An Easy Transition To Artlantis

[Erika Epstein]

There is an option with 4.5, I don't know about Artlantis R, that allows you to choose an artlantis file as a template. You can also find it when you have your latest imported from AC file open under

File,
Select a reference.

Select the Artlantis file you previously used where you set the lights and materials.

[gerd]

It's the same with artlantis R. (like erika explained)
You can choose, which informations will be added to your file. normally it will look like mine (see picture), but you can use this also, to copy only a camera from one file into another one.

but If you used the change/reapply material option, you will loose this information. it must be done once more.

best regards, gerd


ps: there is also an option to use reference inside the artlantis export addon from archicad. at the moment I think, its better to do it inside artlantis.

[Anonymous]

i think you need to switch lights on in photorender settings>effects



bill

[Anonymous]

not a camera setting


image>photorender settings>effects>light sources> tick 'lamps' box


bill

[Anonymous]

try changing the 'engine' to 'archicad rendering engine' and ticking the box


bill

[Anonymous]

The way Art.lantis does lights is pretty fabulous (& textures)
And you are probably going to add and rejig all your lighting in Art.lantis anyway, so bringing them through from ArchiCAD is probably a bit irrelevant.

Make sure you work out what AArt.lantiscan do with placing, mmultiplying brightening and ttweakinglights.
I sometimes like to use several Art.lantis lights to make one light fitting so that you can control how the light beams out, and how it spills on the wall behind, and how the lamp/diffuser glows.
For a featured fitting, model it unlit in ArchiCAD and add the illumination in Art.lantis.

David

[Anonymous]

Maybe Art.lantis R does this but my understanding is that almost no programs give a literal representation of what a particular light fitting/lamp would produce.
So I understand we are all working backwards from what looks good, and Art.lantis lets you easily turn lamps up and down, vary the divergence of the beam, vary the projection of the beam, the colour. ...All perfect to fake it speedily to how you would like it to be.

If there was software out there that could put lighting scientifically, and at the speed we work, into our virtual buildings for an real, accurate resolution of lighting design, then I recon the lighting designers would at least know about it and be talking excitedly about such a capability.

I've heard nothing, ...but I haven't tried 'R' yet and I'm hoping it is getting closer to that.

You can see in realtime, in the 'preview' view in Art.lantis, as you try all the variables. So this helps you dabble and work up your lighting in a very satisfying way.

David

[stefan]

There are "lighting simulation" applications, but none of them mathces the speed and ease-of-use of Artlantis.

e.g. VIZ, Lightscape (retired), Integra, Radiance (free), Relux (free), ...