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...
is it possible to do network rendering with ArchiCAD? any ideas how to set up with Archicad version 9 and mac G4's thanks in advance
Hi Everyone i'm going to buy archicad to create 3D/renderings to advertise the villas my company builds. Before proceeding i have some questions about its functioning. How do textures and materials work? I mean, how do you apply a material or a finis...
I would like to know your opinion about the possibility to walk through archicad 3D projects in realtime online. Would it be interesting for architects and designer? I mean to create with Archicad good quality interactive 3D scenes to publish as real...
Is there any book, video, program and/or website that can help me do seamless textures? Better yet, has anyone found an easy way to do this that they can share?
I am making new materials to match virtually everything we do in a home, so I am setting up hundreds of images at this time. Since this is so time-consuming and I haven't worked with Archicad long enough to know the potential pitfalls I may be walkin...
I cannot view, change view, or manipulate settings on my perspective view. When I attempt to pan, rotate, orbit, or zoom nothing occurs. I have also attempted to 'Zoom to Fit' and 'Select All' + 'Zoom to Selected'. Nothing. I then tried going into th...
I just finished creating two fly throughs to present to a client but I'm concerned about the quality of the playback. These are the first fly throughs I have created so please bear with me. The presentation of these movies is via the internet as a st...
When Setting up Sun and Sky objects (AC9) should one "Set the Sun Position" to manual or automatic? If the light sources are set to automatic will they change for different light settings, ie azimuth and altitude of sun, for different cameras located...
hey I'm trying to set up a construction simulation animation. I've gone through the task list (not fully, but enough to get started) and setup and linked some 124 tasks. I've made sure that there are no overlapping dates and that everything is in seq...
I've been searching for the option in archicad 10 to make a material (in 'material settings'), that changes from colour, during the day... what i want is a facade that react on the sunlight and position of the sun during the day > so the colour will ...
Hi, I am wondering is combination ArchiCAD+3d max ok? I know that renders with V-ray are great, but you have to put materials... Is there somebody who use this combination to give me any informations... Thx
Hi, i have this problem where i have been working on a drawing for a while and now after playing with the alignment of a texture on a piece of wall (trying to make a companys sign to put on wall over entrance) i have lost the Perspective 3D view - it...
Ok I need help fast if anyone can help! I'm trying to create a 3D section using the 3D cutting plane option in AchiCAD 10. Only problem is that I can barely see my building in the dialog window. Is there anyway that i can fix this? Any suggestions wi...
Is anyone playing games with ArchiCAD? I have been testing my navigation skills with ArchiCAD 10. I am getting so good it's worth recording. Although ArchiCAD is not a game, I have been using this program. Maybe I missed something and you have all be...
I'm trying to do a very simple VR of a mass model out of the 3D window and can't get it to work - keeps crashing after just a few frames. I was able to do one a month or so ago. I'm not sure what's different this time. I've tried inserting new VR obj...
Is there anyway to give transparency to a solid fill, or translucent or gradient in version 9 to be used in elevation drawings or floor plans? any other suggestions? thanks in advance
Any suggestions how best to model upward spray water fountain from a flat surface pool? Use a picture of one and stick it in there somehow? Got an easy way to do it? Figure tool, but how can I put it in the rendering?
Can't seem to get this process to work. Must be doing something wrong. Can someone refresh my brain please? 1 In Photoshop, select the area that you want to be opaque, using the magic wand or any other selection method. Note: The area that was not se...
Suddenly, the photorendering has stopped doing its thing. Attached is .jpg of the rendering that Lightworks just won't do. It's in Open GL mode. I wonder if it is not the abundance of brick. All my settings are unchanged since the last time I used it...
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Please look at the following attached image. The image on the left is a 3D Hidden Line view in Archicad w/ shadows turned on. Is there anyway to get the shadows to be filled and not just contours like the image on the right? I know it can be done in ...
Hi We're just starting to play with proper rendering in AC10. The lighting looks terrible. Any tips on getting more realistic lighting? The lights available in the library seem very limited. TIA Adri
This seems to have worked for us for this type of architecture. This is a North carolina mountain home.
HELP PLEASE - I HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN IN THE PROCESS OF RENDERING MY COMPUTER SHUTS DOWN. SOMETIMES IT RENDERS & OTHERS TIMES IT DOES NOT. I AM CURRENTLY USING ARCHICAD 10 ON A PC - WINDOW XP HOME EDITION, 1.00 GB of RAM & AM RENDERING IN LIGHTWORKS MY...
