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...
From an earlier post by Dwight I remember that to rotate a material in the LWRE you have to go to activate T Reflect to be yes. But I seem to be missing something as it doesn't work for me. Can anyone spot what I forgotten to do or click? tia
using Archicad 10, is there a way to take a completed model of an entire structure and create a presentation or video that builds the structure by adding the column's then the floors, walls and the windows. kind of like a video that shows the structu...
I have been playing around with the sketch render settings and I can't seem to get the outline of the shadows to turn off. IMO it looks a bit naff so I would like just show the shadow hatches. The shadow line settings don't seem to have any effect on...
Hi Everybody Pls help me out, am a new user to ArchiCAD10. While saving the .pln as Epix(Piranesi), the rendered image is appearing in motion blur. am rendering it on a resolution of 3000 x 2405 pixel using internal rendering Engine with texture OFF ...
Can anyone tell me how to give this glass effect with sky reflection in ArchiCAD 10. What settings should I use? Thanks in advance
I recently started using the Explore mode, so bear with me. I like it that I can press Shift and speed things up, but I also notice the speed slider at the lower left of the window. Trouble is, I can't use the mouse to move the slider (obviously, sin...
More and more of our students struggle with an uncontrollable clipping plane in the OpenGL windows. It's not visible with the internal engine and it apparently only visible in some directions. I assume this to be caused by: - problem geometry (e.g. a...
hello everybody. i have a problem with my perspective views in v.10 in v.9 i used to put cameras in my floor plan and then select them to see perspective and if i wanted to change the view of the camera there was a button like an arrow on the 3d navi...
Can anyone help me setting up some basic ingredients for a reasonably good rendering in an acceptable time? (I rendered a picture for a papersize A-3 (ca. 40 x 27 cm) and it took me a day ) By ingredients I mean: max. Polycount, reasonable DPI, sun-,...
Would anyone please have a texture that i could use that would be similar to tegrals natural slate. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hello, nice to meet you all. This is my first post on this forum. Situation is following: During rendering of animation sequence in Art-Lantis something happened and computer restarted. (I could not control all the process because total rendering tim...
i keep getting this message on models which are over approx 10mb in size. "not enough memory to render model" even if i marquee not a very large area, it still happens. i'm on archicad 10, rendering with lightworks at 1600 x 1012 at highest antialias...
I'm doing a rendering using AC10 Trees but the alpha channel is not working and as a result I am getting white bits all over the foliage. I have the latest library downloaded from the updates so I'm kinda of surprised I'm hitting this problem. The Ar...
whats the best format for the clearest most crispest images saved out of rendered lightworks images, both for viewing on pc and for printing
I work archicad 10 and lightworks for rendering after reading users opinions and of course seen the results of your renderings with cinema 4d maxwell and art.lantis tried to change rendering engine...Maxwell and cinema 4d was really hard for me to le...
How does one import 2d figues into the 3d window? More specifically, I'm wanting to populate a building, and I have many images of people that I want to place into the model. what is the best way to go about this? Sujey
hello there! i have a problem with my renders in v.10 i used to create walls in earlier versions with the surface whitewash material and it was really good white and bright. now in v.10 i think that my walls are too dark!
Did anyone manage to create a convincing grass-material for LightWorks? I'm not getting close to it... Greetings, Martin Pasman
hey.... i was wondering if i did something with the archicad... because i'm tryn' to export as a 3ds to import it to c4d, as layers-materials and to export it with the material information option selected, but my mac does it different from a friend t...
hi all, such a simple thing to do but i can't find how to do it! in Cinema 4D, how can i change the size of a texture so that it renders at the 'correct size'? in Archicad, this is simply done by altering the width and height of the texture in the ma...
Hello I have problem, when I render my file. It is show the warning like the subject, I wrote. I used computer HP XW 8400, 4 Gbs Ram. It doesn't work. It did warning memory not enough. I didn't understand. I have test with MacBook. It worked. Does th...
Rendering or Walk-through. To represent building spaces what is better? in your opinion...
Hi eveyone, i am modelling a pool patio area and am having vertical lights on posts around the exterior of the pool and i want to be able to model their reflections on the water. so i was just wondering, how would i go about creating reflections on t...
