Greetings Everybody, Visualization and the visual language as a whole is a crucial phenomena when we communicate our ideas to the clients. Should that be vectorial, artistic, non-realistic, photo-realistic, 2D or 3D from classic quick shaded represen...
Hi everyone, please help with an issue.Everything I model shows grey as in the attached image, regardless of what materials I assign to the elements.There are no graphic overrides, I have selected detailed shading to be shown and hardware acceleratio...
Hi All, I am trying to create some custom Fills, ultimately I want to used them with materials for walls, I want staggered lines to represent staggered timber slats. I have watched too many videos. When I create the fill, all I can see are small dots...
I'm trying to darken shadows in my fotorender to let them show narrower to the background picture. I'm starting from a render with "final" setting, but can't find how to act only on shadows force or darkness. Can someone give me a tip?
I see Bim6x have been experimenting with Rppm GPT so I bought some credits and started experimenting myself. So far not great because there seems little real control. Anyone else looking at this? Attached images are a rough render from AC and 3 AI op...
When I change my glass material transparency to 49% because I don't want to see through my windows in elevation my sliding window arrows disappear. (See image below.)Transparency is "on" in my elevation settings, because I want to see through my rail...
This is not a real bad bug, but it is annoying in that I have purposely set up my template to work logically. And the Camera tool is not playing nice. Or maybe it is Teamwork. I have a list of cameras set up in our template in a specific order so tha...
Hello! I've been using Enscape in Archicad for about 1 year and never had a problem! But now, I did an entire interiors project on Archicad on my Macbook, the file was light and fine, but when I brought to my Windows to render in Enscape, I used for ...
Hi All,My PhotoRendering Settings Window is either not working or it is somewhere not visible when selecting it.I do switch from using monitors in the office to working just using my laptop screen regularly. Could this be the problem?Has anyone had t...
Helllo everyone! Does anyone know what are these bubbles/circles in my rendering?
After reopening the model all displayed textures turned somehow into brick - the thing did not appear when I was saving it the last time - the material itself also did not change just the texture. Does anyone have any idea how to fix it?
Hi EveryoneHow do i have Open GL engine on the laptop ? AC 23 is giving me "Open GL engine not available" in 3D style dialog page.am using a Toshiba satellite P755, The Adapter type is Intel (R) HD Graphics 3000any suggestion on how to resolve this T...
I need to create a trim using a surface and a fill that corresponds to the surface on 3D. The only way I could find to make the 3D surface work was to create a morph. (if it was a wall when I moved, the surface moves too) But on elevation the fill st...
Hi, can any experienced users with the Redshift Rendering engine please give me some feedback on how it is performing for you and are your happy with the results ? This article below highlights the limitations in AC25 & AC26 are all these limitations...
What controls the 3D cut surface display of a building material with surface set to general when used in a composite/profile? For a basic structure it is the elements last used override cut fill foreground pen but that does not seem to be the case fo...
Hello, am working on ArchiCad currently and am trying to import it into 3ds max so I can render it there but each time I tried to safe as 3d studio file it says "cannot write output file." What can I do please
Looking for a better solution to creating "clipping masks" than using white fills to trace around the image... Trying to make a visual landscaping schedule with a variety of different plants, each image cropped in a circle to create a cleaner present...
I am tired of importing from Archicad into Twinmotion and having some of the elements in my model completely displaced.. it's a huge hassle because moving objects and surfaces around in Twinmotion is not an easy undertaking and it has no precision wh...
Hi, I'm trying to add Enscape Material Library to walls.It's wallpaper I was thinking of putting on about a dozen walls. Wondering if you can add that pattern on walls?
In the Layer Manager, is there a way to move a layer that is nested within a folder to a different folder? The only method I have found is create a new layer in the correct folder, move the content to that new layer, and then delete the old layer. AC...
Is there a way to display only these elements in 3D model which are made of certain building materials? As an example, I would use Layer Combination to show columns in 3D model by selecting "Columns" layer in Layer Combination dialog box while hiding...
Have installed a new font onto my computer that, inline with our new marketing/branding. It displays fine on Archicad 26. When exporting Drawings as a PDF the fonts are not the same. Any ideas why? Need to solve Help
Hi all, I know there are quiet a view Archicad Users that do use Twinmotion. Right now, there are a lot of discussions going on about the new interface of Twinmotion 2023.1, so I created an easy to understand free tutorial. This tutorial compares the...
The hardware acceleration option looks very unnatural and
Hi, it looks likes my imported stone texture is an IFC file that I have downloaded from BIM object.com. Does anybody know how I can place this type of texture into AC24 ? Do I have to follow the IFC material mapping procedure or is there a more simpl...
