lightworks materials

[Maged Ibrahim]

hello to all of you,
does anyone know how can we use the lightworks materials that we can download them from lightworks users site?

[Karl Ottenstein]

Maged wrote:
does anyone know how can we use the lightworks materials that we can download them from lightworks users site?

Yes, one of those not-very-obvious things...

Download the *.lwa (lightworks archive) files ... and place them into the following folder alongside the standard ArchiCAD LW archives:

[XP path]:
Program Files\Graphisoft\ArchiCAD 9\Add-Ons\Visualization\smdata

After that (no reload of libraries or anything required), click the buttons as shown in the Materials dialog screenshot below. 😉

Karl

[Anonymous]

O.K., I'll ask.

What web site? Nevermind, I found it.

Great resource!

http://www.lightworks-user.com/downloads.php?type=supplier&filter=LWD&page=3

[Anonymous]

Sorry about the wrong placement of the question, but i am an "newbie" on this site.

Thank you very much for the answer.!

I have one further question if you dont mind!. Do you know were to find a nice "ceder bevel siding" texture. I hav know idea where to find it.?

[Karl Ottenstein]

mallehk wrote:
I have one further question if you dont mind!. Do you know were to find a nice "ceder bevel siding" texture. I hav know idea where to find it.?

No problem... welcome to ac-talk! 😉

Take a look at this thread -- has links to various sites with free textures.

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=2046

There are also some for free at gdlcentral.com ... some are pretty good, some pretty bad. These are the same that were distributed with the 7.0 "20th Anniversary" bonus CD. After logging on (free), click on 'Building Textures" in the Product Catalog on the left. Grab both the Objects and Textures files ... you're sure to find useful things in each. If your siding will not be seen close-up in any image, then some of the siding there may work... otherwise, follow the links to the various other sites in the thread above.

Karl

[Anonymous]

Thank you Karl, I will try to search the posted links.

[Karl Ottenstein]

Dwight just posted an excellent tutorial on creating a proper siding material - where the shadow is generated by an alpha channel and so does not appear (mysteriously / against logic) in shaded areas as is the case with the color-channel-only textures:

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=25062#25062

That post belongs in the Tips section... and is just a taste of what is contained in Dwight's excellent (and inexpensive!) book, Illustration in ArchiCAD. With his recent LW posts as temptation, I'm looking forward to his new book on LW too! 😉

KKarl

[rengarch]

Yes, one of those not-very-obvious things...

Download the *.lwa (lightworks archive) files ... and place them into the following folder alongside the standard ArchiCAD LW archives:

[XP path]:
Program Files\Graphisoft\ArchiCAD 9\Add-Ons\Visualization\smdata

After that (no reload of libraries or anything required), click the buttons as shown in the Materials dialog screenshot below. 😉


I downloaded the archive files and placed them in the Visualization folder and it works. Thanks. How do you use the "InteriorLightsStudios.lwa" and the "NewYork.Iwa". Could anyone explain the HDRI(light probe) function of Lightworks. Is it available for Archicad?

Confused. Rita

[Karl Ottenstein]

rengarch wrote:
I downloaded the archive files and placed them in the Visualization folder and it works. Thanks. How do you use the "InteriorLightsStudios.lwa" and the "NewYork.Iwa". Could anyone explain the HDRI(light probe) function of Lightworks. Is it available for Archicad?

Those don't work with ArchiCAD... cannot use LW lights or scenery. Sorry.

Karl

[Dwight]

And in downloading the .lwa from their web site, please note that ArchiCAD users only have architectural and industrial visualizing packages enabled, but I did get glow in the special effects materials even tho this is not enabled - perhaps they also radiate color in the real version.