We are having a lot of trouble with the rendering process. First, it takes a lot of time to render a simple interior project. We are using version 9, it has been rendering for 2 days and it is not over yet. We are using Archicad instead of Artlantis....
Hi All, Why am I frozen out of the thickness setting in my roof settings? the same goes for my slab settings? any help? Thanks Stonethrower
How can I do my site plan so that it is just simply hidden line with shadows?
Where can i find some really good cloth textures for furnitures. Like pool chairs etc...
Ok I have a few different problems: (AC10 1176 EDU on Macbook Pro) 1) When I try to do a simple test render (72dpi, 2"x2" window, all low quality settings), I either get an error that there is not enough memory to render (i have 32 GB left on my macb...
In Lightworks engine, is there a way to imitate Radiosity??. Can any senior member tell us were to find a good render from archicad/lightworks.... "out of the box"? or post a good one?... just to see how good a lighworks render can be... thanks
I have large library of different textures (jpeg) and I want to use it in ArchiCad 9, but I do not know how. Please,somebody, help me.
Hi, Can someone tell or explain how to make a high quality material out of this texture: http://www.lusica.dk/walltexture.jpg ? I need to know how to make a diffuse- and bumpmap for it. Ps: Im using Photoshop CS2 Thanks.
I've created a large auditorium as a GDL object. Without it on the site it photorenders fine but as soon as I add it to the building it doesn't photorender. It either finishes with just a white image or doesn't finish at all. Does anyone know what th...
HI, i am just a beginner in lightworks... its hard to make a good configuration of the materials, this is the better render that i`ve been able to do.... but it needs your comments.... Can any body tell me the best way to make a night render? thanks
hi, i'm having problems loading the *.lwa archives downloaded from the "www.lighworks-users.com" site. Those archives are already in the "ArchiCAD 10\Add-Ons\Visualisation\smdata\archives" carpet, but the materials just does not load. am i doing anyt...
this would make a nice model for rendering. http://www.dnastair.co.uk/images/ss571-porcelonsa.jpg http://www.dnastair.co.uk/htmls/dnav4p1.htm
has anyone got a texture of paving slabs, i've scoured the net and the archicad libaries with no luck. theres plenty of block-paving textures but none for paving slabs?
Hi, Why does it take so long to render this image (its still running) ? http://www.lusica.dk/pic1.jpg I only use Physical Sky and sun and the resolution is 800x320? My computer is a core duo 2.0ghz with 2gb ram could it be that the background image w...
Hey Guys, Just a quick question; what's the best way to create custom interior lighting / lights? (without going into complex GDL scripting) I mean does everyone here just model up the light and then plug a light source in? I've also noticed that the...
Hi When I am in Orbit mode the outlines of the elements don't show up. Is there a way when I do a Fly-Through to get the same effect? Thank you for any help Brian
How do I keep from getting seams in the materials - see picture: It looks like one of the image maps must be upside down.
hello everyone. i wanted to ask sth about rendering in v.10 i am not very good in rendering or picking materials and colors but while i was using v.9 everything looked nicer. now in 10 i use the same materials the same settings for my sun and i dont ...
No more getting up at the crack of dawn, burning the midnight oil is also passé composé. The 8 core Mac Pro has landed and Activity monitor (see screen capture) shown within ArchiCAD displays that a typical work load is now childs play. ((Aprils fool...
i have a model which has a mizture of normal windows and curtain walling with glazing. when i render it using lightworks, it renders all the normal window glazing properly, but is giving a mirror reflection to the curtain wall elements despite all ma...
Hello, I am having an issue with the background in my VR Scene / Panaroma using Lightworks rendering. There may have been a thread related to this issue, but I have not found it. We have a standard background image sized at 3264x1800 in .jpg format w...
I've Just spent 20 mins wondering why some beautiful white fluffy clouds on a backround image I'm using in a render are coming out a dirty grey. I found it's actually the overexposure control darkening the background. Out of curiosity, why is it set ...
Hi guys i have a bit of a problem getting the exterior lighting to work, interior is no problem but i am trying to use SPOTLAMP GROUND object n the external balcony shining up at the building wall.. but i can not get it to work, the lighting cone sho...
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My hope it can useful for all Apology, if related this topic already posted before 3D Window Preview : Render with Lightwork : Tips in Photoshop & Lightwork Rendering: If those related links get broken, just download content at the next post .
while giving a texture to an object (that would be a wall, slab ecc..) -the picture repeats itself on the object while the object is stretched or modifyed.... it's ok untill the texture is- bricks, tiles, and similar stuff that has to keep its propor...
