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, i tried to render the enclosed picture with AC and LW-engine. The walls are covered with a shader from the standard AC lib. How can i remove the moire effect wiht LW-engine in AC. cu Per
i've finished my building model useing the archiCAD... and i want to render my model useing the lightwave program (i want to make fly-through).... can somebody pls tell me the basic steps because i don't know how to use the lightwave????? (in archica...
People, does anyone know for sure whether ACX will support Lightworks Engine 7.5 that includes radiosity? Thank you in advance
I have done some simple rendering with Archicad for some time now. I have never bothered with the backgound image not lining up with the model. Does anyone have any idea how to make the model line up with the bottom of a background, so that the cloud...
I see today a press release about ArchiCAD 10. One feature I am very interested in would be the OpenGL. Does anyone know if this has been improved with shading, perhaps shadows, better lighting, etc. Thanks!
Maxwell Render is coming out today. I wonder if there will be an updated ArchiCAD add-on for it. The old one for use with the beta versions did not work very well. http://www.maxwellrender.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14254 Jozvex was right on the money...
Hello dear friends, i just finished this renders inspired by the Layer House by Hiroaki Ohtani in Kabe. This is a amazing design in such a small space that just makes you feel very peacefuly. I modeled in archicad, render time about 23 minutes and PS...
I've signed up with Artlantis to see how "R" treats me. I've always liked the speed and results of Artlantis 4.0, but thought the interface should be in a Museum of Pain. I'm hoping "R" has addressed some of that (it looks like I can describe positio...
Hi all.. this is my rendering ..i'm difficult to make glass to pierce light effect at the top ceiling on the bed. I'm sorry my English just a little anyone to help me?
Does anybody know where i can find dwight's book in the halifax, nova scotia area?
Hello Talkers, I am Missing Lines in Internal Engine Hidden Line View. See Attachment (red lines). This often occurs in many places in the Model. The Intersecting objects have different Fill Types and Model Material specifications. Is there a way to ...
Hello ! When I create a sphere camera, and try to do "image" --> "create VR object" then nothing appear ... Normally a popup should appear and I can save the sequence... Can anyone help me please ? Thank you in advance Best regards, Fabrice
Dwight is always saying "Think like a photographer" and since I'm no photographer I sometimes have no idea how a photographer might think in certain situations So I thought these tutorials while meant for photographers are still interesting to us CAD...
Any other unlucky punters out there who can comment on this? Save a view from the 3D window, then save the same view to come from the photorendering engine (Lightworks). Now, obviously care must be taken that these are both set to render at the same ...
Can anyone help me out with some GDL trees. I need some exotic in door plants to use in my scene. I have found some on 3dplant.com in a 3ds format. My problem with that is when i try to apply the UV map that comes with it, I get a black image when i ...
This is a scene i have been working on and off for the past few weeks. Q & C are welcomed. T.I.A for any help
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4130/kitchenanisoref6gv.jpg Maxwell Render
Please help for a little trouble here, I am on my 2nd week of enjoying ARCHICAD 9.I came from mastering in drafting from AutoCAD 2005. “I am practicing to make a flythrough movie to my newly built villa model, Then: 1. how can I see the doors open at...
Please help for a little trouble here, “I am practicing to make a flythrough movie to my newly built villa model, Then: 1. how can I see the doors open at a moment the camera reaches 2. I got a great rendering image output to my model using Lightwork...
I have been tryin to finish up my interior scene and evertime i add a texture to an object, it places older object i have worked with previously in my scene. Sometimes i my objects the are currently in my scene would just disappear and leave a dot wh...
I have created a surface using GDL toolbox, am I correct in my understanding that there is no way to get the fill origin to align where I want it to because this is an object and you cant align the fills on an object? If I am wrong what is the method...
Any suggestions on eliminating overexposure? It seems SunObject settings which illuminate the vertical face always burn out the horizontal top of the wall. The setup is SunObject (20%) + 2 x SkyObject (40% + 40%) + underSunObject (10%) I reduce the S...
i am a novice at rendering. If there are any artlantis users out there reading this, Please tell me how I'm I suppose to get a clean render in that program. Is it possible for me to save my textures of my walls etc so in artlantis i can jus play with...
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Hello guys, I have a problem when I insert .3ds files for example a car or a tree and when I render them in Lightworks they appear silver. I dont have the same problem with internal engine. I will be most grateful if you help me to solve this problem...
Hi, Just upgraded to AC 9 and have begun experimenting with Lightworks. When i do renderings they look fine as they are rendering, colours are crisp etc, but just as it finishes all the colours wash out slightly, as if covered by fog, leaving the fin...