Intersting... Enscape for Mac has been released. It does NOT work with ArchiCAD, but I assume that is a temporary road block. For now you save your ArchiCAD model to Sketchup and then save to Enscape.https://enscape3d.com/enscape-for-mac/It's not che...
Hello, I am using the Physical Renderer in Archicad 25. I am fairly new to rendering. I have set a render up which has been calculating the Ambient Light in the scene for almost 6 hours. The clock is still ticking and there is no indication that anyt...
Hi, I want to know if it is possible to set for example the default elevation layer combination to be "Plans Detailed" or any other it doesn't matter.I know i can create a view and save it, but i need this because if am in a saved view, then go to fl...
Hi, I have written an article about a Twinmotion Starter Course I created. If you keen in getting started in Twinmotion with Archicad you might like to have a read through.LinkedIn Article If you have any questions I am happy to answer her in this fo...
Does anyone use the Maxon engine for rendering? It seems that it takes a lot of time to get colors and textures to come together. You can get color and no texture or texture but the wrong color. The color selection is limited to what is already shown...
Hello, I know that it is possible to set a different surface for wall opening by setting also the wall edge but it is not enough. I wonder if it possible to show correctly a different surface, in the interior (behind the window - red line) would be t...
How does one access the elements in a .lcf file to copy or edit them? I would like to edit the color of a surface texture.
Is there a method for editing or overriding the color on the surface texture of this Olive Green -opt.jpg file so I can explore different colors of this material to match the manufactures catalog?
Hi everyone,My studio have been using the textured facades feature for the past year or so and we find that our drawings have become so much more beautiful, however opening the PDFs has become a pain in the butt. The size is usually not THAT big, a d...
Is there a way to join dormer roofs with a main roof? Right now I just cut holes in the main roof in plan view, and the manipulate the shape of the dormer roofs in plan but it never looks correct on the inside
Hi everybody,I recently upgraded to AC26, using the latest MAC silicon version ( 26, UKI, 4032, MacArm64, Full)Unfortunately, I have issues with the direct-link file. After adding the plugin through the add-on manager, the following message appears:T...
In the cineware documentation on Ambient Occlusion (Global effect) the "Evaluate Transparency"- checkbox is described. However I can't find it in the program. I need that setting to be able to render transparent materials correctly. The evaluate tran...
Hi! i am using ArchiCAD 25 with basic profile, while importing files to twinmotion 2021.1.4 verison through Datasmith direct link or a save file, Twinmotion shows nothing. All the import process done smoothly. I have checked twinmotion with other sav...
Can someone explain why the grass doesn't come out on the ground level in Archi 26 ? I have been using the realistic 3d grass in the previous ArchiCAD versions. It should work ok. However, it seems the grass pop up under ground. you can see the image...
im unsure if this is just a quirk of archicad or an actual issue but whenever i try and photorender an image, ill see in the task manager that it only uses a single performance core (first image) during the "processing" phase of rendering. once it co...
I have just released the recording of Barbora Nemeckayova's session on creating Visualisation in Enscape from my ARCHINTENSIVE 2020 event. This is a great session for those users that are currently using Enscape in their workflows. I will be progress...
Hi! has anyone used the construction simulator? what do you use it for? i had seen some videos of the add on before, but it was just some animations so didnt pay much attention to it until i just read the documentation. we would find it extremely hel...
Hi, I often have to export models my colleagues have made into Twinmotion and other VR packages. Quite often they've defined walls, slabs etc using composites, which is relevant for their drawings, but adds extra complexity (more polys and surfaces) ...
I have just released the recording of Szabolcs Miko's session on creating existing site conditions from my ARCHINTENSIVE 2020 event. This is a great session for those users that are currently using Twinmotion in their workflows. I will be progressive...
Hi Everyone,Recently I wanted to make an axon view with contour lines (combination of render and just 3D view.I saved axonometric view in a View Map and with that view I saved and rendered couple images. When I was trying to "combine them" in Affinit...
So things are starting to move after the Chaos - Enscape merger and the first step towards a smooth workflow from model to realtime visualisation to high quality visualisation has been taken by making Enscape compatible with V-Ray. Seeing how GS rece...
I can't find which tool to cut with
Hi. Does anyone know whether it is possible to adjust the orientation of a Door Leaf Surface, besides creating an additional surface Attribute ? It would be much appreciated Cheers Thomas
I'm using an M1 Ultra and AC26. Cinerender is using only 4 performance cores, but my system has 16 performance cores.I
Hi everyone, I'm trying to do a render of an office floor, and when I produce an image, so far I'm getting this obscure impact to the ceiling, and to a limited extent the floor (please see attached image). Can anyone explain how to stop this from hap...
