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Skydome - outside transparent - inside buildingsite-pichture-mapping

Hmooslechner
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If someone is interested how to realize a simple functional skydome in Archicad27 like this - tell me here.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXmeNVsaeD8

 

 

Operating system used: Mac Intel-based Sonoma 14/5

AC5.5-AC27EduAut, PC-Win10, MacbookAirM1, MacbookM1Max, Win-I7+Nvidia
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Hmooslechner
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Yesterday, i made a much simpler version of it within Archicad alone without the need of using Blender. You just make Your 360° foto with an Insta360 or similar device  - ( or even with an app on your mobilephone which sticks some photos together to such an image), give it in a library-directory for Archicad and add this directory in Archicad with the library-manager - to get access within Archicad and GDL.

 

One negative point: This version cant be displayed in Bimx-  unlike the solution with the use of Blender - which makes it possible.. But in Archicad- it workes quite well.

 

This new GDL uses the sphere-command twice - one sphere mapped with the mirrored picture, the other one slightly bigger with a fully transparent material. Then - the picture-sphere is subtracted from the transparent one and you end up with a transparent ball - just visible from the inside-direction. I cutted this sphere into an upper and lower part to be able to squeeze the two halfes independently in their hight - with editable hotspots - so the resulting object is a nes skydome - way more simple than this former version.

 

the english Vid : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_5B8lVNoDI

 

german Vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8v_4oEnzqA

 

AC27EduAut: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wgthbe3lkivztz9q8ps4n/Skydomes-aussentransparent-einfacher1.pln?rlkey...

 

of course - its just a part of the solution for the whole problem - i didnt find a solution for "the wrong shadowing" within the dome itself - the part in the opposite of the sun is lighter than the part in the direction of the sun - it should be exactly the opposit. But its maybe useful for some of You anyway.

AC5.5-AC27EduAut, PC-Win10, MacbookAirM1, MacbookM1Max, Win-I7+Nvidia

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Hmooslechner
Moderator

here more:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS8AvE1WNGo

AC5.5-AC27EduAut, PC-Win10, MacbookAirM1, MacbookM1Max, Win-I7+Nvidia

Yes please! Can this be done for v24?

nor - not 24 because this needs the displayoption "physical based rendering" what's available from 27 on: 

Hmooslechner_0-1724090438956.png

 

AC5.5-AC27EduAut, PC-Win10, MacbookAirM1, MacbookM1Max, Win-I7+Nvidia

Thank you so much @Hmooslechner 😊.

AC 28 INT 3001/WIN 11
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics 3.20 GHz 16.0 GB
Hmooslechner
Moderator

I tested it in BimX- it can also do this.

AC5.5-AC27EduAut, PC-Win10, MacbookAirM1, MacbookM1Max, Win-I7+Nvidia
Solution
Hmooslechner
Moderator

Yesterday, i made a much simpler version of it within Archicad alone without the need of using Blender. You just make Your 360° foto with an Insta360 or similar device  - ( or even with an app on your mobilephone which sticks some photos together to such an image), give it in a library-directory for Archicad and add this directory in Archicad with the library-manager - to get access within Archicad and GDL.

 

One negative point: This version cant be displayed in Bimx-  unlike the solution with the use of Blender - which makes it possible.. But in Archicad- it workes quite well.

 

This new GDL uses the sphere-command twice - one sphere mapped with the mirrored picture, the other one slightly bigger with a fully transparent material. Then - the picture-sphere is subtracted from the transparent one and you end up with a transparent ball - just visible from the inside-direction. I cutted this sphere into an upper and lower part to be able to squeeze the two halfes independently in their hight - with editable hotspots - so the resulting object is a nes skydome - way more simple than this former version.

 

the english Vid : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_5B8lVNoDI

 

german Vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8v_4oEnzqA

 

AC27EduAut: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wgthbe3lkivztz9q8ps4n/Skydomes-aussentransparent-einfacher1.pln?rlkey...

 

of course - its just a part of the solution for the whole problem - i didnt find a solution for "the wrong shadowing" within the dome itself - the part in the opposite of the sun is lighter than the part in the direction of the sun - it should be exactly the opposit. But its maybe useful for some of You anyway.

AC5.5-AC27EduAut, PC-Win10, MacbookAirM1, MacbookM1Max, Win-I7+Nvidia

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