This is an interior i am currently working on. Questions and comments are alway welcomed.
I was thinking it would be really great if there were a color chart module that we could download and print out that showed a large array of pen color samples (small swatches) with their corresponding rgb numbers next to them. The purpose of this wou...
dear friends can you please tell me how can i find a documentation like archicads users guide;for artlantis (in PDF) iall apritiate your help hana a. farhadi
how can i control the size and the shape of the glass as in highrise buildigs i dont want a frame just he glass and about 1cm between glasses ,is thier a way to devide glass with it V and H , cos now i do that with using walls with 1cm thickness and ...
is thier any way to make a car or an airplan movies in a movie ,as i see sometimes in 3Ds movies,and cad we make the lights less or more with the progress of the movie as in sunset or sunrise????? any help will be apritiated:) hana a. farhadi
Just want to share some technique. Here is a combination of lightworks and sketch render which I think gives nice result. It is good alternative when you need to show conception and you're still not sure about the materials. Comments are welcome.
hi! where can I find any architectural alkthrough guidelines. I have to make a 3d video presentation of an shore side town (a small one) but I don't have any idea on how to composite a nice walk/flythrough video. unfortunately I don't have experience...
does any one have any examples of the foreground tools being used? and are they useful to create a certain effect? can they create better soft shadows?
I am just wondering when modelling a photo realistic buildng using lightworks how you apply textures to the materials? Thanx
I am trying to do some movies in quicktime and I can't figure out how to change who it was made by under the movie info tab in quicktime. I basically don't want my firms name to be on the video clips. How would I edit this?
Anybody know what has happened to the Arlantis website? They been inactive for about a week now.
Ok, I realize that this has been somewhat addressed before but now I am experiencing this problem in animations. I am trying to do several fly-through animations. This morning when I got in I played back one that rendered overnight only to find the i...
please dear friends any one who reads this post first please teel me how can buy the (LightWorks In ArchiCAD) dwights book cos my brother who lives in sandiego-california will come back home(kurdistan) in 10 days and iam in a hoory to tell him to buy...
I need help applying this stone texture to a basic archicad column. Any assistance rendered will be greatly appreciated.
Hello freinds, i think this is my first post here, so hello. I see a lot of friends in here, so... hi! This is a design that i have been working on and off for some time now and its special for me. A dear friend of mine, Anna Gawlik from Poland has t...
Does anyone know when version 10 will be released and what new rendering features that will be included?
Does ArchiCAD have a "Walk Thru" animation tool built in? Can you define a path and have an animation created? Maybe an active walk thru tool like SketchUp or exporting animations? Thanks.
I want to increase the dpi settings in the sketch mode to get a better quality drawing. It seems the default is set to about 72 dpi. If I increase it, it renders nicely in the photorender window, although I can't tell what the DPI is. I put it into p...
Hiya, Yesterday I made a PhotoRendering with the Sketch Engine, and it looked pretty nice. Today I discovered that I had North completely wrong, changed the sun settings, and re-rendered. It looked nice, too. BUT WAIT! It looked exactly the same as t...
Which software is the best for life like renderings? There are so many out there to choose from. Please don't mention Art-Lantis. Is their a list out there comparing software? Pros and Cons?
I have a question for this forum. How do you guys start texturing your interior/exterior scenes. Do you guys start off by texturing your walls then your floor etc. I would like to know how some users are texture mapping there scenes and to see the di...
Hy all, Before I could generate an Epix file directly from the simple window 3d with shades and vectorial hatchings. That was appropriate for my job and that was a good way for drawing quickly many nice sketchs in Piranesi. So my question is this one...
Where does the sketch engine get it's sun settings from? Azimuth and angle? No settings for it in the dialogue box, and my rendering is all in shadow. Also, rendering time is quite long, overnight. No trees in the pic, took them out. Any hints to cut...
wat does this error mean. Not enough room in heap zone
I am trying to apply some photos to objects in my interior scene but when i do my object size scales up by 500%. I have a rug texture that I would like to add to a slab that is being used for a rug. Then i have a plasma tv and i want to add a pic fro...
Can anybody give me some advice on creating water inside of a pool. I have attached a picture of some work i saw on the web. I was wondering if i can get some lights to reflect under water like how they have it in this pic. Thanks in advance for the ...