I made a res. house model and tried to to bring out the best in rendering and the flythrough presentation,but i stuck with the follo-problems... 1.how can i animate the doors while in flythrough ,i mean the doors to open when the camera reaches. 2.wh...
What is the easiest way to take my plan and elevations, take them to a different computer w/o archicad, and print simple 1/8" scale drawings? I dont have a plotter to be able to print that size, and we only have archicad on my computer at the moment....
Hi All, I am a novice of Archicad & Lightworks. I recently spotted the offer for the Professional Rendering DVD on the Graphisoft Australia web-site and was wondering would you more seasoned/capable users recommend it to someone like myself. I alread...
how can i render elevations and floor plans, using lightworks as well as the sketch engine?
isn't the shadow catcher material supposed to just receive shadows but not cast shadows? when I set it it both receives and casts shadows! I'm trying to do a shadow study where I can see the shadows of my building but not the other shadows, then I mu...
where can I get total in-detail description documentation related to various shaders of lightwork.
I'm very new to ArchiCAD...I created an alpha channel texture in order to get joints on a wood floor, but when I rendered it (lightworks) w/ the bump map selected, there is a strange texture that shows up in what looks like a tile pattern (there are ...
I am trying to get a perspective view in hiddenline format, this will be in all in black and white and I want straight lines, I can use plotmaker to do that import the 3d generated view and it will be fine, but I want to correct some of the lines bef...
I admit to being tired of saying, " In AC 9..." But In AC 9 and prior, when in the 3d window and you zoom, your camera hgt and target hgt remained the same. (5'-6" did not become 11', unless you told it to.) Now, with the improved AC 10, both zooms a...
Does anybody know the easiest way to set create a fly-through using Archicad 10. If you could send me some type of guide it would be helpful. Thanks
Is it possible to set top view in perspective, so that the viewpoint and the target are in the same vertical position (camera settings: distance field = 0)? Thanx, chipo
Please help - i know this topic has been discussed before & the answer is 'Use PDF. (EPS is a similar option.)' But i have a problem, my archicad does not give me the option to save the plan as a PDF or a EPS Here is a list of the options (pln / mod ...
If I start to do a sketch rendering, but stop the rendering before it is complete (because, for example, I realize I left the background image turned on when I want a white backgroiund), I am unable to do any additional sketch renderings until I quit...
I downloaded update for Artlantis R1.1, but I can not instal it. When I try to instal it it ask me about some folder, and I put the folder where I instaled it(C:\Program Files\Artlantis), and click install. Then I recive this mesage:Please, install A...
If you are interested in a new rendering engine for ArchiCAD, check out Maxwell Render. Gallery at: http://www.maxwellrender.com/ If you want THAT TYPE OF REALISM in your images, you need to take the jump into the Maxwell universe. You might be think...
When rendering in the lightworks engine the picture objects render as white or very very light color. I have tried turning the sun down and moving it but that doesn't help. I have turned off reflectance and smooth and that only helps a little. I can ...
Have you ever had "Cannot save file" when saving ATL from the 3D window? If you had a zero height wall in your project, you did. I have learned the hard way ...
Is it possible to save materials as a material library (as in 3ds MAX or Art.lantis) or something similar? Or the only way is to create a template? Maybe I still haven't found this function... Thank you! Martina Hlavacova
I need some help on this exterior i'm currently workin on. How can I add some more detail to the scene (trees, plants, car). I am attaching my rendering settings as well be cause i feel my render is too saturated with color. I also attached a pic wit...
When I try to save an epx file from AC10 on my intel Mac, the save apprears to work, but the file that is created won't open in Piranesi. I get a message in Piranesi that the file is invalid. The Piranesi file won't open either on the intel Mac or on...
When I fly-through my model bldg I see the edges of the sky bkgrd pic.meaning that bckgrd pic in north has sky pic but not in the south.how can i have unbreakable sky background picture throughout the animation? thanks heynocks.
"not enough memory to render the model" That´s the error message I get when I try to render an AC10 model in LW. The model walls have been mapped with several .jpg photographs and bump maps. The render window size is 1024x760 at 72 dpi. Those are not...
