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Render your model with built-in or 3rd-party solutions

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When rendering interior scenes with Redshift in Archicad, ceiling lights may appear as black rectangles instead of evenly glowing panels. This issue is common in interiors with ceiling grids and diffused lighting panels and can make the visualization look artificial and dist...

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This article introduces a streamlined technique to showcase a project’s real-world context in Archicad, using a custom skydome object and a 360° site photo. It is intended for Archicad users who want a realistic site background in 3D and BIMx without detailed context modelin...

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Ready to enhance your renderings? Let's try the shadow casting feature in Archicad to bring your scenes to life. By adding depth and realism, this feature can transform your designs into life-like renderings. This will help you improve your designs. Add a meaningful descript...

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Table of Content CinerenderBasic settingsRedshiftRedshift Renderer Integration in ArchicadIntroducing Physically Based Rendering in Archicad 3D Views (Experimental Feature)TwinmotionDirect LinkHow to install TwinmotionEnscapeInstall Enscape paletteArchicad-Enscape Workflow A...

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The Additional Surface Catalog needed an update Our users’ essential wish was to update the Additional Surface Catalog. The previous catalog did not fully support the new rendering capabilities within Archicad with the default settings, which required more manual workarounds...

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CineRender R14 has an error sometimes when rendering bitmap images, even with the standard scenes – the transparent rectangle is shown faded around the image. Usually this goes away just as randomly as it came by next time you launch Archicad, but there is also a workaround ...

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Redshift is currently included as a Technology Preview with a few limitations in Archicad 25. Nevertheless, it brings significant benefits in terms of performance compared to Cinerender. At the current stage of development, the following phenomena can be experienced when usi...

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In Archicad 22 the Cinerender engine introduced the Spherical Camera, making it possible to create 360° renders. What can you use it for? As embedded pictures on websites, combined with BIMx Webviewer's functions, this can become a powerful tool of representation. Also, most...

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Sometimes the best tool to represent the building is a perspective section, allowing an insight into building spaces. We need to use a 3D cut, a 3D document and some simple Model Display settings to do get this right away. Step 1: Create Model In our example we are working w...

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Affected version: all versions | Severity: workaround applicable Issue In case there is a mesh with grass surface, the 3D grass doesn’t appear on the mesh in the rendered image, when there are more than 100 million blades; however, it is set in the Surface settings and in th...

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Users with an active SSA (Software Service Agreement) may download an exclusive set of 500+ additional surfaces, which are not included with the standard Archicad library. Please follow these steps to download and load the catalog to your project: For Standalone Projects (.p...

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With this feature, you can display the elements in any model view according to a customised graphical definition, to easily communicate the design to everyone involved. Use Graphic Overrides to create thematic drawings in a semi-automatic way. You don’t have to spend time on...

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One-Point perspective In ARCHICAD we have an option to look to perpendicular of a clicked surface. You can find this option under View/3D Navigation Extras/Look to Perpendicular of Clicked Surface and will be active if you are in a 3D view. Use the "Look to Perpendicular of ...

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OpenGL is a fast display method for 2D / 3D-like elements developed by Silicon_Graphics. It is optimized for fast interactive navigation among 3D polygons in a fancy and fast way. This makes it especially suited for professional CAD programs. More info on Wikipedia : OpenGL ...

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Align View is an option to set your ARCHICAD model rendering to an imported background photo. It enables the architect to automatically reconstruct the position of a camera in the interior or on the street from a picture taken of it. This feature can be used both for inserti...

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To introduce your 3D model as an image, Archicad contains more integrated Rendering Engines. This article details the available settings in the PhotoRendering settings window when using the Sketch engine and how to create the sketch look on your floorplans as well. Sketch Re...

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For visualising architectural concepts or a design process the usage of animated GIFs is getting more and more popular. No wonder, with a sequence of images you can provide a very clear explanation of your project's fundamental idea. The message of GIFs can't be missed, it i...

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Known Issues Transparent plane is visible on render of tree Affected version: 18 and newer | Severity: workaround applicable | ID: 174176 Issue The plane of the new tree object is visible with standard engine where there is no modeled background. Cause This side effect is ca...

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In the Default ARCHICAD Library you can find many different bitmap pictures and an empty custom field. With a few easy steps you can create your own bitmap image. Select a picture Transparent background set up It is recommended that you change the background of the image to ...

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The Tech Tip July 2002 winner, BertNijs , from Belgium found a way to show Floor Plans in the 3D Window inspired Karl Ottenstein to find a way to create a sketchy look of 2D drawings of ARCHICAD (Floor Plans, Section-Elevation Windows etc.) The idea came after a user wanted ...

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Artlantis is a popular and easy-to-use rendering application for ARCHICAD and other CAD software. It is developed by the French software company Abvent Among the features of Artlantis are a real-time preview window that shows radiosity (illumination), textures, shadows, refl...

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Defintion of Alpha Channel in Wikipedia. Alpha Channel in ARCHICAD In 32-bit color images, the Alpha Channel is an extra channel (in addition to RGB components) that can be edited in image editing applications such as Adobe Photoshop. You can use all image formats handled by...

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