How can I improve my lighting and material mapping for this scene. I am using window lights, sun and sky object with the settings beefed up. But still, my interior still looks dark. Questions and comments would be greatly appreciated.
anyone can help me~? i have a big difficulty in improving these perspectives lighting effect...... It seems there is always a layer of grey fog in the space.... and the ceiling and the area under shadow are always in cool grey tone(which i think the ...
A new Advertising Driven software development that was launched in Australia last year and is being taken up in France and Britain is making some impact for interiors at least Must admit it provides a very simple means of interior views Simple to use...
This is the last rendering I made. Illustrates a project for interior reconstruction of an apartment I am currently working on. Modelled in AC, except for the sofa. Sofa is made in Max. Rendered in Max with Vray. Almost no post-processing in Photosho...
work in progress....rendertime 4 hrs Rendered in maxwell studio (rc5) Comments welcome, & share your maxwell images/tips Anybody else having some success with maxwell inside A/C9 interface via plugin?
Is there an easier way to make stained glass windows? I am doing a simple renovation of a church sanctuary, and would like to do simple stained glass. Here is what I have so far.....
how is my render..
This is my project of school, a lot off stuff is mising WIP Archicad - Maxwell - 2 hours render archicad - sketchup I will post final when i finish it NFS
I AM IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A 1/2 YEAR COURSE IN PHOTOSHOP TO TOUCH UP MY ARCHICAD RENDERINGS & POSSIBLY DO MORE HIGH END PRESENTATION WORK. MY QUESTION IS - WHICH PHOTOSHOP SHOULD I USE AT THE END OF THE DAY? THERE ARE A HALF DOZEN OR SO TO CHOOSE ...
I would like to take a moment to congratulate Dwight on another great seminar in New Jersey. It was rather small with only 8 attendees, but I felt it was great to have Dwight in such an intimate setting. As always, Dwight was both informative and ent...
We have been busy perfecting the import of 3D models into Google Earth. We have launched a new website showcasing some of this work, called ZNO .. enjoy. All models have been created in ArchiCAD9 and exported via SketchUp5 to Google Earth. Does anyon...
We here at the ArchiCAD TALK forum are dedicated to "better" renderings. We know that we can't do the BEST, but we are far from the worst. Here, for example, are some of the WORST. Before you click the link, however, remember that the worst ideas are...
Archicad Render with lightworks ... Bad 3d max Vray -- SUPER. i use a archicad.. bad i dont like archicad..no i like archicad but .... i dont like archicad render.. Do you know ...Why archicad isnt work with vray...
Has anyone ever lost all luminosity settings for placed billboards like trees, people, shrubs? It has always happened to my files when opening with a reference file. Some files even take 30 to 45 minutes to open.
what am i doing wrong? same camera, same 3D window sizes and settings (with the exception of 'mode), same cutaway line (done with x, y co-ords), same 'save-as...' settings . . . why don't they line up . . . ? this isn't something i've ever attempted ...
I've been having problems with AC rendering. In the attached image, the cone object shows no checkerboard pattern in OpenGL, and no ground shadow when rendered in Lightworks. I've run the same test on an iMac G5, iMac G4 and iBook G3 with identical r...
Here's a small issue. I've drawn timber walls, centred on gridlines. The outside are vertical boards, the inside is whitewash. I've selected these finishes in the wall toolbox model box. Because the walls are drawn with the control line in the centre...
I don't know why the background shines through my golden "buildings"? Any clue? / Mats
Hello ArchiTalkers, To cut to the chase...... I have been at this for many years and all of a sudden the Lightworks renders seem to cut out some of the lines that should be enhanced by shadow lines. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Dwight, on page 129 of "Lightworks in Archicad", in the transparent glass settings. You have 2 classes of "Reflectance", and I only have one. Is there something I am missing or does it matter?
Hello Talkers, Does anyone have experience in using Paint Shop Pro (PSP) and comparing it to Adobe Photoshop (AP) ? I know that AP has cornered the market, but is this for real or an Autocad type domination of the market. The difference in price is c...
I have been asked to provide a perspective render of a house from a specified distance ie 500m away. In selecting view cone angle what should I choose to show an image that the human eye would also see. Thanks Richard.
Hi , I am having dificulty in aligning a building with the photo. I have tried the align view method but it doesn't work. I have tried setting up the camera and details from the correct location that the photo was taken, but agian the buildings persp...