I recently upgraded my computer from an 2012 iMac (8 GB memory) to a 2022 Mac Studio (M1 Max, 64 GB memory, 10-core CPU, 32-core GPU. I did this so that I could also upgrade to AC26. After making the transition, I've found the Cineware Maxon renderin...
Hey all, I am playing about with some 3d printing, and have been exporting (saving my project) as STL and OBJ files. Its all generally working fine, however I was wondering if there is a way to export the files with their colour and texture rather th...
Hi all and Happy New Year.Some of you know me from my Archicad Youtube channel - asmtechbase - and some through courses they have signed up too.I can see that a lot of Archicad users still use Cinerender, because there are a lot of people downloading...
hey all my 3d views is not good quality, the lines aren't crispy , it wasn't like this before. 3d hardware acceleration is on. any suggestion is appreciated.
I haven't switched from Ac25 to Ac26 yet. Are there any changes in the rendering engines, especially Redshift, between those versions?
Hi, I am experiencing an issue where the model created on Archicad (version 25 solo) will not appear on Enscape when I run the rendering engine. Is there a diagnosis for this? Thank you
Hello, i have a problem, when i'm importing my Archicad 26 project in Twinmotion, it appears objects that in Archicad file are not, i remember that i worked some objects with morph then i deleted them, in Archicad plan view and 3D view are nowhere, b...
As noted... 3D open in Archicad, TM started, no connection... cannot update the model, cannot relink the Direct link, cannot import Direct link...?!?
Hello. I'm looking for a way to create roof similiar to the one in the IRL picture below. Im not sure how to do it in Archicad to achieve the curve and all. I've used a single-pitch roof made of 2 sections that i'm unable to connect. If anyone needs ...
Hi! Which softwares do you use for high-end renderings based on Archicad models? I use Lumion and Photoshop now and am very satisfied with the workflow and relatively with the result. We would like even better results, so we are thinking about Cinema...
Hello,I am trying to list the interior and exterior surface area of a simple wall.In this example first column shows the interior area and the second column the exterior area of the surface.The third column is exposed area.I need only one row because...
I have installed the newest version of the unreal datasmith exporter in order to link Archicad project to twinmotion. Datasmith is not showing in Archicad window palettes as it should. What can I do?
Hi, I got a lot of surfaces that are not in my PLN project and i delete them.All good until i open AC again, they are still there. Where are these missing surfaces actually? How to delete them FOREVER? PS: On the linked library only AC26 and MEP26 li...
Hi, I know i can schedule the exposed surface but is it possible in Archicad to schedule an unexposed surface area between two building materials?In my example this is a complex wall and i need the area between the insulation and the concrete footing...
Hello,I've opened an older project and realised there are beautiful textures for natural stone walls inside the migration library of AC 22 which are no longer included in AC 26. However, as I have not been using them in the old project, they do not s...
My PC was freezing when I rendering my project, must reset with the power button. It renders fine when I use quick setting, it was only append when I use middle setting. I use Maxon Cinema render. Before the freezing, the software will use all my 16G...
Hi everyone, I have been working on a project but have run into some issues with the X and Y coordinates as shown before in the picture. Would really appreciate it if someone knows how to reset that as I orientated my Set orientation which stuffs up ...
Hi everyone, Wondering if anyone would be able to help me on setting 3D styles at the bottom of my Quick Options bar as a default for my templates rather than dimensions? I have seen it on youtube videos where others have managed to do so but can't f...
Is it possible to only show shadows in 3D docs? ORWhat's the best way to overlay plan view shadow diagrams? I've tried the change everything to white pen except shadows and overlay the 2 views (existing and proposed) on a layout but you can still see...
There are several controls for each Surface: Transparency, (transmittance, attenuation) emission, reflection (ambient, diffuse, shininess), specular and corresponding alpha channels under textures. I find nothing in GS material that explains how thes...
If there are still any Archicad users besides me using Maxwell Render I don't know, but if you would also like to use it with the Archicad Plug-in you can get it from now until the end of the month for 50% off. $297.50 ! Next Limit - Webshop I have b...
Greetings, Thank you for your replies ahead. I am trying to clean these openings for presentation, editting a CI window.
HiI'm looking for some plugin/software for complement my visualization work with Archicad in macOS. For still images and some time spent with the cinerender config I can get some good looking renders. But it's no realtime and is not useful to show or...
Hi Graphisoft Center Danmark just released a public beta version of DesignLCA, a plugin to AC 26 that facilitates Eco designer star, in order to calculate a projects CO2 footprint throughout a given period of time (CO2eq/m2/anno) DesignLCA calculates...
