A quick search on Archiguide does wonders:
http://www.graphisoft.com/support/archicad/archiguide/alignview.html
I think the Align View command is 10% useful, 90% frustrating. The chances of matching up the model with the photo's angle & distortion, is almost impossible.
It's often much quicker to just eyeball it by putting the photo in as a background in the 3D window, moving the camera around using the 3D navigation controls, and placing the camera into the path. Once it's close you can use Photoshop's Edit>Transform commands to do the final tweaking. The Skew, Distort and Perspective methods work a treat.
Here's an image I did for a client who gave me a
Cheers,
Link.
I think the Align View command is 10% useful, 90% frustrating. The chances of matching up the model with the photo's angle & distortion, is almost impossible.
It's often much quicker to just eyeball it by putting the photo in as a background in the 3D window, moving the camera around using the 3D navigation controls, and placing the camera into the path. Once it's close you can use Photoshop's Edit>Transform commands to do the final tweaking. The Skew, Distort and Perspective methods work a treat.
Here's an image I did for a client who gave me a
Cheers,
Link.
Sorry - I should have made myself clearer. Once I get the view aligned in the 3D window, I take the image out of the background and render it with a white background, then merge in Photoshop. Then I just transform the overlayed layer using the techniques described earlier.
This is much better than the cumbersome Align View command in ArchiCAD IMHO, but it does mean you need Photoshop!
Cheers,
Link.
This is much better than the cumbersome Align View command in ArchiCAD IMHO, but it does mean you need Photoshop!
Cheers,
Link.
thanks alot guys, need to try it out in photoshop, good to know its frustrating in AC 