I'm using Archicad 10 and lately I'm having problems with moving around in the perspective mode. It's like there is a cutting plane 20' in front of my view window. When I move forward, the cutting plane moves forward and cuts though the model like a ...
Anyone know how I can make a material that glows BRIGHTLY or manipulate a light to make a bright, glowing neon tube? Thanks! S
I've used the Archicad to C4D exchange plugin. If you look at the picture you'll see the white lines that indicate unnecessary triangulation that's being generated. I don't suppose anyone has a way to sort this out ??? TIA Adri
Pharus announces the issue of Vitruvian Studio 1.0 , professional tool in the field of Realtime 3D, which improves (one click process) the VRML generated by ArchiCAD (Graphisoft) and transforms ArchiCAD 3D scenes in optimum interactive 3D walk-throug...
Hi all, I am trying to pull renderings from a file that I am currently working on and the rendering times seem excessively long compared with my previous experience. One previous file was about twice as large as the current on and rendering time was ...
A model I've build in 20 minutes tonight just for fun...
How can you adjust the intensity of lights in ARCHiCAD.... i have tried the lamp intensity setting > parameters > light settings... but am not sure how to change the intensity of the light source
Hi, this is just a test project, where I am trying to find out the best way for lighting in max.. VRay 1.5, max9.. More images still to come.. img257.imageshack.us/img257/2904/09ek1.jpg[/img]
Hi Everyone, A message (as shown below) came up when I try to open the 3D window, "" Open error (file already used) while operating on file cadi-fonts pool.txt!"""" any one come up with this message before?? need help as soon as possible, cheers
I would like to settle on a good software to work with Sketchup and Archicad. I have tried Artlantis and it is easy to use and works well with archicad. One thing I don't like is that you can't move or change any of the archicad elements. The renderi...
Hi all, Is it possible to create a fly through of a scheme in the perspective mode? Ive been playing with the axo settings but i prefer the look of the perspective mode. Can anyone tell me how to do this if it is possible? Thanks, Mark
I am trying to load a photo of some signage for a building i'm drawing as a material, but when i attach the material to a wall or something it show as multiples on the wall. How do i make it so that the signage will show only 1.
HI, When I use Maxwell Render I don't the the same view in Maxwell as the one I have in AC? How do you do it? Is there a possibility to place the focus point in AC? (I know how to do it in Maxwell Studio but would like to do it in AC). Cheers, Mats
Hi there Im having trouble with my Sun Studies, the Location, Date & Time tag that has always been "attached" to the top left corner of the movie frames in previous versions of Archicad Since upgrading to Archicad 10 (from Archicad 8 ) any sun studie...
Hi, I'm trying to apply import an image to use as a material on an object. Does anyone know how to do it on a Mac? Thanks
I am in the final stages of some renderings, and can't make my client happy with the Artlantis brick shader I've had to use, even with much refining in Photoshop. I have a 300.dpi photo sample of the actual brick he wants, so how can I create a new A...
Hi all, Some advice please. I am working on a AC10 project on a mac machine with the specs attached. The file size on archive is 17.6MB. Rendering a fly through is seeming impossible. Archicad keeps quiting if not too slow. I have left the project ru...
Hello, I am currently working at an office in London. I am using Archicad, but the others here use mostly Autocad. I have managed to convert most of the files I need from dwg and into Cad files (thanks to tips from your forums). I have a problem, tho...
I searched this forum on 'copyright' and found nothing useful. Perhaps it is in another forum? We produce, as a sales tool, a CD-ROM that contains a 'flyaround' of the clients initial design model. (simple 4 camera path with renderings in between). T...
How are people on this forum creating vertical seam metal roofing? Modeling or just texture? If only texture is there no way within Lightworks material editor to have two colour shaders? That way I could have one to create the seams and another for t...
Im having a major problem with the 3d perspective and Axo views, not being able to see anything. But for some reason i can still select the parts but cant see them (2nd Pic). What could this be?? Its not the usual Azimuth problem that has been talked...
