Photo Rendering Preview and Actual Rendering View Dont Match

[Gus]

I am trying to set up several views that are photo renders so that I can place them on a sheet and do "batch" rendering of those views onto that sheet. This way I can set up all the renderings then update that sheet while I go to lunch or something. The problem is that when I set up the view and preview the render it looks one way, and then seems to change the time of day when it does the actual rendering. See image below. I have looked at every single time and date setting that I can find in ArchiCAD and I have them all set to the same date July 21 at 5pm in Wisconsin. I watched the following youtube video as my guide to this process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tluXEVPayYI It seemed to work for him. I can't figure out why it's not working for me. I am using Eric Barbarow's Master template 17 if that makes any difference. I'm starting to think I should have never gone down that road. It's like trying to fix a custom motorcycle that has no stock parts. Any thoughts anyone might have would be greatly appreciated.

[Gus]

I thought I had this solved but nope.
Now, no matter what I do I cannot get the Photo Render Preview to Replicate onto any view that I post on a sheet.
I can't even get a view (when I double click on it) to match what shows up in the photo render preview.
I've put about 4 hours into this today on top of the many hours I've been working on this until now.
What I though was the solution before doesn't work after all.

Could this be because I am using a project that started in ArchiCAD 17?

or

Could this be because I'm using Eric Barbaro's Master Template from ArchiCAD 17?

The attached image has everything I can think of that's related to all of this that can be squeezed onto one screen. Everything matches like it should as far as I know, but the renderings just don't match. In this setup I even have the ArchiCAD Location set the same as the Photo Render Location and they still don't match. Maybe that's important information.

[Gus]

Delete me

By the way is there any way for me to delete my posts if I double post or post in the wrong place or just say something stupid?

[Gus]

Gus wrote:

ejrolon wrote:
Did a quick test and it can be done. The missing step is that you need to save a setting in Cinerender for each type of Date and Sun Position.

If you were to click on the quick render thing at the top of your photorender dialogue (shown in your image: http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com//files/screen_shot_2014-07-20_at_10.17.16_pm_287.jpg) would it match that rendering next to it? This is what's not happening in my file.

[Barry Kelly]

Gus wrote:
Delete me

By the way is there any way for me to delete my posts if I double post or post in the wrong place or just say something stupid?

Is there a 'Delete this post' button on the right hand side of the post?
It has an 'X' on it and is next to the 'Edit' button.

If there is you can delete your duplicate so long as there are no further replies.

If there isn't then maybe it is only something the moderators have - but I used to delete my duplicates before I was a moderator so I am sure it is there.

As a moderator I will delete any duplicate posts in the same thread if I see them.

Barry.

[David Maudlin]

Gus wrote:
The attached image has everything I can think of that's related to all of this that can be squeezed onto one screen. Everything matches like it should as far as I know, but the renderings just don't match. In this setup I even have the ArchiCAD Location set the same as the Photo Render Location and they still don't match. Maybe that's important information.

This does not show in your screen shot: in the PhotoRendering Settings > Environment > Time and Location > Location: check the Latitude and Longitude Hemisphere settings (should be North and West), and Time Zone by Operating System (I don't know what Custom does). And check your Project North setting under Project Location.

HTH,

David