Hello everyone, I'm new here on the forum. My name is Martijn, I'm living in Assendelft (The Netherlands). At the moment I'm finishing my college and I'm working as designer. Here I post my first picture, all tips and critiques are welcome! Thanks fo...
Does anyone know what causes this strange shadow (see image)
Hi everyone, I was wondering if you could help me with installing textures, I am very new to the scene of archiCAD so any help would be much appreciated. Adrian
Can someone tell whats wrong with my left hand side column? Its shines and it looks like that the corners are roung?! It as the veneer to 20mm selected... When I do the rendering it makes the render look funny...
I read the pages, 330 thru 332 of the reference guide. I couldn't get this gizmo to work, can anyone tell me if it is indeed active and working? BTW - This tool, as documented, does not look like it is a big improvement over the past. That's too bad ...
Hi everyone, Noticed, in two different files both created with AC10, that the lightwork material settings (decimals) are different (see attached image). Is there a setting for this anywhere ?? Don't think the marginal adjustments makes much of a diff...
I am trying to run a construction simulation in 9 and can't find any information on the plugin..can anyone point me in the right direction.
My colleagues and I have been compiling our works. We modeled a hotel project using ArchiCAD 9, and produced some rendered images using ArtLantis. Here is one of the images. Comments are most welcome. Shawn
When I try to save my ArchiCAD 10 fly-through animation as an ArtlantisR Studio file, I keep getting this message. "Please, change to 3D window for saving as Artlantis render format.", which I had already done in the first place. As stated in an earl...
hello, is it possible to do a "clay-modeling" technique with the standard lighting configurations offered with Archicad 9? Or are there good lighting tutorials online somewhere, we are trying to get better results, more realistic images. thank you al...
I get a "Warning! Not enough disk space for rendering temporary file."whenever i try the create flythrough using lightworks . It was a flythrough on a house model I built on Archi 9.I want an AV output .Normally it is a minutes show.It did fine befor...
Walking through a model in AC 10 quite a few elements disappear from my view as I move or pan, and only reappear when I stop moving. Which is OK for modeling etc. but pretty bad if I intend to walk through a model during a presentation. I can't find ...
Here was a rendering that I did quickly. I rendered the model in color and then in the sketch engine. I then overlayed them in Photoshop. It was a quick way to conceal all the details that were not finished or worked out in the model. The client woul...
I have been trying to render a perspective and I started with some settings hence the dark image (of course I forgot to write them down), and after trying to correct some of the problems that are annoying, I've lost my original settings. (I have crea...
hi there, this is not a specific question but sth in general that i need to know. im a member at this forum for some years maybe but im active only the last one. all i see is renders of a great quality, things that i would never imagine that archicad...
Is there a way to have the siding include cornerboards in rendering. I made the wall material the siding I want, but can't get the cornerboards. I'm new to rendering in ArchiCad, so sorry if this has already been covered.
I have been having some trouble with the glass in my renderings, if you look at the circled areas in the attached image there is a row of windows and doors where the color/reflection dramatically changes from one to the next. in this case it is a DWB...
I need advice on shadows in LW movie. Made a fly through a flat but have no shadows showing. So all the furniture appears to be floating. It looks great when I render an image but can't find any settings for shadows for a walkthrough... HELP!!!
This is my first render using max...........I got the file from a friend for testing.
Hello, there is a poll somewhere on a similar topic, but I prefer direct comments on what is the best rendering according to taste. I am posting three examples of what the latest versions of LW, ATL and C4D can do on interior design. LightWorks: http...
Now, this is proper rendering... http://www.maxon.net/pages/solutions/images/architektur/vernissage_02/ponce_bano01.jpg http://www.maxon.net/pages/solutions/images/architektur/vernissage_02/ponce_kitchen.jpg http://www.maxon.net/pages/solutions/image...
hi. please let me know what you think of the attached floor plan. i am also looking for tips on how to use the main 'reflectance' shader settings in LW. under reflectance there are settings for 'ambient', 'diffuse' and 'specular' (these i think are t...
Is there a way to save my custom Sketch rendering settings? Its tedious to reset them every time I make a minor change, it would really be helpful to be able to save a few of my favorite custom settings but I haven't discovered a way to do it. Is it ...
