Can Artlantis work same as MW in AC

[Anonymous]

Is it possible to use the materials from Artlantis in the same manner as Maxwell does in AC?
OR will I have to export to Artlantis and assign materials every time.
The reason I ask is if something is forgotten and needs changing, must it be changed in AC then go through the process again.

[Karl Ottenstein]

I have no idea about what Maxwell does, but Artlantis lets you use a 'reference file', so that as you export from ArchiCAD, all material assignments from your last Artlantis session are applied to the updated model.

Is that what you're looking for?

Karl

[Anonymous]

I had the demo of Artlantis and used it in the manner that you explained.
Maxwell allows you to assign Maxwell materials through AC and then you can select Maxwell as the rendering engine instead of lightworks, no exporting. This is what I was refering too.

[Karl Ottenstein]

There is no integration between Artlantis and ArchiCAD, so, no, you cannot use Artlantis materials in ArchiCAD.

Artlantis, with its live preview (very live if you have lots of cores), is so insanely superior in ease of use and speed to trying to assign materials and render within ArchiCAD that it makes no sense spending even a moment thinking about materials, etc in ArchiCAD vs simply exporting.

Interesting that Maxwell might allow that, but just a waste of time IMHO.

That said, Maxwell appears to offer some features missing in Artlantis that are useful for architecture, notably displacement shaders.

Cheers,
Karl

[Anonymous]

Yep, the way Artlantis applies materials is excellent, just wanted to get around exporting every time I forgot something.
Displacements on AC forms in Maxwell is pointless, don't bother.
Thanks, you answered my question.
Happy Xmas