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Shadow with LW / Archi CAD 9

Anonymous
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Sorry, that I use this forum too much.

For Rendering I have used LW with sunlite, heavenlite.
I like soft shadow, but the shadow shows not so clean line....
Somebody can help me?
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Dwight
Newcomer
keep your sun object divergence below 1 degree and add more suns - have at least six. The closer you get to your subject, the sun needs finer resolution.

For fine shadows, keep the sun power minimum and the sky object higher to mitigate the shadow strength. Experiment.

Think like a …

As for heavenlite, that is not in the ArchiCAD library. It is what radiates from the face of Erika Epstein.
Dwight Atkinson
Anonymous
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sun object divergence 1 and seven , intensity 20%, color lite yellow

sky object lite color blue, intensity 80%

I think, it is not so bad.....or?

Thank you Dwight.
Dwight
Newcomer
perhaps a little bit too much glare - in the wall material, turn down the reflectance for diffuse
Dwight Atkinson