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Visualization & visual language - Conversation & feedback

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...

Archicad animation?

I am wondering if I can create an animation in Archicad project? Or do I need Artlantis for that? It is not possible to do this in Archicad? Is there a tutorial on how to do this? Thank you.

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Artlantis 4 announced

Abvent has announced the release of Artlantis Render and Artlantis Studio version 4 today: http://www.artlantis.com/index.php?page=products/studio/news and press release: http://www.artlantis.com/1224_abvent-announces-artlantis-featuring-ivisit-3d.ht...

Grass texture - No repetition in pattern

Is it possible to create a nice looking grass texture without any repetition in the pattern. I have downloaded the grass textures from cgtextures.com. (the tiled ones) But still the grass texture looks bad, when watching from distance. I should use t...

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Flythrough rendering: Maxwell vs Artlantis

I have been producing flythrough's rendered with Lightworks, and want to take it to the next level and get more photorealistic results. Having looked through many posts on here and discussions of whats best; Maxwell or Artlantis, it seems (to me), th...

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Save Multiple Views for C4D

Hi, I would like to know if is it possible to save & export multiple camera views from AC14 to Maxon C4D v11, 12 or 13. Thank you people !!

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Artlantis: Elevations and wall curtain transparency

Hello! I would love to make nice elevations of my project, but the result is very sad. The transparency or reflection of the curtain wall is distracting and the building is not clear... I don't like at all... Any suggestion to get a better result? Th...

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Getting my 3d model to line up with a photo ?

I have a photo of an exisiting site. I also have an archicad model. I need to orientate my archicad model to the exact same perspective as in the photo, then render it and drop it into photo shop. whats the best strategy for this ? thanks guys. Ian

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Archicad 13 + Maxwell Studio 2.5.1 = lighting problem

Hi everyone! I've browsed through older posts in the forum but couldn't find anything that would help me out with this problem, hopefully I didn't miss something.. Anyway, the thing is that some lamps are not acting as they should in a render. At fir...

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animation rendering

hey, i am doing a year 12 project and have designed an eco friendly house. every time i try and make a fly through it freezes. is there anywhere that renders projects for you?? thanks

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animation

hey, i am doing a year 12 project and have designed an eco friendly house. every time i try and make a fly through it freezes. is there anywhere that renders projects for you?? thanks

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AC 14: Plan Rendering

How do I make a Lightscape colored rendering of my floor plan with materials, etc?

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Maxwellrender for AC15, Any news ?

Hi, Strangely, this time the Maxwell plugin is not ready as usual on time ( it used to be quickly ready after each new AC release! ) Anyone know when it will be ready ?

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Advice on Rendering

Hi, I'm a student, pretty new to Archicad, but I've picked it up quite easily so far. I have seen this rendering in a book, and was wondering how I could achieve this in Archicad (or Artlantis or any other program). [I suppose it's kinda like the ren...

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Artlantis activation error

I'm going to post this in both forums. I use Artlantis Studio 3- 64 bit. I recently had to reconfigure my computer. When I re-downloaded the software it only works in evaluation mode. When I enter my student serial # the following error appears: http...

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Model looks good in archicad and not so good in ARTLANTIS ?

I want to make a few nice high res renderings. I am doing the first with archicad and they look really nice. But when i drop my model into artlantis 3.0, i can see all the contours and model lines of my shell roof. Is there something im missing, i th...

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render shows wall ends at cerved corners ?

i have a glass wall that i want curved. iv done this with no problems but when i render this, you can see the insersection faces between the curved wall corner and wall. can this be hidden or removed because it looks a little... not so nice. Thanks g...

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ArchiCAD 14 4044 doesn't export layers to Artlantis

Hello! I was used, using ArchiCAD 14 SPA EDU to export to Artlantis, and have the ability to control all layers. Now it is not possible. What I only can do now is to select SCENE or not select it. Then I realized that I upgraded to 4044. Can this be ...

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Does not show my new material correctly ?!?! Need help asap

Basically I am trying to recreat a material to show the siding as vertical and not horizontal. In order to do this I have saved a copy of the siding 13 material but with vertical ones as opposed to horizontal. When I go back into my camera it shows t...

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Importing my model with materials to Artlantis ????

Hi guys. I have made a little house with archicad materials. it looks nice but i want to bring it into artlantis and make faster renders. So what is the best format to export save my archicad file ´?? And what settings do i have to change, so i see m...

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create fly-through and screen saver

I've 11 camera at 12 frames and set to Lightworks Rendering.It was 605 phases ! I left my computer overnight ....and it's just at phase 73out of 605 and 280 minutes...I turn off my screen saver to 'never' so to allow the computer to run but computer ...

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lightworks

On an exterior view by night, how could i have interior lights emission through the windows on the ground? Many thanks

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changing render image for brick walls ?

i am rending my model, using a standard brick wall graph from the catelogue. But in the model im making, i want the wall to have a special brick design, three layers dark red brick and then 6 layers yellow brick. here is a photo of what i mean. Any s...