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I am meeting with a client on monday and I would like some comments on what else I can do to "spruce it up".
hi i have a problem in materials preview. i want the material of the pavement to look like the opengl file i attach but when i render it in lightworks it appears like pink and blured. what can i do to make it look like the opengl??? thanks in advance
hi all how can i get the best grass material ,because there isn't displacement in Archicad ,,,,,,,noooooooobody can call that displacement = bump thanks for help
Hi. I was wondering maybe someone knows where I can find a sample of such a wallpaper; big enough to make a texture from it. Thanks in advance. http://www.cole-and-son.com/collection_detail.asp?SubID=96&ID=11 nr. 66-2013 or 66-2014 or any..
Hi Been a while since I have posted stuff here...this is some current work, mostly done to explain the scheme to clients at inception. P
Hellow Everyone, It's been a long time since I last posted anything here. Here is my latest work. I had few days to give the proporsal. Anyway my Client is happy and has accepted the results. Hope to get your views too. I know the PS work is not good...
Hello, is there any way to move the background to the left for example, in artlantis r, or Photoshop is the best way? thanks David
I appreciate all tips how I get further with my interior rendering! I'm a rookie with this program and need to know more about lights! In this model i've used a blue skyobject, yellow sunobject, an "upsun", window-light in every window and a sunobjec...
I need to put together a fairly sophisticated multi-media presentation and I'm wondering if anyone can suggest the appropriate software: * It's basically a glorified slide show. Still images, no movies * Final file should be executable. No readers or...
When I render a log home, I have one wall that has a large black band. Why does this happen, or at the very least ---how can I fix the problem. THANKS FOR ANY HELP
hi im new in archicad and i want to improve my renders i appreciate any tips or anything else thank you
does anyone know how can i preview materials in cube and not in sphere in the atrribute settings -> materials menu? thanks in advance
hi i'm making a poster about 1.20x1,80m (47,3x59,1 inches) do you know the pixels and dpi i should enter in the settings so as to avoid bad quality? thanks in advance
Since this has been a topic of interest within this discussion group, I post this bit of info regarding getting your works out there for others to see. This is a Mac application but perhaps there is something like it in the windows world. I highly re...
I have a file that has hundreds of materials because of the loaded libraries I have and my own list of materials. Lately this AC file has been freezing when selecting materials.....but not always. It is random, and very ANNOYING. As I go to select my...
I have a problem with the LW rendering engine. I tried to render a quite large project and there was no problem until I had used the best antialiasing. After this, it computed for a while and then appeared only background image, but no error message....
Hi All Once again I need help, I am learning AC and have followed the basic guide for rendering in lightworks but: 1) On my basic panoramas the surfaces appear very "grainy" and not smooth with regard to lighting, or texture. 2) I have tried changing...
Hi I'm just trying to use Meander for the first time and am not having any luck with it. My understanding is that Meander is supposed to be able to take and link VR scenes together which can then be saved as Quick time .mov files for viewing purposes...
I hope someone can help me. I have 3 questions . 1. I can´t alter the heliodon´s angle, I´m trying to edit manually the rays of the sun (yellow paralell lines with arrows) and yhe noth icon that should appear on the 2d view window, but I can´t see th...
It appears that light can go through walls in LightWorks... is this true ? or am I seeing things ? Like the gray walls that even with 'ceiling white' as the color my interior viewed walls all look dirty. Recommendatioins Please
can anyone tell me which version of artlantis should i use i dont know which one does what and which should i buy? i have ARTLANTIS 4.5 and Im waiting for v. 5.0 but i heard that there are versions like ArtLantis R and ArtLantis classic what are all ...
Recently I needed to get a color elevation ready for a city review board. Not a lot of time but at least I had the buildings 90% 3D. A quick vector elevation in ArchiCAD then export to Photoshop, set up layers and color in with airbrush tool. Copy an...
Having just spent a week generating a detailed flythrough of a project, I am wondering about how others handle such a task. I choose to break up a rather complex VR path into 10 smaller ones and then render each separately on 5 available computers. T...
When I try to produce a sketch render of a scheme (typically 4 units plus) I get the following message "Disk is Full (error code 1111) can't extend temporary file" I have tried using an alternate cache file, I have 20gb of storage space on my hard dr...
I just bought "lightworks in ArchiCAD" and tried to study how to make lighting looks better in ArchiCAD rendering. I have problem of understanding the key light . I tried to use General light and light cone for Key light, but I am having problem to t...
Dear ArchiCAD and Artlantis Users, The new Artlantis R 1.1 version (free upgrade) is available for Macintosh and Windows in six languages at : http://www.artlantis.com/download/update/ If you are near San Francisco , you can see some Artlantis S feat...
Assigning materials to entities is a very very important part of our job. I dont think that anyone will dissagre on that. The main problem with archicad and materials is that the proccess is not optimised , and if you dont know what materials your ob...