Hello, The new add-on "Export add-on from ArchiCAD 10 to Artlantis R-Studio (Mac Intel Only)" is available at : http://www.abvent.com/support/download/index.php Best Regards, Pierre
I am using a brand new Mac Pro and I installed the new mac tel version of Archicad. It is faster than the original Archicad 10 in everything except rendering. We do short films of our projects in my office and when I look at the activity monitor duri...
How about to have extra corner just for LW in AC? AC will keep improving with LW side by side. The renderwork with LW has future. To receive your book in other country is very difficult (also because of the special language).
dear all, i am having some trouble editing images with transparent backgrounds. i have some images of plants that i'd like to turn into sketch style images to import into some elevations. the problem is that when i open the images in any program (pai...
hi guys, me again... i have created some elevations but the 'whites' seem very grey, as they look in the 3d window when there is no direct sunlight on them. i have tried to rotate the sun so that it faces the elevation i'm looking at but only minor c...
As you can see (my attachment) I am a guru in Lightworks renderings. Way much better than Dwight. I used only archicad+lightworks for this picture and minor postwork in photoshop. But let me tell you one thing guys, one thing is for sure: lightworks ...
I tried again with lighting from LW. Please critisize this one. I used General light and Down light.
Hi everyone Please take a look at image attached. There is a bicycle leaning on the wall of the middle house. I'm having some problem with toning down the "glowing" effect that it seems to be having. The object was added in Art*lantis, and it had its...
I don't know why but I can't seem to get certain angles of my glazing to render properly. They keep reflecting like a mirror or applying full transparency like a window through the model, or something I don't know? Can anyone explain this? Notice you...
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It doesnt work.... Dark dark dark......
Hello gentlemen and ladies. Can anyone help me out. What i'm needing is to convert a floor plan that ive done in Archicad into a good quality image file. Ive tried a few different options but so far the end result is pretty poor. - I tried enlarging ...
What is the best way to create a water in Artlantis R?
hello there! i have a very simple question to make. i started using a demo version of Artlantis 4,5 at university. now i have my own office and want to buy artlantis . its a very difficult thing for me since i dont know what happened for some time no...
Hi everyone. My windows inside frames (pine material) are too dark. Background image (cloudy sky) and grass texture are not visible thru the windows. What should I do? My light settings for this shot were: Light Sources 150% Ambient (color - light ma...
Just think, the C4D 9.1 made AC look so slooooow. Now take a look at the movie below and see what r9.6 does on the same machine. The demo is free and it allows everything except save. I created this from my AC 10 model. Rendered as 1600x1000 and did ...
How about this: Many people belive that they can not produce realistic renders with LW(including me). My suggestion is that anyone who know LW good make tutorial right here on this forum(lights, cameras, settings...). I saw these things on other foru...
Where to find "LightWorks in ArchiCAD".I saw it on internet, and I belive it is great... I am registered user of ArchiCAD10 student version... Is that book free? How mouch is it, where can I find it... Maybe some other book? Thx...
Hello, I am using ArchiCAD for a long time, and i was quite happy with its own render(lightworks), but I got Artlantis, and as I can see, it is mouch better. My question is how to learn Artlantis, maybe some tutorial? thx
I am doing a rendering and have received a list of plants from the landscape architect. agave_parryi_truncata chamaerops_humilis FEROCACTUS WISLIZENII FISHHOOK BARREL CACTUS Fouquieria_splendens Hesperaloa_parviflora LANTANA MONTEVIDENSIS purple PARK...
"Ray tracing" is how the LightWorks rendering engine in ArchiCAD solves the lighting in a scene. To learn more, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_tracing "Mirror" is a material that reflects light rays. There is pure reflective mirror in the Arch...
In AC10 the 3d multi-story marquee is obscuring the sun when I do a photorendering using lightworks. I don't remember this behavior in AC9. Can anyone confirm? Thanks,
In the following rendering some of the materials, especially the furniture appears very unreal and 'fuzzy'. What's wrong with it? I read an earlier topic, in which someone commented on the need for higher light resolutions. However, I'm pretty sure t...
Why is the transparancy impossible in isometry? As you see the surface of glass is opak...
Can anyone tell me why the materials on GDL objects created from a 3ds file render differently to the materials settings? How do I fix or get around this problem? Comments appreciated Scooter ps I have attached an example Notice the stretched image o...
Here's another question for those of you who use AC 10 with Mac OS X: I can not save my ArchiCAD 10 3D perspectives as Artlantis R/Studio .atl files. The option does not show up when I click "save as". Long story short: I re-installed ArchiCAD 10 and...