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Why are my glass doors not rendering ?

i have just picked out a few normal doors with glass from the catelogue. put them in place, also a few simple glass windows. But when I hit render, every thing else renders up and I still have these horrible grey door things ? any ideas guys. Ian

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Entry-Level work!

Well....this is it ! I'm pleased with my product. Thanks to all who have helped me pulled through my ride.

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Apply photo rendering settings to a group of viewpoints

I have several (30+) open GL views saved. I'd like to convert them to lightworks. Is there a way to convert all of them with some setting, or to I have to individually re-save each view with the lightworks settings? This takes for ever as you have to...

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Artlantis R Goodies

I've just purchased Artlantis R. Keen to hear from users which add on objects - particularly landscaping trees etc are worth purchasing. Keen to hear from NZ users in particular

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Why do my lights not export to Artlantis

Hi all, Why do my lights in ArchiCAD not export to Artlantis, they appear in Artlantis but i cant alter them and they dont admit any light? Lockers

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Rendring with archicad 12

Hi, I have archicad 12 in a laptop with 1 GB 600 Mhz RAM, Intel Pentium M 1,6 Ghz, ATI Mobility Radeon X300. I have create a 3d with 4 homes, streets, threes, light (about 30) and many object. Now I must to create a rendering of this 3d for a billboa...

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artlantis license

hi, i have donwnloaded artlantis and when trying to install it, it says the license doesn't work because there are no more available........what can i do to activate the product? i really need a program to help me with rendering...

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Rendering a movie screen

I'm trying to do a rendering of a movie theater with a movie on the screen. I've tried using a tv with a custom picture on the screen but it always renders too dark, I want this thing to have some glow. Any tips or tricks?

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ARTLANTIS 4.5

Which is the earliest version of Artlantis still working with Archicad 14 or 15. Would version 4.5 wotk with the above AC versions?

ArchiCAD 15 & Art•lantis 64 bit

I can't get the AC15 Artlantis outputs to open with the Artlantis 3S 64 bit Alpha. They open with the Artlantis 3S 32 bit fine. Anybody else having this problem?

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Unity Game Engine for Architectural Visualisation

I've only recently dabbled with Unity for Mac (alternative to Unreal Development Kit which isn't available for Mac OS) and it offers many features which I'd love to see in either VBE or ArchiCAD presentation apps. Anyone else out there played with ga...

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AC15 + VR how?

hello we are an established archicad practice currently on AC11 we are upgrading to AC 15 very shortly At the preliminary stage we provide our clients with a rendered walk through movie and an interactive VR quicktime rendered model. With the removal...

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Library Trouble...:-(

just downloaded ArchiCad 14 The problem is that it feels like the colors of the libraries do not match what I get when I use it. The colors are darker. Had not the problem one time I installed ArchiCAD. Example: Wall Default settings / Model. Surface...

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Lights in ArchiCAD

Hi Guys, I have only recently started using archiCad and have just embarked on my first major project using this software. After creating a building in ArchiCAD and adding objects I want to put lights on the roof before I render it in Artlantis, howe...

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Presentation of Hidden line views (or alternative)

I often like to create a Presentation Sheet with a project that displays 3D views of the project from all four corners. (and with additions I may also have some views of the Existing) I create these views using the internal engine and Hidden line mod...

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comment on my work(ArchiLantis)

Here is a proposed hotel bldg in a hot area (Horn of Africa).I'm finishing it & I'd like you to comment on my rendering(lighting),color composition,etc. Many thanks

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Artlantis - Need more polygons!

What's going on here? I drew some vanities for a bathroom - they're custom profile walls rotated around a very small radius, saved as embedded objects and then set into separate custom profile walls for the counters with a subtraction SEO. They look ...

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Unreal Developer's Kit (UDK) anyone?

Gaming engines have left the likes of ArchiCAD behind for producing lifelike environments with swaying trees, lapping water, and the use of sound for texture and mood. Could ArchiCAD / VBE incorporate such features?

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Maxwell Render

This image was modelled with archicad and rendered with maxwell render. Daniel www.pixelarq.com

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Maxwell render hardware usage question

Hey guys, i'm new to maxwell render and i just started using it this week. My problem is that i don't understand how it uses the hardware in my computer. Processor: 6 cores 3.2gHz Ram: 18 Gb 1600MHz graphic card: asus pcie gf engtx570 DCII 1280M BTE ...

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Glass transparency

How do I set the storefront glass to transparent ? It somehow becomes opaque when I have the lights switched on.....

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3D Image and Lighting

Please help...I don't understand why the storefront is not lighted up when I have placed light source [ Spotlight 14 ] in front of the store.

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Sketch Mode Prints Interior

In Archicad 14, I'm using Sketch mode to render the Exterior of the house, but the interior is showing up on the sketch as well. This used to not do that in Archad 8,9,11 & 13. How do I keep the Interior of the building from showing up in a Sketch re...

