New user - couple of questions

[Anonymous]

Hola. I just started to use ArchiCAD and i have couple of problems. Hope that someone can help me.


>Where can I change to remove these (i guess construction) lines when I export images?
These red lines on doors and windows, green on roof, etc.




>How to set turning on the lights inside house? Recently I stubmled upon lamp tool, but i can't find it now. This should be in library, but no luck with finding it. I know how to set dark outside.

>Where can i switch backgrounds? Like here these clouds. Or something else.





> And can someone redirect me to free library databases, i would like to have more stuff.
And how can I add them into program?




Thanks.

[David Maudlin]

lemonzoo wrote:
>How to set turning on the lights inside house? Recently I stubmled upon lamp tool, but i can't find it now. This should be in library, but no luck with finding it. I know how to set dark outside.

Make sure you are using the Lamp Tool, not the Object Tool for the lamps. You can look at Work Environment > Tool Schemes > Tool Box to see where it is on the Toolbox.

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

[squall_tmo]

Hello Lemonzoo,

1) If you just want to remove the contours from the OpenGL view, go to View > 3D view mode > 3D styles; here in the contour sub-menu you can deactivate them (and save your new 3D style for the following times);



2) In the ToolBox (the palette were you can find walls, windows, fills and so on) there are 3 sub-menus: Design, Documents and More; in the last one you can find the "Lamp" tool; if you can't find it there, you can add that tool by changing the Work Environment like David explained before!



3) To change the background go to Document > Creative Imaging > Photorendering Settings; here you can change the sky settings or use a background for the rendering (Set cinerender Environment to None and the set up Background sub-menu the way you prefer);
if you want to use the same background in the openGL view too, you just need to open the 3D Styles window again and in the Background sub-Menu you can find the "As in Photorendering" Checkbox;

4) About 3D objects, you can find some websites here: http://www.graphisoft.com/downloads/parametric_objects.html
otherwise, if you just need 3D shapes, with a Projected plan view only, you can also download ARCHICAD goodies, because there is a plug-in to open 3ds file format, that is hugely more easy to find on the web. Obviously there are Pros and Cons in importing 3ds files, but you have a some choices.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for help, guys. I'll try your advices.