How to show LED box in elevation

[Anonymous]

i am a student designing a building for a project and would like some help. is it possible to create an illuminus effect on my external walls of my building in different colours. kind of like a light box, i want my building to change colour, in say at night time, and i want this effect to come across in the model.

if anyone can help i would be greatful.
and if anyone knows of any tutorals too

thanks

I am currently running archicad v11

[Anonymous]

is there any other render programmes that anyone can suggest that can make this effect

[Karl Ottenstein]

KRAY345 wrote:
is there any other render programmes that anyone can suggest that can make this effect

Does this mean that you were unable to do it in Artlantis (easy) or ArchiCAD (more steps, but with Dwight's tips)? Have you tried?

Do you want a list of every program on the market that can do this? Besides Artlantis, pretty much any professional rendering package can do this...C4D, Max, etc

You can paint the effect in Piranesi, too.

Karl

[Anonymous]

Karl wrote:

KRAY345 wrote:
is there any other render programmes that anyone can suggest that can make this effect

Does this mean that you were unable to do it in Artlantis (easy) or ArchiCAD (more steps, but with Dwight's tips)? Have you tried?

Do you want a list of every program on the market that can do this? Besides Artlantis, pretty much any professional rendering package can do this...C4D, Max, etc

You can paint the effect in Piranesi, too.

Karl

ive just got artlantis and am trying to work out how to do it, just going through their forums too. because im new i have no ideawhat to do

[Anonymous]

KRAY345 wrote:
is there any other render programmes that anyone can suggest that can make this effect

3dsMax, Cinema 4D, Maya, VRay, Brazil, Mental Ray, Maxwell, FryRender, ....
Pick your choice! 😉

[Karl Ottenstein]

KRAY345 wrote:
ive just got artlantis and am trying to work out how to do it, just going through their forums too. because im new i have no ideawhat to do

Good! (You could have gotten the 30 day demo of Artlantis to be sure it would work for you ... but I think you'll be happy enough.)

The Artlantis forums are the place to continue the discussion, but just a few quick notes here. To get the effect you want, you'll want to assign a neon shader to the bottom and top surfaces of your 'light box' to generate the lighting that you show in your illustration. Neon only generates light when radiosity is turned on in the rendering settings (or checkbox in the toolbar if you customize your toolbar). Anyway, see you over in those forums.

Karl

[Dwight]

And here's a couple of results using the neon shader.
Back panel admittedly cheezie - actually oversized perfed metal archicad texture.

[Karl Ottenstein]

Dwight wrote:
Back panel admittedly cheezie...

Casino restaurant decor? Your new niche? 🙂 Hmmm. Maybe combine that one with the bordello red velvet from your first book? 🙂

Nice examples, though. Seriously.

Cheers,
Karl

[Dwight]

Karl wrote:

Dwight wrote:
Back panel admittedly cheezie...

Casino restaurant decor?l

I am working on a parameteric basket-of-fried-chicken object: original or extra crispy. Dark, white or combo.