Anybody get this working? Seems impossible to me and I'm about to give up and go with AC->3DS->V-Ray. Pity as I had high hopes for a new workflow. Adri
Im having problems with maxonform and urgently need some help with it. When i try to create a new element in maxonform or try to edit something with it only half of the elements transfer from archicad to maxonform. Im using archicad 10 and have the f...
Does anyone know how to correct the bump map in vertical siding so that slabs and walls will look aligned? In the attached image please note that the texture is aligned, but not the direction of the bump.
Anybody know why? the picture on television altså gets black when rendering with the maxwell plugin :S
Hi I've installed the latest plugin from http://www.graphisoft.com/support/maxonform/downloads/ When I try to send a simple slab to C4D it opens the program but there's nothing to see in C4D. Am I missins something? Any help appreciated. Adri
This is a newbie question. When I'm working in an axonometric window checking and editing my model the sides away from the sun source are dark. I've tried messing around with the sun settings ("Sunlight Intensity"=70%, "Contribution to Ambient"=20%, ...
Does anyone know what the point of the "General Light Sources" is? They don't appear to actually Shine light on anything. When I render it, all I see is a big white cone.
I run rendering yesterday and after 14 hours it's still...counting. I guess it was ment to be quick alternative in presentation so it does not calculate: - reflection - refraction - caustics - radiosity - global illumination - any other fancy algorit...
Could anyone direct me to a link containing a WHITE-PAINTED 8" CMU texture, please? Or, better yet, is there a way to duplicate and modify the existing "Surf-8" CMU" material to look like it is painted white in a LightWorks PhotoRendering? I've playe...
Hi, I'm trying to get a high quality photo render projection image from elevations. Does anyone know if this is possible? Either that, or anything other than black & white lines.
Hi all! What is the best way working AC with 3ds max? When i save the project as a .3ds file i have some problems in 3ds max: - walls and windows are joined when u save it by "layers" -when u save by " native output" everything is saparated but editi...
I saw this rendering in Dwell magazine and am hoping to mimic the effect. Question is how? Can anyone recomend how this might be done in archicad? Lightworks maybe or other rendering vendor?
How do you reset to a standard perspective view after you have somehow gone off the deep end of visability. My camera distance in locked at 24/64" and I cannot seem to change it or view my model. Thanks
any idea why its making the shadows so wierd in lightworks? they just stop before the should...as you can see...
I know this will sound very cheeky but is there a "student" version of dwight's book on lightworks for us poor students who struggle to afford books and pay bills??? You are well within your rights to tell me to bugger off and not be so tight... Than...
Hey all, I'm currently modeling an urban site for a university project and am having trouble with the renders. I would like the site model to be nice clean white as if it was made of white card or something similar. At the moment when it renders it l...
Hi I'm choosing which rendering package to learn. A big job! One question I have is whether it's possible to export the Archicad Lights and use them in 3D Studio. I know you can do this with C4D but it'd be nice to be able to use the vray engine and ...
Hello everybody. I tried to create a through-fly of an object. Placed the cameras and tried create a movie file. While the source is 3d-window - there is no problem to save avi or movie file . But when I select the source - PhotoRendering Window, the...
In 3D Explore in Open GL as I walk through the site, instead of going through walls like normally happens, instead, the walls and other objects vanish as I approach them. Please see attachment. ------------------- AC10 USA 1010 Windows XP SP2 2G RAM ...
Is there a way to do a LightWorks rendered elevation and place it in the same manner you place any other drawing on a layout with its own title and scale?
Since I work with AC 10, I don't seem to get the VR Scene's working properly. I think it must be a 'settings' thing, but every time I try to make a VR Scene, the images are partly doubled (like in the one in the attachement). Does someone know why th...
I am using Artlantis Studio and I seem to be getting an irregular reflection from the front door. can anyone help me? Justin
Hi everyone My firm recently purchased ZERMATT, which works effortlessly with ArchiCAD to generate interactive walk-throughs from a 3D model. Apart from ZERMATT, does anyone know if there are similar softwares out there that does something like that,...
Just because I don't want to go to bed even if I ought to... Nothing serious, just play. I'm a complete noob at Maxon/C4D so it's all about playing.
Hi, Im currently doing a site model / section in archicad, however I have built the surrounding buildings using the wall and roof tool, when I section it, it looks rough, the "block" buildings surrounding my site look a little shoddy, because they ar...