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Artlantis doesnt like my solar panels

Just saved this model to artlantis 3 file , opened it up and this... the Panels have gone all warped, they are Archicad library parts any ideas why and how to fix it anyone?? cheers Paul

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saving a file in Archicad to use in Artlantis

Do you need a plug-in to save files in Archicad to open in Artlantis? I have downloaded Artlantis today and was told i needed to save my file as a Artlantis 13 file. I do not have this as an option? Can anyone explain what I need to do? Thank you in ...

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How to place a sky in Elevation/section

Hi, I'd like to add sky to my elevations and sections whilst retaining the setting I'ce already chosen as shown in the screenshot below. My section has quite a few curved elements which means that taking the drawing into photoshop to add a sky would ...

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Missing textures in 3D window

3D window in Open GLmode does not show jpg- textures! This is a real frustration to me because I can no longer use AC directly in client meetings etc. What is visible are the vectorial hatchings and some textures based on Tiffs. But most materials ar...

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Sun Study

Hi! when iI try to generate sun study in teamwork project I get this error code: Cant generate movie error code 7003O. Any help? Thanks

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Stopping a complex rendering

Have been working on the same view for the past 12 hours. It would be nice if we could stop a rendering. Make minute changes and start another rendering. The view I am working on has lights, it is taking so long to see what is happening, just saw ano...

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Some good modeling

Just incase you thought you were getting pretty good with ArchiCAD and Artlantis. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aOsiX0dyAY

"View from Sun." Is it possible?

I need to create solar access diagrams that show views of a building as if you were looking from Sun. I just wonder if anybody knew how to create that. So far my findings are: obviously we can use altitude and azimuth of Sun provided by AC however 1....

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best way to achieve best renderings with Archicad 3d models?

What is the best way/application/plugin to render the Archicad 3d models? Now, I know that some of you may say that Artlantis or LightWorks rendering engine at Archicad are quite good, but I have definitively seen better ones. Like the Vray 2.0 at 3d...

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Photorealistic rendering combo - Maxwell, C4D, Vray?

I see a few C4D & Maxwell threads here, but they are all a couple years old, so I've started a new one. I've been getting interested in doing some photorealistic rendering lately (I used to do a lot of it in the old days before all these new apps), a...

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How to create a exploded axonometric view?

Hi all, Can anyone tell me if i can create a exploded view in ArchiCAD, and if so how? I've seen it done in other programes but not in ArchiCAD but i presume it's possible. Thanks all Lockers

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Published renderinings randomly change zoom?

I have only recently discovered the option to save 3D views and publish them with publisher. It is saving my life in the project I am currently working on. Or it would be, except for a small fact that I cannot seem to get consistent results. First tw...

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Live Floor Plan Sunshadow Diagram

Hi, Once again i must ask the arduous question regarding sunshadows. Some background info: 1. In our office when referring to sun shadow or sun study diagrams, we are referring to plans showing the amount of light entering the new development as oppo...

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Rendering problems

Hej i could need some help om my project. I'm not so good at Archicad. I have a question I'm doing a house. My question is could I render the house in archicad first and then do an animation in Artlantis?

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Material with different reflection

Hi, I need some help on this one. I want a floor with tiles, but every third tile should be a blank one with reflection. The others not so much. Is this possible? (something like the picture)

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Problem with rendering a curved water edge

I'm working on a fountain, and after doing a few try-out renderings I came to a problem that never happened to me before. I'm not even sure how to explain it, so I'm just going to let the picture do the talking. If anybody has any idea what is causin...

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how to render a plan?

i am using archicad 14 and i want to render my plan (color the plan and have shade and shadow) is that possible? please help and thanks.

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Material gets different after rendering

Hi, I have a building with a outside material with 2 different colours (as you see on the picture). But what happens after rendering (lightworks) is that everything becomes one colour, grey. How can I get it like it should be? Thanks Jonathan

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Expanded Texture and Color Choices

I use ArchiCad 14 I have been looking through the files in the ArchiCad folder and I've noticed tons of textures, colors, and pictures that I would really like to use in my projects...the problem is that I have no idea how to use them. Can I get any ...

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Excellent free Artlantis tutorial videos

I just came across a post in the Artlantis forums that may interest many here who either have Artlantis (using it or not), or have wondered what it is like to use. Evan Troxel posted an excellent 20 minute video tutorial - clearly narrated with no wa...

changing the background of 3d environment without render?

Hello how can i change the background of 3d environment from white into 2 colored one plane and one sky like sketchup so i can see it close to reality when i click show 3d i need this without have to render because this can give me more ability to im...

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"Picture 14" custom image display problem

Hello!! In my project I have used the "picture 14" object with custom images in several different locations.. However, for some reason, when rendering in Lightworks.. the picture objects with rotation of 90° rendersing the images correctly however th...

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Renderings

How can I set up a night shot for this same scene? I am using the internal rendering engine and the lightworks engine. What one works best? My materials changed on their own. Any help is much appreciated.

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Create VR Object V14.

Am trying to create VR object, actually the movie generated from the dome in the camera tool. I get a pop up that tells me to put the VR engine in the add ons. As soon as I clicked the box that said "hide tools already loaded" I was able to find them...

