMT

Thought I had a workaround, but turns out not to work. Sadly the forum software wont let me simply delete this post.