Hi everyone I seem to have a problem with uplight/downlight. None of them seems to work when im lighting my interiors. Obviously I´m doing something wrong but i feel like I´ve tried everything. Btw, general light source works just fine. Thanks in adv...
I have just downloaded the Gardenworks library and am trying to use the Pictbox Bam trees for a fly-through I am doing. The problem I am having is that the billboards are not rendering transparent they are showing as a green colour. Could anyone help...
I am having difficulty getting my material to render correctly on the cylinder shape. When making an object i used the cylinder basic shape in archicad library 10 to help form the object. I'd like the object to render a crocodile material and when i ...
Does LightWork Integrated Rendering Engine support ray tracing?
I`m using Cinema 4D CE¨+ but even when I put the plugins that come with the software in the plugin folder the plugin menu always be empty. Would someone help me ?
Here are some pics of my first project in AC, should be approved for permit any day now. Everything was done in AC, from modeling to rendering. Renderings were done in less than 5 minutes each in Lightworks w/ 3 light sources, Built-in Sun + Sky Obje...
Can we animate an object modelled in ArchiCAD? (Like animating a vehicle or a car with all the tyres moving )
Any way of doing a sketch render with a transparent background? I want to overlay the pencil sketch over a photo. TIA adri
Hi I'm working with Maxwell Render. At present I'm replacing the Archicad materials with the Maxwell materials every time I want to do a Maxwell render for each model. What would be nice is that the Maxwell Materials would be available to every time ...
After installing the Maxwell plug-in and choosing it as the renderer it only produces a folder for materials and a log file with errors. It thought the plug-in would render in Archicad render window. I guess I need to have the actual Maxwell program ...
Good day, I am new to archicad and 3d in general. I started using it 2 days ago and managed the attached rendering. Could you tell me how to make the walls and ceiling look whiter (the texture on both being already is set to surf-white). I suppose I ...
I am fiddling and experimenting trying to understand the Basic Settings tab and the relationship between Sketch Style and Line Style. For instance if I select Imagine as sketch style then 06_Brush_Aqua automatically comes up as line style. What is th...
Hi, I'm just trying out Maxwell and things render fine if the view is of an exterior. However, once I put the camera on an interior I get no light only a very dark image with a little light from the windows. Any one any ideas? TIA Adri
Hello! I have a problems with Camera (Flay- through) and VR Camera! When I want generate presentation, program shows me next message: Can't generate movie Error code - 7003 ()
Is there any way to adjust the centerline of the graduated background? This question is for AC 9 by the way. Thanks
This is a "fast" rendering, made with Max. For a long time I had the intention to publish one so there it is. The aim is not to have a realistic rendering, but a nice presentation! Render time: 36 sec. Grass in Photoshop. I would appreciate your comm...
Hi all I am rendering a relatively simple house using lightworks. I have used some window lights and the usual sun and sky lights. When i go to render the image it loads for a while then the "not enough memory" box appears BUT the image keeps on rend...
Hello, This is my last project, done in V-Ray. I saw similar picture on evermotion.org , so I decided to try to make something like that. I wanted to get nice, sunny day, with not disturbing composition. The room is something like house in nature(I d...
Hi, i render a model with background picture. But after rendering the model is hanging within the background picture. How to align it? I am using Archicad 10. Thanks Paul S
is there a way to place a 2d person in a 3d view for rendering purposes?
I wondered if anyone with particular lighscape knowledge was able to answer my query (or that someone is able to fake this)... I have modelled a building with a fair amount of glass and I am wanting to create the effect of an environment map in the g...
Please could someone suggest why screen images of renders done in Light Works (which look good enough) do not print very well at all. So much so that we are unable to print and show our rendered models.
Hi I am trying to create a fly through of a ArchiCad Group project and the error message is "No free disk space" and it is unable to render. I am using ArchiCad 9 Student Version. OS Windows XP SP2 =========================== Hardware is pretty new I...
I'm working on a project that will require the use of many very large bitmaps textures. There might be thirty different materials with bitmaps of around 1MB or more each. The polygon count is high but not excessive, but I'm wondering what affect the ...
Good morning, I am working in Archicad v.10 (Greek Version). I am having problems in creating a QT movie. I have the pro version of QT ver.7.1. Can someone please tell me if there is a solution to this ? Thank you in advance for your help, Toumanidis...
