Creating a Fly-Through

[Anonymous]

Does anybody know the easiest way to set create a fly-through using Archicad 10. If you could send me some type of guide it would be helpful.

Thanks

[muzedesigns]

The most frustrating thing:
I did a 'test render/animation' last week.. over the 16th and 17th Jan..
1600 x 1000 at 300 dpi
With Final as the Method and antialiasing at the highest..
With 20 lamps for the sun object and 15 x 5 for the sky
..
all ridiculously high settings..

Since then i have removed some of the tree objects (with multiple poly-nodes) .. and replaced them with tree bitmaps.. but place more bitmaps than their were 3D tree Objects..

it got to frame 128 all on its own with out stopping - I stopped it because i knew it was a test!

Do you think it could have something to do with my tree bitmaps? I brought a library of images from turbosquid and then set them up in photoshop with the transparent backgrounds.. they are saved as .psd - should this by a different format? this is the only thing I can imagine it could be and in addition to the fact that there are substantially more bitmaps than there were in the rendering session last week.

[Dwight]

What size are the tree images?

[muzedesigns]

file size is big between 6 - 20MBs.. massive in fact..

image size vary .. upward of 900 pixels to the largest is 3008 x 2271 (20MB)

Can i save them as another file type like png or tga or something?

It has got to be the problem! Do you think?

[Dwight]

It is nice of you to collaborate, but you already know when the problems started - the trees. I've suggested this by asking file size and you confirm my suspicion with "massive." Is this the problem? "Ya think??"

How close will you approach one of the trees? Would a tree with 300 pixels be enough? Reduce those files and try again. That is the only way to be certain.

[muzedesigns]

i like to talk out loud with you - writing it down made me realise the *possible* problem.. you are such a good listener - you help in ways you don't even know!

and am down saving the trees now - i don't care that you get up close to them in points.. they aren't the focus! i need to trim the weeds so my flower can GROW with out forcing my compter to explode!

[TomWaltz]

muzedesigns wrote:
iyou are such a good listener

Yeah, Dwight's known for his warm and fuzzy ways 😉

[muzedesigns]

He is a great listener.. a funny one too - been keeping me in check the last few days, that's for sure!

But seriously..
Dwight, in your opinion - are the sun and sky objects obsolete now?
Should I just be rendering with the standard environment sun rather than the two objects .. so conclusively only having the sun and ambient lights ticked..? It will be a substantial call.. cause i will probably have to go back several frames in the animation the then have a transitional fade between the frames i have render and new versions with the lighting different.. because i doubt i can get the 2 methods of lighting to match each other perfectly..

If it is going to definitely make a substantial difference in time - it might be the case of one step back.. two leaps forward.. if that is even possible?!

[muzedesigns]

20+ frames have been output in a row (and counting hopefully all the way till 726!)

Dropping the tree res may have just done the trick..
.. hopefully it keeps on truck'n!

I haven't swapped/removed the light objects from the scene..
.. So that will be my last draw card I guess if this ceases to play nice.

right now it is being my best friend..
.. fingers crossed it doesn't stab my in the back!

[Dwight]

If you registered your book purchase [page 3], I would have sent the supplements for Archicad 10 and 11 that outline the changes in lighting, among other things.

But off the top of my head, you should switch to the internal "Sun" class Shader "Sun" immediately and abandon your Sun Object as the main light.

Your setup should look like:

Sun Sun - internal sun
Sun Object set to -90 "Undersun"

High Ambient.

For Glowing shadows, add a sky Object colored deep blue.

[muzedesigns]

Yes. I remember the supplement. I wish I had the book and notes here with me - I was using the objects for a higher quality image.. fearing that the they offered better control and a more realistic look.

the renders crashed shortly after that last post.. picking up from 110 now.. (110/726)

I will stop boring you all now unless anyone wishes to hear if I live the tale?

I thank you each for individual assistance and advice in this saga. You are a wise and generous group of teachers, each with your own logic and insight to spread to the 'world' and it certainly not fall on dead ears here (just a forgetful mind).