topic Re: Global switch for shadows in Documentation

Global switch for shadows

wile e coyote genius — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 18:07:31 GMT

About a year ago I asked how one could turn off the shadow feature. Back then I tried the solutions offered which helped a bit but didn't totally turn off the shadows feature. Since that time I would like to know if a global shadow (enable/disable) switch has been incorporated into Archicad (I am using AC25). When I am in the 3D window it shows the building with all of the created shadows but when I move the model (in orbit mode) all of the shadows are removed until the movement is stopped. It is the unshadowed picture that occurs when rotating the model that I desire when not rotating the model. If the shadows can be turned off when rotating the 3D model I would think it should be possible to have a global switch that does the shadow removal. If there isn't such a feature in AC today maybe the engineers could implement one as an update. Appreciate any thoughts of how the shadows can be turned off globally.

Thanks and regards

Re: Global switch for shadows

Karl Ottenstein — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 21:49:11 GMT

It's an easy checkbox in the 3D Styles settings... which you can access by right-clicking in the 3D window (away from an element). If you are not seeing shadows when you use the Orbit command, then you are probably using a Style that uses the old Vectorial Engine. With the 'hardware acceleration' engine, when I orbit, all of the shadows are smoothly visible and do not disappear.

But, even with the Vectorial Engine, you have the same checkmark to simply not display shadows ever.

Re: Global switch for shadows

Karl Ottenstein — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 19:38:51 GMT

PS. You asked this same question last March and got the same answer 🙂

https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Design-forum/Shadows-in-3D-view/td-p/332263

Re: Global switch for shadows

wile e coyote genius — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 17:08:29 GMT

Thank you Karl as your suggestion worked. In my work I only need shadows when doing a "shadow analysis" otherwise the shadows are a nuisance. Again thanks.