HelloWhen you set up an image, you can apply a clay render to that image.Can that same effect be applied to a video, I want to export a video scene but with the a simple all white palette. Thanks
Hello I have installed twinmotion and the latest datasmith, when I imported the AC file I noticed some parts missing. They all have the same classification, same renovation filter, same layers, just perplexed on why only random parts did not transfer...
Greetings Everybody, Visualization and the visual language as a whole is a crucial phenomena when we communicate our ideas to the clients. Should that be vectorial, artistic, non-realistic, photo-realistic, 2D or 3D from classic quick shaded represen...
The new surface selection dialog, which allows you to search for a specific surface by typing in the name, is a good addition to Archicad 26 for windows users (I realise its been standard with Mac for a while).However, strangely, it does not seem to ...
When importing Surfaces from another file using the Attribute Manager, any texture images that are located in the Embedded Library are shown as missing and will not be imported. I don't recall running into this issue in the past, I think it's new in ...
Could anyone please confirm when the Twinmotion Datasmith exporter will be available for Archicad 26?This is becoming critical for our workflow.If this is not provided soon, we will have to keep working in v25, which makes me question why I would rem...
Hello Community,Once again I am requesting your help.We work on 2 different phases, one for the Municipiality and the other one for Construction, so we need two type of showings of Markers.I would like to ask if anyone knows a solution for Markers to...
Why can´t I select the Redshift renderer for my project? Is this intended to be this way? Greetings,Elias
Hi all, just wondering if any one has any further information on why this texture is mapping on the object in an odd method. So the cabinet below has a texture which is rotating to an odd angel on one specific part. Now i figured this was just due to...
Whenever I have to create a custom door, furniture, etc., I create the shape with the slab tool, convert it to a morph and rotate it to be standing vertically. it looks good on an Archicad rendered image, but once I save the 3d file in a 3ds type, ev...
I feel like I'm missing something obvious here. Have set up three views of the 3D model each with unique dates set. When navigating between the three, the shadows appear to show correct. (Originally only had one view set as thought the sun study woul...
I am curious if there are any background scenes tailored for or that will work well with sketch render? Maybe something that can be applied to a wall and then stretched and curved for a backdrop?
Dear all, I want to render an axonometry without a ceiling and I struggle with the light In Archicad. How could I simply have a clear room without any kind of shadows (or not too strong) knowing that at this stage I don't want to add any lamp or spot...
I would like to inquire if Enscape will work on Archicad Solo?
Hello, Before opening this topic, i found a similar question back in 2016 here https://community.Graphisoft.com/t5/Wishes-forum/Export-single-plane-simplified-models/m-p/290118#M18081 I would like to re-open a similar issue because there is a increas...
HI, I can't render in 3D, CINEWARE keeps crashing. Also, I downloaded a .jpeg of a material surface and created an new surface (please see attached). (cement sheet) In the model when textures are turned on it looks great. But when I rendered it goes ...
Hello everyone.We cannot download Additional Surface Catalog for Archicad 26. When we click on the button in New Surface window, the redirected website gives a blank page with an error that says "Catalog page not found!". We are SSA users, we should ...
Hi, has anyone had any luck getting correct outputs with the Cel Shader in AC23? I've wrestled with it a few times, but can't seem to get it to behave as I'd expect. I've been following a few Cinema4D tutorials (as I believe that's what it's based on...
Will be required to render a subdivision site plan in 3D. Am able to render site plan, water, buildings (.mod files), hardscape, etc. Client also wants a 3D close up pic of a typical scene w/ people on benches, nice trees, sailboats on the water, kid...
When I try to render my project without the terrain mesh, it renders fine, taking a few seconds on low settings. When I add a terrain mesh unde the building, the rendering process will stop after around 50 seconds, and my PC will freeze, requiring a ...
A 3D view is created and dragged into the selected Layout,however The Layout image shows the "grayed" bounding boxbackground of the view. See attachment below.Is there a way to display the View without the gray boundingfor consistency with other imag...
Using Archicad 25 earlier release: In cross section, we had the CUT ELEMENTS setting to SURFACE - COLOR FILL, NON-SHADED. It showed the color associated with each surface which is what we want. Updated Archicad 25 to current release: In cross section...
Hello everyone, I am very new to the Archicad program. and I am really happy to join in to learn more. I liked the idea of the appearance of the elevations with the material I select for walls and other objects. but unfortunately it worked once and t...
Hi, I have recently found the notes section within Twinmotion - "Tools/Notes" When you place a note you position the note and then can move the note body, which is great. But when it comes to the output of said video - the line between the note body ...
Hi All, Is there a way to get your plan to show up in your 3D Model AND render out? I dont want to 3d model everything at this stage but would like to render out with a plan to give the space some context of 'what could be'. Anyone have any advise?
