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2004-11-09
05:43 AM
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2023-05-11
01:55 PM
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Noemi Balogh
2004-11-10 05:18 PM
2004-11-10 05:20 PM
2004-11-10 07:34 PM
Don wrote:Hi Don,
That said, I have Artlantis 4.5, and the fact that you cannot simply duplicate an existing light source (think multiply, drag a copy, or simply cut & paste) is a bad joke. Try creating a string of ceiling mounted spots...
<Lights><[CDATA[12 #Light U"East Sconce" 605.366967 300.383967 329.476884 255 255 230 W 2.241379 D 201.562835 417.297663 R P 0.655172 Z 6 0.0 O G 0 0.146552 3 E #Light U"Loft ambient" 800.957436 361.319164 748.007527 246 254 140 W 0.517241 D 107.769454 334.521414 R P 0.356322 Z 6 0.0 O G 0 0.146552 3 E #Light U"Bookcase" 875.023984 187.96 624.397266 255 255 215 873.936695 -475.58753 622.828428 47.410699 0.5 W 2.068966 D 90.883817 155.424196 R P 0.758621 Z 0 0.0 O G 0 0.01 0 E ...more of same... ]]> </Lights>The number of lights follows the CDATA (12 here), and you can see what each light's parameters look like. (If you add or delete lights in the ATL text, be sure to adjust the light count!)
2004-11-10 08:30 PM
2004-11-11 04:00 AM
Don wrote:Well Don, I'm stumped! AC lights used to export with the model, but I'm experiencing the same behavior as you now: the checkbox is not available, and only the sun gets exported from 9.0, 8.1 and even 7.0! I know I used to do this all the time ... and experienced the problem noted by others of AC lights becoming 'black holes' and sucking light in the Artlantis model ... but at least the lights were exported and we could place them precisely in AC and then modify their params in Artlantis.
Thanks for the tip - it will certainly save time. But when I save my 3D model as an artlantis file, the option for Archicad lights is 'grayed out'. So my assumption was that I could not import lights into Artlantis. I have been painfully building and placing them in Artlantis. Yuck.
How do I get Archicad to allow me to export lights to Artlantis?
2004-11-11 04:07 AM
Don wrote:Here is a tip from Stuart James from January 2002:
That said, I have Artlantis 4.5, and the fact that you cannot simply duplicate an existing light source (think multiply, drag a copy, or simply cut & paste) is a bad joke.
Stuart wrote:
in AL4+ it is possible to copy an existing light (at last!)... whilst the
'source light' is selected use 'ctrl' + 'create' to make a new light with
the same characteristics as the selected light. Don't forget to hold down
the 'alt' key whilst dragging the new light to its new position - this keeps
its orientation fixed.
2004-11-11 03:05 PM
2004-11-11 04:04 PM
2004-11-11 04:54 PM
Don wrote:Thanks, Don and Bill!
Hi Karl - I found the problem: You need to switch your archicad rendering settings back to the internal rendering engine before exporting (lights will not be an export option if you have LightWorks selected). And as Bill mentioned, light sources has to be enabled as well.
2004-11-11 05:12 PM