I have run into a freaky error when trying to print the contents of the 3d window on a MAC... The entire drawing comes out a shaded blue... like a silhouette of the view in all blue.... Hidden line views come out a VERY pale grey even when BLACK & WH...
We are currently preparing to set up an independant Large screen presentation area for clients to view their new designs. At the moment I generally take my laptop in to each meeting and spin the model round for them to view. I have tried zermatt and ...
I am looking to do an internal and external render of an art gallery I have modelled. Does anyone have any tips on creating night time renders? Any help would be much appreciated.
Hi! Can anybody explain for me how it comes that a General Light with Intensity 1 and Color Black and minimum distance in light ending - still gives an extremely bright white color when rendered. See Image I am trying to create some kine of Neon effe...
We frequently use Alpha Channel Trees. So that we can use these in VR's we set the one tree on top of another but rotated to create an X pattern as shown in the image below. Sometimes we run into a problem however, the Alpha Channel doesn't seem to w...
Hi all i'm a newbie to AC10 (but loving it after tearing my hair out with AC8) and i'm amazed the material library has not been expanded. I have recently spent hours on Sketchup as its so quick and easy and the material editor is a dream, but i've be...
I think that Graphisoft should completely implement the LightWorks Rendering features in Archicad. Do you agree? Visit http://www.lightwork.com/ to see what this rendering engine can do once completely implemented in an application. Vote Essential.
I think the Rendering in AC 10 with realistic sun is now guite better and show almost radiocity atmosphere. If we drill with lw, we can expect much better result.
Hi, I got inspired by one of my clients yesterday and played a little with the Profiler add-on. I then thought of a way to display objects. My idea is to have one .pln file with some ready "stands" where I could place gdl-stuff I do. This is a simple...
Hi all! I have just begun using AC10 after upgrading from 8.1. I am unfamiliar with all the finesses of Lightworks rendering engine. I wish to do some internal renderings of a very simple model that does not contain more than a slab, walls, roof and ...
Any comments would help.
Renders like this one are generated in less than 5 minutes by LightWorks, which gives you plenty of time to adjust your settings and refine your design, without having to switch to an external application. The Professional Rendering DVD contains 5 ho...
Hi, Does anyone know if there is a way to save your materials in lightworks as .lwa format for future use ???
Has anyone heard of the progress for the updated plugin to for ArchiCad 10 to C4D? Maxon have not been helpfull. Thanks in advance oops, have to update my signature: ArchiCad 10.0 AUS C4D R9.6 (advance render)
I was wondering where can i get some info on how to use artlantis. I saw a tutorial on Nicholas Rivera's webpage but its for post work. I'm really wondering how i should even bring in my model from archicad. I have all of my texture walls etc.. set t...
Hello all! Please help me to speed-up rendering. My machine 1.8 Pentium-IV Rendering settings: Internal 3D engine. Analytic shading: on. Archicad literally hangs on a "Shading(analytic)" stage. Waiting 10-15 minutes for preview is very annoying me......
archicad 9-Maxwell render. 1. render= 25 hours 2.render= 23 hours..
Using a combination of Dwights + Tigr's tips. Had to get it to the client for a DVD presentation in a hurry, and hadn't worked out any finishes yet. Wanted a sketchy - 'work in progress feel'. After seeing Tigr's method here got inspired and had a go...
Cinema4D is a nice modeling, rendering and animation application. An older version was re-released for free with some magazines and user forums. This is the version CE. It is fully functional, but lacks some of the recent improvements, such as the SL...
Why everytime I import something curvy to artlantis R from AC10 I don't get a nice result? for example a curvy wall is always imported as a curve made out of some flat surfaces (which are not enough to make the curve look smooth). Is there a way to c...
Hello Gentleman and ladies I have a problem that i'm sure you might roll your eyes at. Sorry I don't have Dwights book (a bit hard to convince bosses to part with cash). What I'm trying to achieve is to have continuous tube lighting around the top of...
Hey ive been using archicad for two years now and love it. I want to be able to produce better quality renderings, if anyone could point me in the right direction of where i could improove my knowledge thatd be fab. Thanx
Hello I am a student and have been getting to grips with ArchiCAD and Lightworks mainly by trial and error and finding tips in this forum. Any comments about improvements will be much appreciated.
browsing the internet i found news about new Zermatt 2.0 engine http://www.zermatt.se/ acctually its not so much info but in general i says it will have radiosity and support AC 10, if this thing will render fast with radiosity i think that there wil...