Hi, Just wondering if anyone knows a solution, I am creating sectional cut through renders on twinmotion (few examples attached) - As you can see however, the section cuts through and for some reason messes with the wall build up. notably the externa...
Hi everyone! I've come across an issue regarding exporting the surface image I am using in a fill when trying to export an elevation to dwg. The images don't appear in the export folder together with the dwg file. Does anyone have an idea on how to d...
I have run into an issue where AC25 consistently crashes when trying to render with Redshift, or when switching between engines. I am talking to GS about it and the problem seems to be linked to my setup on a MacBook Pro 16-inch 2021 with M1 Max and ...
Anyone experience this problem and a have a solution or work around. Interior of the sink bowl goes missing in twinmotion. No SEO on the sink and the sink and cabinet base, which is a slab, intersect one another. Archicad 25 Sink object. Can't contro...
Hello, I have a problem with the Archicad redshift engine and I don't know if I am doing something wrong with the settings or if there is something wrong with my hardware. In the image with the internal engine, textures, reflections and lighting are ...
Hello, I have a problem with fly through animation, it seems like it's smooth but on the points where the cameras are set the animation stops for at least 3-5 seconds. It is all fluid on the in between frames, but as I said it stops for more than a s...
Hello everyone. I have a task: to make a house model 1:100. I've made projection in Archicad.Is it possible to convert a file into STL format to make a printed (3D) model.If someone was familiar with printing a house model from Archicad answer with y...
Hi, I am trying to export from the floor plan with an Alpha Channel. Every option I have tried of the export results in an image without an Alpha Channel when re-opened. I have tried all image types, Tiff, Jpg, Png, exported with Alpha channel or hig...
Hi all, I am wanting a create a Site Plan with Shadows on an Aerial Photo mapped over terrain. The only issue is that you cannot get textures within 3D documents (prior to 25?) or scale axonometric views... Ling.
I just installed 2022.1 and I also installed the Archicad Plug-in just in case it was updated. I think I did everything I usually do when I link an AC file to TM but when I import the AC file I don't see anything. I've gone back and refreshed the lin...
Within the latest Archicad 25 patch, we have a new Rendering tool to create good quality wise rendering. ( Redshift Render ) 1) Would be great if Archicad Team could implement a tool to import already existing C4D shaders to be used within this newly...
Hi, I have created a sloped roof using the shell tool and applied the corrugated sheet material yesterday. It was fine , But now I wanted the Red corrugated sheet, I have downloaded the material from CADHATCH.COM website, And imported to my project u...
Does anyone use Oculus Quest 2 for design and communicating it to client?
I have a sun study set up, ask for study of 12/21/2021. I get a video result that seems to be correct, but the time stamp indicates 3/21/2021. Troubleshooting, I configure the study for different dates and never get the correct month (day and year ar...
Thanks to @Erwin Edel in another thread for pointing out this excellent article by architect Svetlana Kravchenko of Russia on some of the many capabilities of the Cinema 4D rendering engine as realized within ARCHICAD as Cineware/Cinerender. The arti...
Essentially what the title says. Archicad models are created on one computer (Mac laptop), I would like to be able to then have someone else working on rendering these models in Twinmotion using a different computer - in this case a workstation (Z440...
Hi guys, anyone here has an experience with Archicad and Twinmotion Direct link? I ran into a massive issue, which caused quite a huge loss of data and time. The direct link worked quite nicely until one program was shut down. After restarting it, Tw...
Hello everybody, Since last week my AC25 file crash everytime when i try to save it as an Datasmith file. It works fine when i use a soloprojekt without hotlinks. But with two hotlinks the file crash during the "save as datasmith" process. In the pas...
I am doing the birds eye view shadow study for a current project to show the impact on neighbouring houses. I have set project north, and entered the project location. I chose the times of day needed in the 3D document settings. But the shadows are i...
Hello, First Post here How can we align different textures (inside and outside face) of the same composite wall? I mean with different origin points. Thank You
Hi, Im currently trying to export my project to Twinmotion and i am experiencing glitches with the lighting on my morphs. The morphs appear to be solidified. Ive got a screenshot of the issue here Feedback/solutions much appreciated, Thank you,
Hello, everyone I hope this tip can help import files from Archicad 25 to Twinmotion using the Datasmith Direct Link. 1 - In Twinmotion choose Import > Import Direct Link > Your Source > Archicad Project 2 - In Archicad goes to Windows > Palletes > D...
Hi. I wanna export a sun study of my project. the only question is, I need to adjust daylight saving time for the date I am making the sun study but I don't see that option in the settings dialogue box. So for example for a day in June, I need to set...
This may have been posted previously, but I think it deserves another shout out. It's a series of videos which take you step by step through the settings for adjusting and creating Cinerender surfaces. Very nicely done Carsten!!!