My previous post in this forum was a long time ago and I found I really missed the good natured critique and advice from the community. So, there is a recent work of mine. For the record: Original size: 2000/1500 pixels. Faces: 287 220. Render time: ...
I am working on a 6 story building site is 280ft x 180ft. file is about 15 meg. I am using AC10, MacBookPro-core2duo-2gb ram. i get time for rendering a vr object, 5 parrels x 10 meridian at 250ft dia, looking out, at 2200 minutes (36 hours). what se...
Hello mates! I 've been seaching this great forum - but didn't find any already existing tread about it: While rendering I have a problem with light source. Lets take halogen lamp and put it in an interior. I will have the light that it give and brig...
Is there new materials for archicad? where can i download them? or there any plungins
I am trying to make a fly-thru using the 3D window/OpenGL/wireframe method. I can't get the background photo to show. In single images, the background image is placed and visible. It works. When i request a fly-thru, the background reverts to white -...
Feedback / Insight of peoples opinions on how to improve upon this image would be appreciated..... Dwight? eg. pro's & con's (AC9 & Art R with a little p/shop) Thanks, Peter
Maxon has recently upgraded their flagship product, Cinema 4D to version 10. They have also released a plug-in for ArchiCAD 10. These programs make for a terrific pair, ease of use, mature feature sets, speed and wonderful workflow. For several month...
please help i need to finishmy design board today. How to make good elevation in scale to look like render??
Well i am sort of a weird spot, our office cant seem to decide on what Render engine to use. We have been using Artlantis with good results have not upgraded to artlantis studio. Now that we are all on Arch10, we have discussed working with Lightwork...
I know back in 4.0/4.5 AC cameras imported correctly. We have set up a bunch of paths for pre-visualization in ArchiCad, and now (doh!) I just remembered the AC cameras no longer export. Is there a way to force this? 3DS? Anything?? Or is it just a f...
The perspective of the courthouse reminded me of what appears to be an American phenomena in Architecture - namely a preoccupation with 19th century (or earlier) design. I've been looking in vain for archicad examples that reflect modernity of the 20...
This is a courthouse I am designing. Any comments are much appreciated. Justin
Just in case you thought rendering was automatic: http://www.cgarchitect.com/upclose/article1_DA.asp As close as I will get to this excellence is by having the same initials.
new videotutorial: http://www.maxwellrender.it/podcast//ArchiMaxwell_basics_Camera_Flash.mov P.
Please critique the lightworks rendering. In some cases there is a little photoshop touch-up. There will be other renders following. The first is a photo montage
I just came across all my cd's containing fabric samples in jpg form. I would like to use them in ArchiCAD render and wonder if anyone knows how to add them to the program so that when I am in Lightworks searching for a texture, they could be part of...
I am having an interesting orbit problem that I don't know if it is ArchiCAD or MacTel or a conflict of the two. I am using dual monitors. When I try to orbit in 3d open GL mode in one monitor, a ghost wireframe takes off and fills up the other monit...
Hi sorry for my english, I tried to make a vertical neon light reading Dwight book (p140). Probably i make something wrong. I use round color with the settings of the material glowing constant. I put it in a distance of 100 mm of the wall. Then I put...
Hello, I just ordered Dwight's book 2 weeks ago. Unfortunatly there was no "ArchiCAD 10 supplement" (as stated in Dwight's signature) there. How can I get information about the new Lighttworks features in Archicad 10 like the realistic sun? Greetings...
For information about this Piranesi Image Competition check out: http://www.informatix.co.uk/10yearcomp.shtml Open to users of Piranesi
Hello, this is my second render in ArchiCAD + 3d max. I would like to hear your opinions about it. Render time: about 30 min...
hi i have archicad 10 and i want to know can i add special materials ?
Maybe this is a bit off topic but I am ready to invest in some 3D tree&bush software. After some research I found onyxTREE and xFrog my favourite, as long as there is no onyxTREE demo to try I'm struggling with final decision. If there is somebody us...
When I render usind Lightworks in ArchiCAD 10, windows sometimes render transparent and sometimes render the colour of the background - in the same view! Attached is elevation rendering - notice the window on the main floor left is transparent. Also ...
hello eveyone.. this is my 1st model in archicad..it was done pretty fast so the buildings are boring..but i think i they look fair as a beginner in archicad.. ..(all done in 5 hours,render time : 4 min 25 sec) textures,render & other details were do...
