Artlantis: Elevations and wall curtain transparency

[Anonymous]

Hello!

I would love to make nice elevations of my project, but the result is very sad.

The transparency or reflection of the curtain wall is distracting and the building is not clear... I don't like at all...

Any suggestion to get a better result?

Thank you!!

[Anonymous]

Another one.

[Karl Ottenstein]

One way of doing it...

Use a fake "wall" to paint an image onto that your glass will reflect.

Create a temporary perspective view to assist you while you do the following:

Use the Artlantis Object, Basic Geometry, Cube to place a cube opposite your elevation face on a layer that you enable only in that elevation view in Artlantis. (If you did not notice, every view in Artlantis has layer control.)

Change the size of the cube to turn it into a wall big enough to cover your entire elevation and drag it some distance away from the elevation.

Drag and drop a photo onto the face of the 'wall' and adjust the size and then the ambiance to its highest to make the photo bright even if in shadow. Possibly make other adjustments. See screenshot.

Use the 2D view to adjust the position of your 'wall'.

Switch to your parallel (elevation) view and adjust the clipping box to be sure that your 'wall' is included in what will be used during rendering. (Your parallel view itself, of course, starts closer to your model than your wall - thus you see your model, but your model will potentially reflect what is on the wall 'behind' you. See screenshot.)

Adjust the reflectivity and other properties of your glass to get the desired result here and in your other views that include the same glass.

Cheers,
Karl

[Karl Ottenstein]

Here's a 2D window for a parallel view showing the larger clipping box... the 'wall' doesn't look like a rectangle (strange), but you can see how it is included here.

Note that you might also need to place some general lights inside your building if the interior is dark with the current lighting and your glass is transparent enough to let some interior be visible.

Consider the fresnel glass shader and adjusting the parameters to avoid a completely flat appearance to your curtain wall glass (and its reflections).

Cheers,
Karl

[Anonymous]

Thank you Karl for your explanation. 🙂