When I use Archicad 25 to open any projects I created in Archicad 24, all the drawings that have a 3d image no longer have the image shown in Archicad 24. Instead, there is just a small portion of the 3d drawing. I'm attaching screen shots of both. A...
Is there a way to set an image shader to render aligned to screen space rather than the object? The Noise shader allows the output to render in 'raster' space (rather than 'texture' space) which allows for some interesting results. I'd like to do the...
When using casework objects that have glass doors, the glass panes are not exported to TwinMotion. I suppose it's because there is no thickness to the glass in Archicad. I have UNchecked the option to Optimize Geometry and the option to exclude small...
Hi, does anyone know if any of the shaders can change their output based on distance from the camera? So achieving something like Fog in the scene, but through the surface rather than the render settings. I'm messing around with stylised render setti...
Hi all, I am having trouble with photorendering certain views that I have set up. Recently, for reasons I do not know why particular views I have set up and rendered a thousand times now appear blue and green in the viewpoint and when I render. Some ...
After spend hours amending the materials in my Twinmotion file I noticed one of my garden meshes was set at the wrong height which was obviously a problem in my original ArchiCAD model. I have amended this in ArchiCAD and need to up date the Direct L...
Hi friends, for some reason, the shadows on my elevations are shown partially. Does, anyone have same issue? (same issue in 3d view as well)
What is the best way to recreate the below surface onto an exterior wall using ArchiCAD 24? I need to create a render of my building with the stone veneer in that pattern/orientation. I tried using a wall with the surface of the veneer, and using the...
Hi all! In David Tomic’s youtube introduktion to AC25, He mentions ”Redshift” as an upcoming (later) rendering option (at least in Australia). . As I’ve never heard of this, I’d very much appreciate if someone would enlighten me on this subject. I se...
Hello I am considering to choose a rendering-animation program, now Maya seems cannot directly import PLN files (I worry losing some PLN data especially material and layers). Enscape seems(1) seamless with ARchicad, but (2) seems need to assign mater...
Hi! I"ve spent the last 5 or so years struggling with Archicads 3D window (non rendered) image quality and finally came across something that now makes a huge difference. Very simple. When publishing / exporting out any 3D image, you must ensure you ...
Hello there! I'm having an issue with my ArchiCAD sun study and saving the mp4. my current task is to create a small building in the 3D white with simple shadows mode and then create a sun study, it displays correctly in archicad when it's run throug...
I have some challenges with materials when I hotlink a file and Direct Link to Twinmotion. 1) In the original file the glass shows as glass. Both in Archicad and Twinmotion. 2) I then hotlink the original file into a second Archicad file, but seem to...
Just saw an excellent presentation by Architect Nathan Hildebrandt that took place on ARCHINTENSIVE 2021. It talks about Enscape/Archicad workflows, and at some point refers that Enscape Assets are available inside Archicad, by placing "Proxys" on AC...
Hi, Im evaluating cinerender in interior views. I get one really frustrating result and i cant understand if it is something in my settings or if it is a bug. The scene uses interior daylight fast as a foundation. Then i have chosen to add interior s...
Hi, this problem happens for me frequently. I use camera in view map with preset render (it normal render with cel render option on) and it is rendered completely with full dimension when add this camera on layout it is rendered and placed cropped(fu...
Does TM support IOR? e.g. pool water?
I'm trying out Twinmotion but running into an immediate issue. Doesn't seem to be any info on this so assuming it's something I'm missing. If I export from AC using the TM plugin, the geometry comes in but the normals seem all messed up to the point ...
The problem is that the sun does not only shine through the windows. It is necessary that the rays enter the room only through the windows. To make the correct render of the plan.
Any way to make a texture map follow a 3D curved element. See attached JPG. Align 3D doesn't work on the curved element, which is a complex profile of a stringer from the stair tool. Per the AC help instructions. Also any way to add a texture map to ...
Hi! I have a problem that I cannot seem to solve. Whenever I have 2 glass surfaces next to each other, they turn black-ish in the rendering. This is quite annoying, as I do a lot of bathroom renderings. In the attached image, I have Ray Threshold set...
I know that I can drape a material on an object - like wallpaper And hang a picture that has a png file attached My questions is how to apply a decal or graffiti I need to place graphics on the walls that are decals or signage panted on the wall AND ...
Hi, need some help with missing fonts in sun study. I get rectangles instead of letters / numbers. Thanks.
Hi everyone, I wondered is there an option to make a dashed line in Sketch mode render? Looked around for this, but never could find a solution. Generally the idea was to show certain volume that stand above the cutaway planes (roof window, upper-flo...