AC10 plugins for Artantis v1.2.6

I have installed AC10 on my new MacBook Pro and it works very well also I have the Artlantis v 1.2.6 and it works well too, except that the plugins in AC do not work at all. I have downloaded all the versions for Mac and AC reads them as outdated ver...

fly-thru cameras renumber themselves

When placing cameras for a fly through, as I adjust them they often renumber themselves and it is a time-consuming process getting them reordered correctly. What I've not been able to figure out is what I am doing that they renumber; anyone know? Tha...

Tiles in Lightworks

Hello, I am preparing a bunch of materials for an overnight batch render.. and I am struggling to create my tile textures for Lightworks. There are 3 different tiles colours used throughout the project in different areas.. each tile is 600mm x 600mm....

curved wall in archicad

Help!!!! I did model in archicad and it has curved wall so when i save and open in maxwell studio it dose come up black. I can not put any materials into this wall! Does anyone knows what is the problem??? Thanks

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saving a photorendering favorite?

Hi, I am attempting to save a sketch style as a photorendering setting so my boss can select it and print perspectives without having to adjust the over stretch, line thickness etc. every time. (we are working in 14) is there a way to do this? thanks

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Neon Lighting!!!!!!

Hello, I've recently discovered artlantis neon shader but found that it is fairly poor. I've received great help on this forum and artlantis forum, I've also contacted Abvent, however it's still not up to a good standard. Abvent told me that "In gene...

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Neon Shaders in Artlantis and ArchiCAD 'grouping'

Hi, I've already posted this topic in the artlantis forum and the response I was given there didn't work. I have a few beams that are made with a custom profile. They are all separate however they share the same height and circumference (it's a round...

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OpenGL 3D rendering problems: only one object gets rendered

Hi I recently installed ArchiCAD on my notebook and have one small problem with the OpenGL 3D rendering I want to use (because it's better and faster than the internal engine): I mostly only get one object rendered - all other objects mysteriously di...

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Piranesi update available

Since many ArchiCAD users also own Piranesi, and because the "new" Informatix did not get the customer address list from the "old" Informatix in order to notify all customers directly... I wanted to copy this announcement here: http://www.piranesi.co...

Where is the longitude argument in the cloud-object ?

I've bought the book "Lightworks in Archicad" and I've come to page 43. Here are some parameters like longitude and latitude and shadow quality mentioned. I use AC 12. I think this book has AC 9 in mind. I can not find any arguments like those I ment...

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sketchup seems to kick archicads but for sun studies strange

I hope I am wrong, but does anyone out there know how to do what is so easy on Sketchup: showing shadow lines for a specific date and latitude using Archicad? It seems like it would be so easy, but I can't for the life of me find a way to see where t...

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Sketch Render to Piranesi

In reanding through some previous posts on .epx files, I thought a rendering form the sketch engine could be saved as a .epx file but that is not available in the drop down list of the "save as" dialog. It does appear for the internal engine how ever...

Rendered "Sections" in black-how to?

How do I get my "rendered in lightworks" section to come out looking like the model section cuts look in Archicad? The objects that are in section I'm looking to make them "black" while using the "Lightworks" rendering engine. They only show up in bl...

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AC 12 Rendering Problem

Hi! Im working in AC12 on an iMac trying to do a rendering of an 1857 Listed Victorian building, there is an earlier 2 Storey Farmhouse and outbuildings attached to the rear. There are twiddly bits all over the buildings. The purpose of the rendering...

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Camera route change arcs

Hello everyone.. I was wondering if there was a possibility of changing the arcs from the in-between routes-paths of the cameras. I mean that when you place a number of cameras archicad connects them with an arc. Thank you

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What is biggest lightworks render you have done?

What is the biggest lightworks render you have done and how long did it take? This one was 60cm wide x 45h (although its been cropped a bit since) @ 300dpi and took 31 hours to render on a core i7 system with 9g of RAM. It wouldn't let me go any bigg...

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Artlantis 3 problems with views and postcards.

Hi, I want to render a plan view of my site which is 70% grass and trees. It will be a parallel view so shading is needed to add depth to the trees etc. I've added a postcard (default) onto the lawn but nothing appears to change when I render it. Als...

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Exporting high quality .tiff drawing

Hi everyone, I need to try and export a .tiff file with at least 200 dpi resolution. I'm using ArchiCad 12 for this project. I cannot find where you can set the resolution for the exported file. Thank you! Enrico

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Thea Render v1.0

Hi everyone, a quick reminder for those who might be interested, the beta testing period of Thea Render is about to end, and version 1.0 will be released on the 21st of February. So now is your last chance to take advantage of the low price offer whi...

Messiah Studio 5

They have a short marketing campaign where you can get an award winning animation and rendering software for a fraction of its normal price. If anybody is interested... http://www.projectmessiah.com/x6/shop.html

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LW Anomaly

Here's an odd one. I've been tweaking some custom curtain wall doors for a client and got this rendering. It's probably just a curiosity but maybe it's something to do with the material settings. I haven't tried figuring it out yet.