Hi all! I would like someone to tell how to achieve the photorealistic interior redndering in Archicad 8.1 without any other software. Is there any sense of asking that question, or it just quite abvious you cant. What about wall materials - how shou...
I know this has been discussed before, but I couldn't find the thread quickly so I am posting here. My rendering in Lightworks stops after a certain amount and just displays the background for the rest of the image. No matter what I change, it keeps ...
Hi. I'm quite new in this sort of thing like rendering, visualization , so i need advice what is wrong or what is ok. I will be very grateful.
Hi This is my first try in 3ds max using archicad model, still in intial stage, Comments are welcomed. ashok_hj@yahoo.com Ashok.
Hi all! Im just aboutto finish my project and need to render a few parts of it. The project is a house and i need my client get the impression of how spacious it will be. My question is how should i set the parameters of 3d view or camera to get that...
I thought Archicad users might be interested in a method for creating a shadow study rendering with more than one sun position. Technique as follows: I have managed to work out how to do 3 shadows in one render eg Mar 21 for 9.00 am, 12.00 noon and 3...
Ive rendered a Flythrough using the option "show" (not "save") and am wondering if i can now save this animation in quicktime format. I've reviewed the Help file, and it seems to indicate this is possible, but I am not having any luck. I've inserted ...
Hi mates, I was searching the documenation and also this awesome board but couldn't find a solution for this: I want to design shining floor in a bathroom. I need a reverse light tool but can't find any - nor any kind of parameter. I mean I need a li...
When I select the EDIT IN MAXONFORM command form the menu in Archicad (MAC OSX), I don't seem to be able to import the object - however the Archicad environment imports fully... This mirrors a problem I had with the first install where the object wou...
Archicadders stuff: http://www.archicad.se/referenser/galleri/index.html Have a nice weekend!
Can anyone help? I am doing a fly through for a penthouse development, and in some of the views walls and slabs are disappearing? Is ths a problem anyone else has experienced? And any solutions?
I've created a background cyclorama for a VR panorama using GDL, as in the GDL cookbook. Here's my question: I can turn the shadow casting off in GDL, but is there any way I can reduce the basic shading effect on the cyclorama cylinder? It still show...
I'm a bit confused as to what all the different suns are and what each of the settings control. PhotoRendering Settings: LightWorks Effects - Light Sources - Sun LightWorks Environment - Class: Sun - All parameters Then there's LightWorks SunObject.....
Plugin '3DStudio In' can only convert 3ds files, but i have lot of usefull *.max files and no clue how to put them in AC. pls, help.
Hi! I'm trying to make an exterior photorealistic render. I'm using AC10 and my settings for the rendering is: - Sun 110%, low fog, shadow parameters are set very high. - Skyobject, light blue 35%, quality is 400 - Sunlight object as "underlight" 30%...
Hi. Most of the .lwa files from www.lightworks-user.com doesn't work with ArchiCad 10. Anyone have idea, why ?
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I have a presentation within the day and i have spent the whole semester learning archicad and have completed all drawings but i have severely overlooked the finite details of creating a set of nice perspective renderings....any advice on the quickes...
I've commented plenty on other people's work so I thought it only fair to share one of my jobs. Not my best, by far, but the client seems happy with it. All Lightworks, no post-processing. Comments welcome (I think).
what do u think? plz ignore background
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I have been trying to use some new 3ds objects in ArtLantis R-Studio, but after converting them to .aof files they show up GIGANTIC in my ArtLantis 3D window. I do not have a 3D Studio program, but would like to be able to use these objects for my Ar...
I JUST PLACED AROUND 200 DETAIL MARKERS IN A PROJECT USING THE DETAIL TOOL. I MADE THE BUBBLES OUT OF SMALL DASHED LINES; AND USED THE SAME NUMBER ON ALL MAKERS PLANNING TO GO IN AND CHANGE IT LATER. ALL LOOKS FINE IN MY VIEW SETS IN SECTION WINDOWS,...
i've made this work with archicad 8,1 and rendering with artlantis 4,5 Can i get more "photorealistic" then this one ? i need the opinion
Is there ever going to be a detailed set of documentation on how to use Lightworks? It was much lauded in the release of v.9 and I've seen quite a few example gallery images showing it's results in an often very impressive manner. HOWEVER, we're now ...