This is done by a guy in my office. It's completley modelled in Archicad, materials applied and lighting done in 3DS, rendered in VRAY. Haven't seen many people post stuff done in 3DS max + Vray, so here you go.
Hi all, I've migrated a v9 model into v10 to get colour onto the elevations. Problem is that it doesn't work! That is - no colour. Yes, I've checked the appropriate boxes, I've tried it in a v10 file to make sure I'm doing it right (I am) - but no ci...
I get this error sometimes when creating a Sun Study. The first time I tried to create a sun study in AC10 I got this error. When I went to recreate it it worked fine. A couple of days later I created a new sun study with no problems but forgot to ch...
Over a year ago, I posted about the Shadowcatcher shader. As I get ready for my Wednesday Seminar in Los Angeles - seats still available since we rented a hotel for the large crowd already signed up - it seems appropriate to bring this up again. Univ...
Hello, In the Web of lightworks I found these images, reason why I know is not possible to be arrived at this quality with ArchiCAD. So that? I am looking for a software that recognizes the textures created with archicad and renderice with lightworks...
Hi Everybody, I'd like to see some renders with LightWorks for ArchiCAD to compare it with Art.lantis Studio. Specially renders with radiosity and global illumination. I know Dwight have a great experience in LW... So... Dwight: Would you please give...
quick question... the attached (a work in progress) is suffering from over-reflection. but what if i'm happy with the single reflectance that i'm getting from the glass in other images? where do all of the reflections-of-reflections-of-refelctions co...
Here is a strange happening. We're generating an axonometric of a large house. Works fine with the internal engine but with OpenGL, a couple of the roof slabs are missing and so is a portion of the floor. Is this likely to be an OpenGL bug, or a vide...
Something went wrong with my shadows in this picture. Can someone tell me what the problem is? Also, does anyone have any tips about memory usage during rendering. I obviously want nice renderings, but my computer keeps complaining about having to li...
Can somebody please verify if this a bug... I am trying to create a "VR Scene" with linked VR Cameras. By default, multiple VR Cameras are not linked (even when they are in the same path). According to the User Guide you need to link the Cameras in o...
Hi guys. Thought of sharing what I was doing recently with ArchiCAD/Art*Lantis. Been trying to get the TV to look right. Its hard Please give me your comments. Thanks! Shawn
ey guys, Im trying to learn myself modeling and rendering with archicad. This is the first rendering I've made with sun/sky/windowlight object. Any usefull comment on improvements would be very welcom! I know the background picture is wrong (I think ...
Apart from placing a plane (floorslab maybe?) at 1500mm or so above the ground level, and using the boolean command to trim off what is above 1500 with the plane as the operator, is there another way of doing this? Also, does anyone know which is a g...
I'm using plot maker to put scanned in hand drawn plans in to plotmaker along with our archicad drawings, we have been doing this for sometime with no issues as long as the drawings DPI is correct. But now for some reason plot maker seems to be rando...
I everyone i need to know how can i have a new material created by me, inside the default materials list to use in all other projects. thanks
Help, I modeled a building in archicad 10 with a curtain wall facade, but when I try to render it, a lare portion of the curtain wall acts as a gigantic mirror. What's wrong and how can I fix this. I hope someone can help me.
Hi all, I'm trying to export a VRML world file yet it shown to be to large (about 70mb). Is there a way which the file could be compressed down ??? my aim is to have it around 10-15 mb.
I am in the process of taking some of my design work and putting it together in a portfolio. What is the best way to save my chosen images in ArchiCAD to be used in other programs just as graphics. For example, when I save the plan as a jpeg, and bri...
I have been playing with the Demo and I would like some comments on my renderings. This one took approximately 1 hour to render. I think I'm sold on Artlantis studio.
Hi! Anyone who have tested to render your ArchiCad model in Rhino3d and their flamingorender (with radiosity) ?
I use coloured empty fill (coloured backgroud pen) with wall tool /for easier work/ In Layout Book I check the "Black and white" /I need no colour inside wall/ Earlier, in AC 9 it would print (pdf) white object with black contour, but now in AC 10 it...