Recent graduate! Need some help. I am tring to set off the columns of the house, but try to bring attention to the front door. Any comments would be great! Justin
I apologize if this is not the correct forum for this but here goes; I have tried everything I know to fix this problem (see attached banded image) and now need professional help determining if it is the graphics card. We have the latest driver for t...
Is it possible to have the texture map on windows and doors applied the "correct way" ie the transoms and mullions should have the texture running different directions (see attached pic showing texture the same way) Hope this makes sense!
I want to use the sketch rendering engine to present plan and facade drawings, to scale. I have to use the 3D window, and I have no problem using the orthogonal projections, but how do I print the rendered output to scale (in this case I want 1:100)?...
I have searched the forums for newer posts regarding the screen flashing issue.. i.e wherein on a MAC with OS 10.4, the 3D Window with OpenGL will flash when navigating around and/or selecting objects and elements. Has there been any news or other wo...
Hi all, I tried to simulate a very clear night with a moon strong enough to cast shadow and placed a dark-blue LW-sun with inensity about 20 as the light source. Is there anything else/more I should/could do? Cheers, Mats
Having a problem with the same materials on multiple computers. The computers are individual workstations on a peer to peer network; no central server. I have completed the model on one computer. I move the .pln to another computer and open it. Probl...
I rendered with LW, used Cone Light, Heaven Light. The atmosphere is very Resident Evil!!! What shall I do more?
Does anybody have a glazed concrete texture or any suggestions on how to make it?
Hai, I am stuck on some 3D rendering. I obtained a 2.5Mhz speed pc. However, it really still take some times to render a 3D picture. I noticed that there must be way to assign stand alone memory for Archicad from the system but i do not how. Apprecia...
I am designing a RV showroom. It's right at about 25,000 square feet with an 23'-6' open ceiling. What is the best way to about filling the room with soft light? Also, there are windows all the way around the showroom. I have read Lightworks in Archi...
I'm asked to do a large color site plan. When I save a plan as an image file it only gives a 72dpi image. I need a much higher resolution so that I can open it up in Pirenesi and create a nice plan quickly. How do I do this? Thanks mark g architect a...
Greetings! I was wondering if there are any available tools to make reinforced concrete elements - walls or beams - in ArchiCAD, such as reinforced concrete panels (with holes and everything ala Tadao Ando ) that could provide a realistic look when r...
I would like some constructive criticism on this rendering I produced with lightworks. I modelled this scene very quickly just to play around with lightworks (I have nothing better to do in my holiday). Any advice on how to make it better would be ap...
I am trying to create realistic looking water in lightworks. I tried dwights settings that were posted here: archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=3964&highlight=lightworks+water. The results were really great, although I wasn't entirely convi...
One Way To Use the Align View Tool Preamble: The idea of an align view tool is remarkable and seems impossible. How could a few clicks on a picture provide the trigonometry to establish a camera viewpoint? Of course, you’d have to be a wiener to NEED...
Gianni Melis http://www.maxwellrender.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10180
Registered users of the "LightWorks in ArchiCAD" book have received encoded downloading instructions via email. This is a bonus to purchasers of the book and includes: -- several hundred lightworks surfaces derived from the LightWorks Archives that c...
Hi Guy's, I've got an interesting internal rendering job to work on over the Christmas break and I want to look at upgrading my rendering software. I currently use C4D advance render (9.1) but I'm sick and tired of tweeking the radiosity setting and ...
Just wondering if anyone has a similar problem I've encountered recently but couldn't find any previous reference to it. I like to set up a heap of cameras for the project and just render as a set of still using fly-throughs. I also have a set of fac...
I use AC9 in Windows XP for the 3D model and LightWorks for rendering. I often use mirrors creatively in my house designs. An example is a square tower with windows around the top and mirrors covering the walls inside. In real life looking at the bas...
I'm planning restaurant interior. I'd like to bring some atmosphere environment with warm character from wood material. But the rendering looks quite stupid. Cann you please help me? For effect: no sunlight, no camera light, ambient light 50% used la...
I am having trouble aligning an image. The Image is a photo taken in elevation perpspective. When I try to align the image Archicad gives me a camera that is no where near the correct view. Do I need to take the photo as more of a perspective? Or wha...
can archicad drawings(plan-section-elevation) export to other aplication such as adobe ilustrator corel draw or macromedia freehand as vector lines? and can we plot archicad drawings to eps file or other image file with the line weight all colours to...
is this software can do decent renderng? LW comes with it? Also, Can I export to LightWave for better render? Thanks Peter
I dont suppose this will get many comments but this definately should be fixed /improved upon. 1) Attach a photo image to a material and it shows backwards/upsidedown. 2) cant move its position relative to the element it is fixed to. 3) cant rotate 4...