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VR Object add on problem

Hello everyone! I have this problem coming up every time I want to create a VR object or a panorama scene. Can anyone help? And also this project contains only cars and some trees (not more than 20) I try to load it in arlantis for rendering and vide...

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Rendering error: everything disappears

Hello, I'm having a problem while rendering and the problem is that it shows nothing. Perfectly blank screen with a blue sky in background. It is not a problem with camera, I am positive that it is aimed correctly and the render image is blank whethe...

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flash panoramic views

I'm looking at alternatives to QTVR panoramas. Does anyone have any experience / recommendations for software that produces Flash panoramic views, such as those in the Google Street view and Art project? http://www.googleartproject.com/ Thanks

Internal engine rendering: shadows don't show (sometimes!)

I've been doing Photorendering using the internal engine and sometimes there are no shadows in the rendering. Sometimes there are. Very strange. I fooled around and found that if I closed and then reopened the 3D window and immediately did the render...

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3D quick views lose their location and target

G'day everyone, it happened several times the following: -I set a 3D view of a model -I save a quick view of it -I save the file, restart AC and re-open the file -I open the saved quick view and the model is not there -I check the settings of the 3D ...

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Rendering tutorials

Hi Does anyone know of any good tutorial on how to get those stunning rendering results I keep seeing in peoples posts. I made some tests with the photorendering, but got very poor results, and I can't seem to find much settings, I must be missing so...

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Maxwell Studio+Archicad Workflow

HI Everyone, Recently discovered maxwell studio after using Archicad for the last few months. I am very impressed with some of the images I've seen rendered in maxwell but am struggling to figure out the correct workflow between the two. Apologies if...

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How do I change the reflection of a picture-object?

I have used the picture-object that is a part of the standard lib. I added one png-file as an argument. Then I render the interior with Lightworks. The picture-object reflects the light so much that I can't see the picture. I have learned to set the ...

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Color Accuracy in Renderings

Hello there-got a few questions: Anyone on what is recommended to achieve the most accurate color output in Renderings from ACv14 with the built-in Engines-LW or IE? And also wondering why is it that in the Sun Color Settings, the sun is depicted wit...

Matching the picture in Maxwell

Hi everybody, I am trying to find the most effective way of matching the background photograph for the rendering with the model from archicad. Since Match Photo tool is rather not good solution, I am exporting AC model to Maxwell studio and there, wi...

Cinema 4D R12 plugin for ArchiCAD 12???

Hi everybody, we still use ArchiCAD 12 and we have no current plans to upgrade (the development is taking the wrong direction, but that's another topic). We need a plugin for Cinema 4D R9.6 or, alternatively for Cinema 12. (Mac) Is there anything ava...

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Internal rendering engine rendering slow

How can i improve the speed of rendering of this engine? I have an Q6600 8mb cache and a Q9450 12mb cache, and the same speed. I want this engine to rendering like lightworks rendering engine . It is posible If this discution has been before please p...

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AC 14 - C4D12 (and sometimes back to AC14)

Hi! If I want to use C4D12 to make some 3d changes to my modells, or single objects, I've done in ArchiCad before rendering in Maxwell (or sometimes have the object back to AC14), does the cheapest C4D12 (Prime) version support that? Or do I need the...

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Maxwell into archicad 13 32bit.

Hi guys, i have installed Archi13,in a 32bit pc,and i have installed maxwell 2.0.6 ,but the add-on does have no effect,can someone help me please? The add-on file's name is "Ac2Mxs_Setup_v2.0.6" , does anyone has an other one? Thank you.

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Does anyone know how these images are formed?

Hi all, I have recently come across a number of similar images (namely in school construction projects) at concept stage representing proposals in a sketch format with 'sketchy' characters in foreground. I have attached a good example of this image t...

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Lumion 3D

Does anyone have a clear understanding of the features that this new program have? From what I saw (http://lumion3d.com/), the animation renderings are pretty quick, but you need a machine with high performance.

VR Engine add on file

Does anyone know where I can find this file. I have searched for VR and placed all APX files into the add-on folder, restarted AC14 but I am unable to produce a VR Object, receiving the attached error message instead. Thanks and Happy New Year, Scott

Cannot load a texture from Library 12

This happened suddenly and I cannot discover why or how to get around it. I had some walls and column bases with a ROCKLEDGE material that was a CSTONE10 texture. It now comes in as an external wall texture and I cannot reload the texture within the ...

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Wood Exterior Facade

Hi. I'm trying to create a design which incorporates wood cladding with planks made from different materials/different shades of wood and arranged in a specific pattern. I'm trying to achieve an effect similar to these pictures: http://www.kordonline...

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Rendered Materials - not showing up proper color??

again I face this issue of a material "NOT" rendering in the color it's suppose to render. what setting is it that controls this? my street is colored in "Paint-grey no.6". I'm using "Lightworks" to rendering it. it's not coming out in color...in gre...