Everytime I render something I have to change the background color. It always reverts to a bluish sky color and a grey ground color everytime after I close the 3D window. For example I'm in the plan, I generate a 3D window I want to render (whether f...
All my lightworks settings have disappeared - see image. If I change to any of the other rendering engines, the settings are there, just not for lightworks. I've restarted archicad, nothing changed, then restarted the computer, nothing changed. What'...
I keep getting odd goings-on with a particular material (matte: ambient + diffuse = 1.0; rough: scale + ampl = 0.01, detail=3, sharpness=1; colour=doesn't matter). In the attached image, that material is applied to all the walls and the floor - the w...
Maybe the title is wrong. Now there are more possibilities to make elevation color. I tried hier with shadow and gradient. How about?
I really don't know what I'm doing wrong with these shots i have saved out in maxwell. If anyone can help me with some pointer i'd be happy.
Not a major issue, but for some reason my 3d render window now saves to JP2 (jpeg 2000) format by default. Why would this happen all of a sudden, it used to be good old JPG? Slightly annoying when you do a 30minute sketch render, saveas, close the re...
Does any one know how I can show beams of light, (created by my spotlights in the image) in a rendering. I can do it in photoshop afterwards, but just wondering if there is any other way... Maybe the fog settings in the photorender window? And a sepr...
Hi there! I am doing a rendering of my project and it would not render it in LW but the background color I chose like the grays or the clouds. Is it too big of a file for LW to render? Please advise. Thanks
all, i've been having trouble getting things (walls to slabs for example) to heal in the sketch renderer. The renderer actually calls them out separately when other 3d views seem to be healing them properly. (see attached image)i've tried just using ...
i am wondering if anyone else is having this problem. every time i try to export to maxwell render demo my system crashes the program. I even had problem installing the demo. I think i need to do a clean sweep of my system and do a fresh install of m...
every time i want to bring up a 3d view of any floor it always just comes up with the ground floor???? how do i fix this thank you
Artlantis Studio is available at : http://www.artlantis.com/download/demo/ Best Regards, Pierre
Hello I have practise render follow Dwight Lightwork book. I have post my rendered image for recommed, please. I would to realistic photo same 3D Max. The ArchiCAD9 can do or not. How can recommend me. In Thailand not popular for ArchiCAD program. It...
I tried to make a VR Scene with Photorendering and it seems to be rendering a sun study. It works when I switchen to 3D window. Is this bug?
This is something i started earlier this year. I'm now getting back to it. Questions & Comments are welcomed.
Hi, what do you think about my rendering ArchiCAD9 EDU Pl
This link shows some very interesting presentation methods as well as some good rendering. http://www.maxwellrender.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16421&sid=0f9797073316d9014e84207fc2f511a2 This is a real project. here is a picture of the actual area. htt...
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 ...
How to get the right fill with the right size? options > attribute settings > fill types When I do changes at the fill types setting, bitmaped pattern, why can't I see the changes on the sections/elevations view?? Jv
Hey! Please tell me how I can rendering in Sketch mode and get the same output as in the sections/elevations view?? What numbers and boxes do I have to fill in at the PhotoRendering Setting?
I think I might know the answer to this already, but does anyone know if there is a plug-in/process where I can export a fly-through to flash-video format? We want to use some animations we've done for our website and flash video is really the way to...
I'm having troubles creating a virtual reality of a small building. It comes out like this: (see image below) I'm using ArchiCAD SE. Quicktime 6.5.1. Win XP Home. AMD Athlon XP 2500+. Excalibur Radeon 9200SE 128MB graphics card. 1.5 GB RAM. The VR se...
When I open an EPS file in photoshop after saving it out of plotmaker, Photoshop says it can't parse the file. Any Ideas why this is happening or how to avoid it?
The separationline for rounded wall must be avoided. How can I avoid this line for 3D Window and Rendering?
I have problems with dark ceilings in my renderings, i would like some tips on how i can avoid this
how can i do? thanks
I think, the sunlight for inside (through window) looks much much better (in AC 9 too dark, in AC 10 normal). How do you think about this development? Is this just my feeling?
Now this may seem like a really dumb question but I have not found away to interrupt a rendering when I spot halfway through that there is a tree or more usually a toilet floating a metre off the ground. I have tried clicking the Stop button on the l...
I am trying to apply Italian roof tiles. I can't seem to look at the roof in 3-d, like if I don't have enough memory. Archicad locks up and nothing happens, causing me to reboot. Has anyone had this problem? If so, can you please help me out.