I imported some textures for surfaces from pictures. They are visible in 3D view, but when I render the view, they disappear and instead of my imported textures there are the ones that I duplicated to create the new ones. So my question is - am I doi...
I have been working on a basic render of a project I am working on, using the Cineware render engine. I'm really struggling to get the result I am looking for am wondering if anyone has any tips on how to get reasonable renders. I have an elevation w...
Hi there! This is a question about getting full range 32-bit images from publisher. I noticed there's a difference if you save a rendered image as a 32 bit .tiff compared to publishing the same format via publisher. Both are saved with the " High acc...
Recently I've been doing renders of kitchens, bathrooms and similar for a building company and joiner team who have been doing a lot of renovations - I design the cabinetry and some extras in GDL, then mainly use the ArchiCAD library for fittings. I'...
Hi all, I'm just looking for some guidance on how best to prepare my drawings for export into Lumion and/or Twinmotion, mainly with regards to the allocation of surfaces within ArchiCAD as well as what extent a site is modelled within ArchiCAD vs the...
How do I set up a port so I can see it in 3D and then rendering, ajar? Thank you
The sun instrument, as used in Archicad 22. I inserted the sun into the drawing (see attached image), but I don't see any changes, I want to let more sun into the window that illuminates inside the room? Thank you
Because the black glass parapet comes out, I tried to put lights behind it, but I can't make it transparent? Thank you
hello, I drawing a precise fly through path in AC, and try some rendering software (enscape. twinmotion etc), but seems no way can transfer/synchronise this fly through track ... any tutorial for these rendering softwares to export the fly through se...
Simple question, as the title states. Is there a way to get a grid overlay of the Rule of Thirds in the 3D view when setting up rendering angles?
I think there is something not quite working here: I am kind of new to Cinerender, so bear with me. I begun a rendering session more than 18 hours ago for a simple pre-set scene (interior light in final mode). Cinerender has been stuck at 9% for the ...
Hi guys, I am trying to achieve the same effect as Valerio Olgiati's Pearling Site Museum in Cinerender (https://www.archdaily.com/914629/pearling-site-museum-and-entrance-valerio-olgiati/5cab7acc284dd1741300001b-pearling-site-museum-and-entrance-val...
Dear community, a have a problem - textures in my 3D window are a bit crispy picture up - I tried all options: graphic card (GeForce RTX 2070 and 4K monitor), OpenGl in 3d window, but it is always the same... And I dont think that graphic card is the...
Hi! I've been looking for a solution for my problem for a while now without much success. Whenever I try to render something with the Cinerender, it gets stuck on the preparing phase. The strange thing is that I had had no problem rendering large ima...
Hi guys, is there a way to save the material channels and other channels in Cinerender from Archicad? Something close to what Vray allows. Thanks! PP
Is it possible to get a white rendering where the sectioned elements are displayed in one colour? So far I have altered the rendering in Photoshop but I wonder if it isi possible to get it directly in Cinerender. I have tried the section option in El...
Hello, Is there a global switch for reflecting objects on a cinerender surface? I'm having trouble and I've gone through both the Surface and PhotoRender settings and cannot seem to get any reflections to display from modeled items. Thanks in advance...
Hi all, In one of my site models I have two meshes, one built from contours and another which is flat. Both have been assigned the same surface override. Now the odd thing is that when I insert this model into another file, the index of the flat mesh...
Hi! So i wanted a background image in my sketch render but the image is in the front (?)
Hi all, I work for a Planning Consultancy so most of our project deliverables are 2d black and white floor plans and elevations. This is the main requirement for planning in the UK but I want to be able to show our schemes in more visual ways. I have...
Hi, I have been having an issue when rendering with MAXON CineRender, where rendering gets stuck at 0,0% after counting. I have been waiting several hours for something to happen, but it stays at 0,0%. It only gets to this very pixelated image (scree...
Hi! The Ceiling white surface on wall turns grey instead of white on 3d section/elevation. Is there way to make it white? Thanks.
Hello, I'm having an issue with the 3D view and surfaces. In the view it seems that the material still has transparency because shadows and openings are showing through, but no other information is (i.e. linework). I do not want the material to be tr...
Hello, this is a bit complex but I'll try to explain as clearly as I can. I have created a surface in cinerender with some procedurally generated shaders (gradient, tiles etc.) and found that it is not possible to rotate these textures (either by set...
When I create a new scene in the Photorendering Settings dialog, then send changes. The newly created scene will appear in another ArchiCAD instance via send/receive. But, subsequent changes to the definition of that scene don't propagate after they ...
Hi there, I'm a relatively new Archicad user. My issue is that I am trying to import an objext to Lumion for rendering but I have to change the user origin to the world origin - currently when I import it to Lumion, it's nowhere to be seen. I have be...
