atrlantis too dark

[Anonymous]

hey guys im new to artlantis

ive saved a file from archicad 9 and now i want to render it in artlantis as ive seen many ppl have

i have downloaded the plug and saved the file

i import into artlantis...it gives me a list of files that dont work..then i press continue

but the picture loaded but its all in shades of grey..so when i apply renders u cant tell if much is going on

what should i do?

[Dwight]

did you put in any lights?

[Anonymous]

i dont think i put any lights in on archicad

because when i tried it messed it all up...but ill give it another go

[Dwight]

You must place and enable some lights in Artlantis.

[Anonymous]

the lights are actually already on....

the picture is just very dark and if i turn the lights off the whole screen is pitch black

[Dwight]

The tendency when importing light data from ArchiCAD is that the lights don't have the same intensity as they might if placed in Artlantis.

Check the values for each light.

[Anonymous]

sniperpirate wrote:
the lights are actually already on....

the picture is just very dark and if i turn the lights off the whole screen is pitch black

You are probably forgetting to activate the lightgroup in the specific view.
This happens a lot to beginners, especially to 4.5 migrating ones.

[Anonymous]

how do i do this...sorry im a newb