...and sometimes one two three four ahhhh....it's so fun with AC... I thought this one one was neat. Now preparation for the humiliation of Paraguay
Whilst playing around with Lightworks and following Dwight's magical book, a weird thing is happening. I've been putting in different lights + playing with their configurations (changing light intensity, sun angles etc...), changing things in 2D, doi...
Does somebody use LW as independant rendering Programm? I see one hours long the site of Light works. The result: the most stupid website in the world!!! Dwight, do you have LW rendering programm?
Dear All, I am glad to inform you that the native ArchiCAD 10 compatible Google Earth add-on is available for download. Although, it is still in beta phase, we would like to share it with you, and ask for your contribution in the testing and evaluati...
Realistic sun in AC10 works very similar with heaven light. Is it right?
How do change the background when I want to do a photo rendering as a sketch. When I do one only the background shows and not the house.
This is the latest interior scene i'm working on. Questions & Comments are welcomed. I ordered Dwight's book almost a month ago and still no word on when it would be here (The Bahamas).
I am looking for a good glass texture setting for a glass table i'm doing. I really need to have the edge of the glass define to give it a realistic feel of glass used for coffee tables. If someone can post there settings used in previous renderings ...
Having trouble with my elevations in ArchiCAD 10. The vectorial hatching is not showing up through the empty fill I have always used for shadows. I have played with all the settings. The only one that shows the hatching through the shadows is the new...
I was just wondering if anyone uses maxwell for their renderings and if so, could you give me a little insight on how the plug-in works for archicad. I'm wondering if i can use it to achieve better renderings for my scenes. I have a boss who is willi...
I kinda new to 3d rendering stuff so any suggestions would be much appreciated.
What is the best way to generate a 3D line drawing on a 24 x 36 paper for rendering by hand. I've tried sketch mode with pen and ink, and the hidden line mode with internal engine. Both of them are blurry when plotted and the hatch is a mass of dots ...
When this plugin will be updated, Thx for any info !!! NFS
A client of mine ask me to gave him a dwg file with 3D properties from my ArchiCAD model. There's a way to do that?
My lovely product updated... This guys resumes their work on realtime rendering. I don't like to wait, while single frame will be rendered. Prefer to export into Virtual Home format and fly around like FPS game.... Maybe, some snobs call this product...
My work in progress. I would like some questions and comments on it. I also have an animation of this room that i did. If you wanna check it out just pm me for a link.
Just got ArchiCAD 10, and was mostly very happy with it until I discovered I can no longer make any ArtLantis 4.5 (or any other version) files from my 3D window. What happened, and where did my ArtLantis access go to? Was there a falling out between ...
any notes will be accepted with thanks the 3d is a commecial building in arbil -kurdistan
I can't figure what GS have done with the renderings except for the "natural sun" option... Check the glass material on this render. I could never have done this in AC9 (maybe my incompetence). The coloured cylinders are just plain paint which also l...
Announcement: Add-on Export from ArchiCAD 10 to Artlantis R-Studio is ready on Abvent web page: http://artlantis.com/download/update Alain Picard Abvent
Hi All, I'm currently working on a rendering of a hotel function room and not doing too well lighting the scene correctly. I'm trying to use the 'light cone down' method but I'm not happy about the results I'm generating. I'm also getting very dark c...
I have known about this feature for a long time, but now that I actually need it, I can't get it to work. Select the image, draw the points, put the z-values in the dialog, click OK--nothing. Suspend groups--nothing. Camera tool on--nothing. Place a ...
I know this may not be the correct forum for this but here goes; is there a way to make the reflection in windows map correctly the rear of the billboard object being reflected? This was rendered in Artlantis R, but I believe it will be the same in L...
I did the attached rendering in Lightworks. The material on the exterior walls is 6" siding which doesn't show. In the regular 3d rendering it shows as siding. Any suggestions
To all who use lightworks, I recently went to the Lightworks in Archicad seminar, which was very informative (Thankyou Dwight!). I then proceeded to use the Lightworks package to render large perspectives for a competition that week . I was really in...
One of our clients would like to take our 3D model and be able to twirl it, and move it around out side of the office. - Is there a way we can do this? - Is there a format it can be saved in so that the clients do not need ArchiCAD? - And if we send ...