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VBE texture problem

Hi everyone, I assign some textures to duplicated standart AC materials. They look ok with internal engine and lightworks engine. Renders are exactly what they supposed to look like. But when i export model to VBE all the textures returns to their ex...

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Artlantis 3.

Hey guys, I know i have opened up a few posts lately but everyone here is excellent at replying. I am using the new Artlantis, i used to use version 2 but couldn't download that, so i have opened up the new one with my Archicad file but for some reas...

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Piranesi in limbo

I just realized that nobody had posted here to let users know that Piranesi is sort of in limbo at the moment - no clear means of activating licenses or getting support since Informatix Japan essentially cut off its own foot by terminating its relati...

Materials Linked/ Surfaces won't change properly

I am not able to change texture/material of an element like wall or slab with out change all the surfaces! i try unlinked them and when i change a surface it is not changing or it is changing in the middle/edge part! and its weird! i don't know if iv...

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Traditional elevation with Artlantis

Hello! I would love to make amazing elevations of my project: textures, shadows, bitmap trees, cars and persons, so I supposed the best idea is to do it in Artlantis. How can I open an elevation in Artlantis saved from ArchiCAD? When I make an axonom...

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simple QT movies with AC 14?

I've just upgraded to AC14 but am having trouble with making a QTVR movie. Is it possible to make a simple movie with AC14 anymore?

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Pure Blonde

Render with Maxwell http://www.maxwellrender.com/mw2_in_action.php http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWEMf0GGVgQ&feature=player_embedded

Import materials

Hi everyone. Have anyone idea how to import materials from one archiCAD file to another, with all its parameters??? I made some nice materials and now I would like to use them in another project. Is any possibility to import them from one file to ano...

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Koh_I_Noor problem in AC13 64bit

Hi everyone, I have a problem when rendering with Sketch rendering (Koh_I_Noor in this case). When I set the view to Parallel Projections > Side view, everything was rendered perfectly. But for Perspective view, something odd happened. Objects that s...

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Stories and a camera

Brain freeze this morning. For the life of me I cant remember how to put a camera on a certain floor/story. Working on a 3 story building and just want a camera on the 3rd story in the kitchen, but when I go to add a camera it stays on the 1st floor....

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Photorender projections

Can anyone give me some advice with photo render projections. I am in my third year of a degree course and have an exhibition in January. I would like to be able to produce some good quality visuals to explain my scheme. Many Thanks Deb

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Cinema 4d R12 v Artlantis

I am currently evaluating demo's of these 2 programs for the creation of fly through movies. I do like the extra functionality of C4d but am very concerned at its speed and capability with large scenes. After converting my Ac file (tavern redevelopme...

Phottreal. rend. background image alignement

Hey, I'm new here. I did a quick forum search, (Lightworks, background, image), but didn't find any matches on the first three pages. My question is: is there a way to align your perspective view with the supposed background picture of the rendering?...

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Change material

I have a material Glass_blue. I've been struggelig with rendering. It becomes to light whatever I do. Suddenly i realized it was the material Glass_Blue, that spoiled the whole thing. So my question is: How should I change this so it does not reflect...

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3D modelling putting on the web

Hi Has anybody put a vbe on website ? Or is it impossible ? I'm looking to build a website showing vbe and walkthroughs - has anybody got any thoughts ideas of how to best achieve this Many thanks as always Myles

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Artlantis 3 book in english language

After the Italian version of our book "Artlantis Render e Studio 3 - Guida all'uso" (that you can buy in all Italian bookshops) and the French version (available on the Abvent's website) it, at last, is here available in English too: "Artlantis Rende...

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Internal Engine / Lightworks textures not aligning.

Hi, I'm placing a map on a very large slab as a base for a model of masterplan. I've have the texture lined up and sitting in the right place in Internal Engine, where it looks fine. To create the Lightworks Material, I used the 'Match Internal Engin...

Multi Computer Rendering

Hi there, I'm running Archicad 13 Student and I've got an enourmous assignment due. I'm extremely short on time and my computer isn't the fastest in the world. The issue is rendering. It simply takes too long to get high quality 3D renders. So I'm wo...

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how do i play my fly through?

This is the first time i've ever created a fly through so i'm a little stuck. I positioned all my cameras where i want them but now i dont know what to do in order to play it. I want to be able to play in quicktime so i know i'm supposed to save it s...

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critique rendering,...

I've got a commercial center building for presentation to a client.please comment to improve lighting,rendering and give other tips like shooting angle.I used AC 12, artlantis 2 .win xp. many thanks

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W.I.P. - Interior Rendering - please critique technique

work I did for client here in DC. we are remodeling a current home owners home and had created this interior rendering. Completely done on Archicad with a minor 'photochop' technique I use. But for the most part...done in Archicad. Suggestions on how...

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Archicad 13 render problem

Hello, I have a strange problem with my render. When I make a rend, the render shows all kind of materials , which are assigned to the slabs, with a black color. What can I do? I didn't have this problem before.

