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For information on using these settings please see the Channels chapter in the Maxwell documentation.

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Physical Sky: These settings control the look/time & date/location of the Maxwell Render Physical Sky. To learn more details about how to use them please see the Physical Sky documentation page.

ArchiCAD's Sun Position

The position of the sun in ArchiCAD's 3D projection settings is used for rendering.

Inside the Environment tab you can find the same environment parameters what you have in Maxwell Studio. You can choose between Sky Dome and Physical Sky modes or you can light your scene with HDRI images in Image Based mode. In case FIRE is active you can find the desired environment effect very fast.

For information on using these settings please see the Image Based Lighting lighting page the Environment Lighting pages in the Maxwell documentation.

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  • Resolution: The plugin can set the resolution of the rendered image according to:
    • ArchiCAD 3D window size - choose this is very good one if you want to render see exactly the same camera setup what you see inside the 3D window. (To be sure you will see exactly the same, keep the Film fit parameter ON.)
    • Render Size - in this mode the output image size comes from the ArchiCAD render size values. You can find the render width and height values at the top of the PhotoRendering Settings dialog below the Engine parameter.
  • Film fit: Keep this flag ON if you want the plugin the set the film width/height values automatically (proportional to the render image dimension).