Anyone who wants to add a post to this thread is welcomed. It is here to post examples of illustration work that has been inspired by techniques shown in Dwight's great new book. Lightworks in ArchiCAD. One of the first things that got me going was t...
The ceiling is too dark. I tried several things, but without sucess... Please help me: Rendering :LW. Camera 0 Sun 0 Light 100% I have used several lamps. 2x general lamps: intensity 40%, color : yellow, position:2m high and many downlights. Thanks.
I think for AC-users, 4aternatives: LW with AC9 and AC10 Cinema4D with Maxonform or Artlantis R. To have everything is gut, but expensive. Dear Dwight, with your knowledge, will you buy Cinema 4D or ArtlantisR?
Howdy - I finally decided to take the plunge and do my render in Lightworks instead of Artlantis 4.5. Any tips for adding props to a scene- like pictures of people etc in lightworks My limited efforts have been fairly unsucessful 1) image was upside ...
I found about this forum about 2 weeks ago and I ve read a few of the threads, admittedly not that many of them though. This is my first attempt on a rendering with ArchiCad 9 and I m really impressed so far, albeit worried cause it takes a lot of se...
Does anyone know where i can buy some good Australian types of tree images? The ones that are already trimmed so they can easily be placed in renderings. The only ones i have found are RPC trees.
Does anyone know how to render in lightworks a transparent background so that when I open my .jpeg in photoshop it can directly overlay on another image? I know how to render a color or an image but I don't want any background at all...I only want my...
can I get a 'negativ' type of photorealistic image which only shows the shadows cast in my model, and not the furniture etc. How do I get the shadow edges to be 'soft'? ps. looking forward to my book, then perhaps I won't need to ask such basic stuff...
Anybody seen or hear of the possibility to use ArchiCAD model in a 3D printer usually via .stn-file???
http://www.rebusmedia.de/html_eng/Architectural_Visualization.htm All of these animations are fantastic. Watch them all.
Here is a link for anyone who like his rendering to be accurate. Enjoy. http://www.accurate-image.com/acme/md_page.htm
The "LightWorks in ArchiCAD" Seminar Tour is up and running with success in England, Ireland, Los Angeles and New Zealand. It seemed appropriate to provide a few comments on my experiences in case you were interested in having the seminar come to you...
Comment just received: I love it, this book open my way of thinking on how to improve better quality with lights and materials on my final renders, the best way to create new materials, now I´m learning how to think like a photographer, practicing th...
Time : 44:21 min sampl.l : 19,29 1 mat difuse 1 mat metal sketchup modeling maxwell amd 3800 + asus 6600 gt 1 gb ram NFS
I am trying to compile an image showing a proposed fence extension to a local stadium. I have used a photo for background in 3D and PhotoRender windows (full size photo, no cropping, exactly the same size for 3D and photoRender), and used Align View ...
Has anyone out there experienced a blank black screen after they are done rendering something in Lightworks? There is no model there at all, just a black screen. I have even tried rendering it at 150 dpi, and 300 screen size.
Dear Users We noticed, with 4 of our users Windows, a problem engraves during the recording of a file worked with the version 1.0.3 which can entail the loss of the data. We thus made the decision to remove from the download this update 1.0.3 We advi...
I am working on a building for a client that wants a certain pattern on the roof. The pattern is acutally a texture that was already in Archicad's materials list. But the texture default to an orange color. I need the color to be brown. I have been a...
my reds and oranges in the 3d window turn brown when I create the photo render, both with light works and internal render engines. whats up please... jonathan
Hi We have just reached alpha stage of our new plug-in for Archicad, and needs someone to help us test it. The TurnToolbox is a web3d plug-in that enables you to show your 3d work as interactive real-time 3D. It already supports 3ds max, microstation...
I've posted this at the official Artlantis forum, but nobody replied so I hope there's someone over here that knows how to help me... Anyway, I'm trying to do an interior of a meeting room and have found tips at the Artlantis forum for setting neon l...
Hello, The goal of this survey is to get your opinion on several subjects in order to prioritize our choices for future products (next version of Artlantis R and new Artlantis Studio). Please drive the future of your favorite render by answering this...