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Sun studies - rendered floor plan view

Hi People, Is it possible to do a sun study the old school way of having a 2d floor plan with the projected shadows but rendered. Thanks for your help

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Ligthworks background problem

using LightWorks the image is transparent, so you can see the background through the image. and no matter picture it or simple background (earth and sky) . changed AC11 for AC13. in 11 never met this problem.

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infinity edge water

hi folks, can anyone suggest some lightworks material variations to achieve the look of water flowing over the infinity/horizon edge of a pool. I've created a complex profile to replicate the uneven flow of water across the face of the pool wall and ...

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creating a fly through

Can anybodu help me with creating a fly through? I've never done it before so i don't quite know what to do. I know you need to position cameras and set paths but i don't know how to do that. Where are the tools that you use to position the cameras, ...

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Maxwell Realtime preview engine on Archicad...

This engine is being integrated in most compatible maxwell software plugins ( Max, Maya, Rhino...until now ) can we expect something similar in Archicad ? ...well, personnaly, i really hope so (while i don't see how they can integrate it in Archicad ...

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lwi extension

We all have a bunch of files that end with the extension "lwi" in the Lightworks folder as part of the ArchiCAD Library. With Google I found out that this is an image format for Lightworks. How can I use these in ArchiCAD or can I? Thanks, TIM

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critique my work

hey folks I'm just nutting out lightworks settings and trying to create the perfect render (i'm along way off) and would appreciate any criticism/suggestions you have to offer. Is it bad to hate rendering with lightworks sun and sky objects? I just d...

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Sketch renders

Hey Guys, When doing a render with the sketch engine, i cant seem to get the settings right. can anyone help me with some settings to get a good sketch render. Cheers

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Grass settings for Hair Module in Cinema 4D

Does anyone have or willing to share with the community their settings for the hair module in Cinema 4D for setting up grass. Even if it is basic settings for external views.

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Church & Rendering Rendering

Archicad proves itself again as a great tool for visualization. This project was intended to be a historically designated landmark in cooperation with SHPO. Of course by their standards - blocking any window openings is definately out of the guidelin...

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Beginner Archicad

Okay. Well I'm still technically a beginner by the standards of most of the people on this forum, but... For a school project I am using Archicad 14. What would be a good combination of software to use that would be easy and quick to learn (I've only...

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New Material, Bump Map? Alpha Channel?

I am trying to develop a new lapped large metal panel siding material, and I am wondering about getting some relief to appear when I render it. I am a bit confused about Bump Map/Alpha Channel. Is this something I need to do in photoshop before loadi...

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Match Photo Tool

Hi There! There is a simple (but important) tool in SketchUp called "Match Photo", in which you can add a photo (i.e. of a building) to the background of the 3D window, where it can help the drafter to trace his/her 3D drawing upon the photo in the b...

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Long Rendering time here too.

Hi Guys. I am having a hell of a time trying to get this project animated. I think I would like it to render the movie so it is fast and I can just slow it down in imovie. these renderings are taking like 20 hours or more. I am confused about some of...

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Photo rendering Perspective with construction Lines

I'm doing a presentation,and i wish i could display a perspective photo rendering view of my model, which also shows the construction lines and reference points of view. I been doing some research but i cant seem to come across any setting that could...

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Crazy Render time.

Hi guys. Could you take a look at my recent render.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_kBDl71YAw Now that took just a bit over ten hours to render out. An hour render per second of footage? Is that normal? The quality isn't that amazing.. And there is...

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Resolved! After Effects

Are there any After Effects users on this board? I'm actually pretty new to the program and I wanted to know if anyone can provide me with any sort of tips for importing sequence footage from Maya, AutoCad or ArchiCad. I've heard that this program wi...

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How do i put a picture on an internal wall

Hi all, I am doing an assignement for school where we have to design a cafe, I want to put a piture on a internal wall that takes up the whole wall (does that make sense?) Can anyone help me? Thanks

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Lightworks PNG render

Hi, I'm using AC13 on a Mac. I'm rendering some cutplane images in Lightworks and saving them as PNG's as I'd like the voids in my building to be voids, and not white surfaces. The PNG's I have saved appear with a white background. Can I change this ...

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How do I create a fluted CMU texture?

I'm wanting to do a building with a fluted CMU (8x16) wall texture. What can I do or tools to use that would replicate this? AC13 does not offer a fluted texture that I know of... it does have the 8x16 CMU but not fluted.

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Sun Chart in ArchiCAD

Hello, I'm wondering if it is possible to create a sun chart in ArchiCAD. As everybody knows, it is compulsory to know sun and shadow areas in summer and winter in your project. If not, any extension or complementary program? Thank you!!

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Material intersection problem???

Two walls has perfect intersection in flor pan and in section, but in 3D their materials don't intersect the way i like. One is glassed and other one is concrete. Edge material of concrete wall becomes glassed, but it should stay concrete. What shoul...

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CRASH when going to PhotoRendering Settings

Never seen this one before: My colleague's machine crashes trying to bring up PhotoRenderings Settings. Crash occurs in current and new projects. Hate to reinstall 14, but I think that is our best option. Worked fine in AC 13. Machine is our Bim Serv...

