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2022-02-07
07:12 PM
- last edited on
2023-05-17
03:00 PM
by
Gordana Radonic
Hi,
I have not been able to work out how to get reflective surfaces to show with sky reflections like they do in the Archicad presentation video for AC25, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp6e9Zog-m8
I follow all steps shown in the video, yet no sky texture appears on glass etc.
What am I missing here, is there a prerequisite setup process for sky textures not shown in the tutorial?
Thanks
2022-02-07 08:50 PM - edited 2022-02-07 08:53 PM
Yes, to get that effect you need to have a surface that has a image of a sky as it's texture and either override the panels outside surface or make sure that the material used for the panel uses the surface. For a good result you need to set texture size wide/high enough to the entire facade curtainwall or else you will have repetition.
2022-02-07 08:56 PM
Thank you for your answer.
It is already what I had been doing as a 'workaround'. I guess it is not a work around if there is nothing to work around, 😉 the way I interpreted the new texture feature was that there was an auto sky reflection on translucent surfaces, guess not!
I think then I need to find a better sky texture to improve the appearance of it 🙂