I've found this link just by chance. Anyone who is interested in apparently new rendering engine (based on Renderman) for AC, check this out: http://softmachine.ru/content/blogsection/4/82/
Hello, Ever since OS 10.2 it was possible to "Save as PDF". I started making .PDFs of the 3D , 2D and S/E windows. Any fill or pen color in the browns or rust tones came out bright red in the PDF image. All .PDFs from any source had all such colors c...
In AutoCad one can crop the view of an x-reference with the xclip command. I cannot seem to find if you can crop an archicad module. I want to see only a portion of the plan and not the whole plan in the module I have placed in another file. Can I do...
We are using archicad 8.1 with 2gig ram & 6800 card. Whenever we try to render sketch of something like froor framing, we start getting extra lines. seems to come from corner of windows etc & extend of a weird angles, as if pen forgot where it was go...
http://www.chaosgroup.com/gallery/detail/?image=141 http://www.osmosis.com.au/visualize/bennelong_01.htm this is an old one but still one of my favorite rendeings on the web.
I've been struggling to create a realistic lawn /grass to use in my 3D model. can anyone supply me with something fab? thanks jonathan
Hi all, I was on a Swingset site that allows you too view their swingsets in a Shockwave Active-X window. How can we do this with our models. http://cedarworks.com/swingsets/swingset.php?nID=size&sID=67
Dear Artlantis R Users, You can download at http://www.abvent.com/support/download, the new artlantis 1.0.3 update. Fixes and Enhancement From Version 1.0.3 Since Version 1.0.2 Fixes: Generalities: DWG imports coming from BrisCAD are managed: DWG fil...
hi. i have a problem with area light. I cant controll it at all no mater the setting that i give the result is almost the same, over burned surfaces near the light source. how can i create a small point light.
IS there a published description of what this complete dialogue box means...and how to use it ? The options look good but it doesnot work for me.. what do the names mean...and how do I set the settings to achievbe a desired goal...for example light a...
Does anyone know where I can find a demo for this?
A client recently figured out a way to create VRML files suitable for rapid prototyping that retain the color and textures in your design. This makes the process of creating a physical model of your design very easy and very cost-effective. Additiona...
I have played with various combinations in the 3D - Sketch Render Mode trying to find that "sketched on a napkin" look - without being too cryptic or obsure.... Any ideas or thoughts Thanks in advance. Josh
simple but big problem.... want to publish my plans as a jpg or tiff. but the quality is horrible. how can i modify the quality? thanks jens
Did anyone try maxonform and if, can u tell me is it possible to import building in it and play with walls, slabs etc. If not then maxon is nothing special (for me). I see demo on web, i thing is that maxonform is playing with some gdl elements but n...
I am currently working on some aerials in ArchiCAD 9 with the station point at around 200 feet high. Can anyone here please tell me what to set the resolution at in Lightworks to get the highest, clearest resolution? Mainly I'm asking because all my ...
Hello, my name is LJ and I am new to this site. I can't get QT to do a walk through. My cards are Ge Force GO 6600 on my lap top and Geforce 4 Ti 4200 on the desk top. The program renders the images, but it when I push the play button, nothing happen...
how can i make this 2D drawen shape; 3d standing shape i tried with slab tool but it doesnt change its horezontality to 90 degree vertival shape ,advice me please
dear friends, i would like you to know how can i make a fire in 3D ,please advise me cos i need it to get in a competition ,i mean fire or a torch ,i appreciate any help yours hana farhadi
My lightworks lights keep going back to a certain setting. It used to work fine; I would change my sun settings, then I would rebuild in 2D as I could see the angle of the window lights etc change. Once I knew they had changed, I would open my 3D win...
Lightworks stop rendering (doesnt' begin instead). Progress bar reachs 40% and the end-rendering beep sounds but there's nothing to see, only the background picture. If I change the view angle or viewpoint height, sometimes it works and sometimes doe...
do anyone know how to make a bitmap object, like those we have for tree and people, can create my own? or how is the procedure? thanks.
I was doing a rendering approximately 4000x3000 pixels and after approximately 36 hours of rendering on a G5 Imac, I started to wonder why it was taking so long (one the same size took only 14 hours the other day) I thought perhaps I had accidently m...
Any clue on how to get trees to throw a shadow. Am using the new AC special library, and the typical AC trees in the object library. Not the bmp slices. shadow selection is on in the parameters; generating a photorender image in 3D using lightworks.
I have tried all the combinations that I can think of and in Lightworks I still can not get the bright sunshine off the Western-facing windows. The appear in the rendering to be 85% white with only 15% vision through them. Because this is the entry s...