Hi everyone, I'm experiencing the following problem in a specific circumtance. My workflow is as follows: I export a project to Twinmotion (latest version) with AC23. After some editing I save the file. To increase my luck in case of a crash, I use m...
Hi My renderings have white spots / clouds! I've had this problem before, but not found out what causes it. It's really bugging me! Anyone know what causes it?
fairly competent user of twinmotion 2019 and since upgrading to twinmotion 2020.2 im noticing significant backwards steps (reduced functionality) in the program resulting in additional time wasting for my work flow (also their support forum is fairly...
Any twinmotion users in here? Im used to using the plants in twinmotion 2019 and since upgrading to 2020.2 i noticed a lot of the good plant objects are no longer in the library Anyone know if it is possible to export out or re-import in the plant ob...
Can someone tell me again what the spacing and size of all the little white dots we see when we start a rendering are related to the resulting image ? It could save a lot of time perhaps in tweaking the settings.
Hi all. I would like to produce a render that looks like the below image. this image is a screenshot taken right before Archicad starts to render. I like the shadow and muted tones of the image but I just cant work out how to produce a render in arch...
I have downloaded the object from arcieve3d.net, the people and body parts folder, When I render that it is coming as grey with shining, I changed the color also from settings, still it is not coming. Here is the downloaded model and the image.
Anyone tried out the preview yet? It opens up so much without the need to export your model to .3ds first. Another reason for me to get back to figuring out how to drive UE4. Ling.
If I export my 3D AC file to Atlantis - will I loose my layers ?
Hi, I just installed twinmotion for students on my pc. Everything seems to work fine except for the Geolocalization/urban context portion. I keep getting an error - no internet connection. I have a working internet connection, I'm not using a proxy, ...
I have this problem on a single mesh, however when I render the entire surrounding, the grass is showing flat. I have carefully watched the Archicad video for the 3D Grass settings, I applied everything as shown, but unfortunately it doesn't work. I ...
I remember seeing a setting for the rendering.This is a pencil sketch and I want something else. Where is the setting? I know it is somewhere in there.
Hi all I am having an issue when importing an archicad 23 file into twinmotion v2019.6 where i cant think of any other word to describe it other than comparing it with what artlantis used to call a 'heliodon' the heliodon or twinmotion origin point a...
I was working in Twinmotion 2019 and recently downloaded Twinmotion 2020. When I use the direct link from ArchiCAD, it still opens Twinmotion 2020. How do I get it to open Twinmotion 2020? Thanks.
Hi all, I have now twice tried to install the DirectLink plug-in for ArchiCAD 23 to no avail. Both times have resulted in me having to remove the plug-in files, uninstall Visual C++2017 and then re-install ArchiCAD, which is incredibly frustrating. I...
Hi, Thank you for sharing the issue and I am very sorry about it! This is a typical issue where the PhotoRendeing dialog was dragged out of the screen. Sometimes a computer restart may help with the issue! If it does not, I would like to suggest tryi...
Is Twinmotion Direct available for Archicad 24 and if so where is it? Thanks, Scott
Does anyone know when the Octane plugin normally gets updated for new versions of AC?
I'm a little rusty from not using Archicad in a few years but there used to be an easy way to enter custom RGB values in the surface settings but I cant seem to find how to do it anywhere.I'm sure its right under my nose but can someone point me in t...
Hello Guys from a long break, I imported a sketchup model in my project. It saves as a GDL object in Embeded Library. Also i placed a Hotlinked Module from another achicad project. Sometimes i need to make some revisions in hotlinked module and main ...
Hëllö Any type of light doesn't appear through the glass. How can it fix? Thankś. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lights not showing?
Hi, I'm having trouble creating a mesh with multiple surface types. ie - asphalt, grass, concrete. I have the mesh created and I'm using solid element operations to subtract with an upward extrusion from the slabs of the different grass and pavement ...
We were working fine with AC 23 and Twinmotion 2019. When upgrading to 2020.1 Twinmotion Direct link stoped working... Anyone else facing the same problem?
It's been years since I've last posted here. Two kids later , I hope to be more active again in the forums. Thought I'd post a wall sconce I've been working on, trying a frosted glass look (not happy with it yet) and a fabric shade.
Hi I will be glad if you help solve the problem. I've bought iMac (27", Retina 5K, fusion drive 1 tb), all its parameters are suitable for AC23, but rendering for some reason is too slow. Do you know the probable reasons?
Hi, I have Twinmotion installed on a different folder than the default (on an external drive because of storage reasons) because of this Archicad doesn't see Twinmotion as installed on my Mac. How do I change the folder that Archicad looks for Twinmo...