I would REALLY like to be able to use the Google Earth add-on for a project I am presently working on, but it is crashing ArchiCAD every which way I try it. I have tried installing, reinstalling etc. I have updated to build 1010, still no joy. When I...
how can you do this in archicad:?: *:image taken from graphisoft website.
While learning AC my way, I designed a VR of a simple, small residential house. I had problems of lighting, materials, rendering and animation (presentation on a web video quality, too if allowed to upload) in my work. so needed your help to improve....
Can anyone please tell me if it is possibe to have the reflection from coloured glass display the colour of the glass in Lightworks in Archicad 10? ie. if light were shining through a piece of red glass against a wall then the wall would be coloured ...
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Ok, so here is an exterior night rendering I did (with a little post process) which I think looks alright. Definitely could use some work. But what I am trying to do is give it a real sketchy feel. It seems rather difficult to do this when transparen...
I'm having a problem with the way my models appear in the elevation windows. I have the vectorial hatching option on so i can get colors and fills to show. however, i can't get a the model to render with a bright white. Material options seem to have ...
does this look cluttered?
Strait to the point. Is render farming possible in AC? In other words, can I process parts of a rendering job on multiple PCs then compile a completed image? I guess a counterpart question to this would be, is it possible to render in the background ...
Heya i have photo with city view and i have my 3d home.. how can i connect these things ? i need that 3d home put into that picture as its looks real! Big thanks!
Im an archicad user the last 4 years.I ve always used Archicads lightworks redndering engine to render my models and present them.This is my first render on Artlantis and I n my opinion looks good.It is a design of a fireplace in a new house that is ...
i just want to know, is it possible to do so? i read about the downloading problem for the texture section in the gdl depository, and i don't want to download 140Mb file for nothing. so, can you tell me how to make my own texturelibrary?
Hi everyone, this is my first any comment is welcome
Hi! Well, i gave up on exporting archicad models to 3ds max! It didn't work well or i didn't know how to do it! either way, i discovered a maxwell render and i allready have some problems so i need your help. After installing maxwell plug-in a toolbo...
Greetings everyone, after some time off ArchiCAD-Talk, I have the great pleasure of announcing my return to this very helpful and friendly forum. Some of you will hopefully remember me from my time in Australia, when I was quite active here. I have n...
It's as if an invisible plane cuts off our model as we rotate through it. The model fragments, walls peel off and disappear, then the whole thing vaporizes. Poof. Gone. When we rotate backwards it sometimes reappears in the reverse order of disappear...
so when i play with the materials options under ligthworks...i only have the option for color. how can i change how transparent the material is? also...even if i choose white as my transparency the material still appears white. thanks for the help.
Can anyone recommend a good software for the Mac that could be used to record screen activity, say for example recording Archicad methods or working?
just watched the acrobat presentation and viewed the supported and unsupported(not tested) cad software. You can see a dozen of cad software (revit included) but nowhere archicad. I wonder why did they ignored archicad completly? I also wonder if GS ...
Can anyone tell me how, if possible to save a photorendering made with AC10 as a DXF? Thank you!
Any one want to play with me on this new toy? I have just loaded the free Acrobat Connect demo and you can log in and see my ArchiCAD screen. I tried it and there is only a very very small delay in what is on my screen and what I see on the Acrobat C...
A little project I'm working on. Critiques and comments are appreciated.
Hello everyone Well this is my first project, I am a student at Mohawk College in Ontario and I have just finished teaching myself some of the basics of archicad and artlantis. Below are some links to the screenshots I have done, I am fairly pleased ...
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Hello, This is my first render in max. Model is done in ArchiCAD 10, and then exported into 3d max, where are done textures and rendering... Any coments?
PDF export from ArchiCAD 10, is supposed to make things easier.. now, from being able to export to .eps from plotmaker, i now have to readjust pdf pages, inventing new formats etc. all of wich was easily done in InDesign,,, i have encountered problem...
Hi How do I get my AC model into cinema 4d? I just downloaded the demo copy of C4D 10. Any help much appreciated. Adri
Can anyone tell me where to get a Metal Roofing Texture for ArchiCAD?