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b & w 3D pic for job board

Am looking for some suggestions to generate a good quality, 3D, blackand white, shaded view of a building for job site sign. Will be blown up to fit on the board. Have generated one in sketch mode, looks good on screen, saved to a jpeg with highest q...

OT: Some excellent renderings / animations

I went to a lecture / presentation yesterday by Lon Grohs, principal and creative director of Neoscape. They do rendering work for clients like Libeskind, Safdie, Hadid, HOK, SOM... He, himself, is an architect by training, but the 40-person company ...

3d stereoscopic monitors and 3d glasses

hey all, its my first post and i m really exciting about it. although i m full of questions about archicad and the way i can use it, i d like to know if it is about to support 3d monitors and 3d glasses or something like that. We all know that presen...

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Render[In] for Sketchup ... Me too please

I'm not a great fan of ArchiCad having a major render engine like Vray etc. But this would be nice.... http://www.renderin.com/ Sketchup gets it again...

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Diagram

What do I need to do to get this king of graphic, i mean the type of colour, contours. I really dont have idea. I need this for makin my own diagram, or maybe you could sugest some other methods for diagram , thank you.

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Floor plan rendering

I would like to try floor plan rendering. Any tips on how to get good results? I guess the principles are the same as any rendered image just starting from an axo view directly over the model but the main thing I was wondering - how do I get it to re...

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Black area on Artlantis renders.

Hello all, I'm just wondering about something I've noticed when rendering with Artlantis. I'm not sure if it is just a simple option I have to tick or what but.. When I do any renders and am using the Heliodon there is a huge black background. I can ...

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opaque glass for windows in 2d exterior elevations

Aloha, Please tell me how I can make the glass opaque for windows in 2d exterior elevations so I do not see the interior walls behind the windows. I used to know how to set this setting but now I've forgotten. Thank you, John

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Maxwell Render Help....

Trying to learn how to use Maxwell Render and just trying to figure out what format of file I have to use for Maxwell... I'm confused with all these file types! I have both AC 13 and 14 on my computer so maybe it's a plug in for one? Thanks!

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Light box

How can I make an image look as though it is back lit with lightworks. I create a material using a jpg as texture and apply it to e.g. a wall. I've tried no end of messing with the reflectance and transparency, but can't get it to look right. Any ide...

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colored floor plan

How to generate\create colored floor plan for presentation from normal archicad plans? I have attached a sample image of my requirement.

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colors and textures

please i am new in the use of archiCAD and believe that i can learn a lot through this forum.the colors and textures i see in archiCAD is kind of strange and dull.i don't know how to fine tune them with material.Pls help me.

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Panoramic Backgrounds

Hi All, I'm trying to find what i believed was an object that you could attach a panoramic photo to, to create a rotating background. I'm sure I've seen it before in my library or at where i used to work. The preview image looks like a stubby cylinde...

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New here! Need some advice/help :)

Hi there everyone, Im Hayden. I'm studying Housing and Design in grade 12 at the moment and have been teaching myself Archicad/Artlantis for about 5 months. I'm just wondering, because I have failed myself, if there are any good tutorial web sites ar...

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Maxwell Render and ArchiCAD 14?

I've recently downloaded Maxwell Render but saw that ArchiCAD 14 was not listed under the plug-in options, so under Photorender Setting, Maxwell Engine is not listed. Does anybody know when Maxwell will support AR14 or if there is a way around this, ...

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A Maxwell Burger Joint

It has been ages since I took the time to get some renderings posted here. This is a proposed Hamburger Grill at San Francisco International Airport. Modeled in ArchiCAD 13 using the Maxwell Render Plugin. It rendered over night. For a larger image y...

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rendering with large amounts of lighting

Hi This is my first post as I am a brand new user! I desperately need some help regarding light works rendering engine. I am using Archicad 13 on a 15" Macbook Pro with a 2.53 GHz intel core 2 duo processor and a recent upgrade of 8GB RAM. However, e...

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where can i get more materials (cedar siding)

hello everyone! this is my first post here and im glad to be part of the community im pretty disappointed that there isn't any wood siding available in the student version of the software except for "W siding 04-08 H" which renders white I'm making a...

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Bunkspeed - Questions of interest

Hey everyone, I am just fooling around on Sketch-up at the moment but intend to study architecture in the near future and want to be fully prepared when the time comes. I was wondering if anyone on these forums has used or knows much about Bunkspeed ...

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Help with lights

Hi, I'm trying to put some lights in a scene and got stuck with this...(see Pict) What are the right settings, for the halogen recessed light? or lightworks, so i don not get the shadowed part? Thank you

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Videos of architectual interest

Maybe you have seen these but if not I thought they were very well done. http://www.etereaestudios.com/docs_html/fallingwater_htm/fallingwater_movie_index.htm# http://www.etereaestudios.com/docs_html/nbyn_htm/movie_index.htm Both of these will let yo...