One reason I took the ferry over to the mainland last friday was to stop by the Iconography Studio on West 47th in leafy Kerrisdale and get my mitts on a copy of " LightWorks in ArchiCad". Dwight said that it was "literally hot off the press," and he...
This started as a simple view for an interior designer and I pushed it a little further.
I'm working on a presentation and Im looking for some help. I want to create this effect with plans overtop of renderings: www.graphisoft.com/community/design_showcase/rend2003nov.html Putting the plan on in photoshop is easy, but I'm trying to work ...
I am having difficulty with this wood texture in lightworks. I used the floorboards shader, modified a little to try and represent my exterior cladding. It seems ok except for on the upper wall where the pattern becomes a bit distorted and the groove...
Im trying to work out how to have a sky in the background of a QTVR made with the VR object. In the lightworks images it has a sky background to apply to a dome but I cant work out how to do this. someone please help me. I left it rendering when I we...
Is there a way to create a plan that shows the location of the sun with the sun altitude and sun azimuth for multiple times during specific days of the year. Also it would be great if the day of the year and the time for each sun location could be di...
Im trying to make a 2D image render in 3D, so I can do a siteplan overlay onto a 3D render. What I've done so far is this: I took the image, overlayed it in 2D as a figure, so that I could get the right alignment, and dimensions, then I traced the ou...
Hi guys, New to the forum and new to Archicad... I'm trying to pursuade our company to purchase it at the moment. I've done some mockups in the past of both photorendering and construction sequence animations of a simple warehouse structure and altho...
Yo Bosses, This is my 5th effort at rendering in Lightworks and it would bring me on a great deal to get your input & comments. I work in an interior design company that works predominately in the hotel/hospitality sector, and therefore renderings of...
The new export add-on from ArchiCAD 9 to Artlantis R is available in beta version Mac or Win in our web site: http://www.artlantis.com/download/update/ It is compatible with ArchiCAD 9 only. As a beta version it means it is not yet finalized. You agr...
Here is an open question, I am looking to do a building site illustration. I don't want it to be 3D rendered, but I do want that type of look. I have a 2d drawn jpeg that I could drag and drop the imagery onto. Does anyone know of shortcuts for TOP-D...
Surely one of the most exciting things around is Google Earth. Imagine how cool it would be to place your ArchiCAD structure into Google Earth! You would be able to get static imagery of different views from the building, remote views of the building...
(I posted this in a thread in another forum that went off the topic there, and thought I should copy into this forum where this topic belongs.) Karl wrote:(And, you know that you can embed QT VR's etc in a PDF also, right?) David wrote:How does this ...
dear friends iam a new user , and iam very happy cos i found this great community ,i tried to go to ACUE but unfortunantly i couldnt get a visa cos i live in iraq and iam kurd , my Q is how can I use a file with .lwa extention in archicad ?????? i me...
I´m upgrading my web site, and I want to show some work on animations, but I don´t know if I need to create again the animation for smaller size, or there´s any other way to compress my original files with cleaner. What is the best size to show anima...
I have a project our company is doing for a non-profit organization, due to funding restraints they cannot do the whole project in one phase, i would like to show all phases of the project in elevation. what i attempted was too show phase two as dash...
Is there a tutorial for Textures in LightWorks. for example: I have not been able to get a 6" square ceramic tile to show up in the Photorendering...it does just fine on plans..but even after going through Materials etc... it does not show its face i...
My reseller believes the only way to get my png floorplans in black and white for Web publishing is to play with them after export in my graphics app. I hope not. A thousand thank you's in advance for help.
i can't export my lights from the AC 3d view to the artlantis 4.5 this option is turned off anyboy has an idea? Thank you
I am trying to make my first major rendered animation in ArchiCAD 9 (with LightWorks). Everything looks great, but my movie is over way too fast and the camera-view looks almost like Clark Kent running through Smallville at super-speed. How do I make...
Greetings all knowing ones - I am playing with some fly throughs for the first time in a long, long time. And have the question everyone venturing here for the first, or what feels like the first time, will invariably have to deal with; compression. ...
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hello again everyone, i have another question: i've just downloaded a demo of a program called 'envisioneer' by cadsoft (no laughing please...). clearly, it's nowhere near as complete as archicad, but i was impressed with its real time rendering capa...
hello Everyone, Can anybody tell me how to do Adobe house(mudplaster) in Archicad, I have archicad 9, and artlantis 4.5, I tryed a lot even with archiwall tool but it wont workout the way i want it, Means every corner should be softer and no sharp ed...
