Introduction
The Maxwell for ArchiCAD plug-in ArchiCAD is an architectural BIM CAD software which offers specialized solutions for handling all common aspects of aesthetics and engineering during the whole design process of the built environment — buildings, interiors, urban areas, etc.
Introduction
Maxwell plugin for ArchiCAD has been created with the intention of providing a native integration of Maxwell Render with within the ArchiCAD environment. It currently supports ArchiCAD 12,13,14,15 versions for Windows and Mac OSX platforms. You can see the detailed compatibility table here:It works under Windows 32/64bits and Mac OS X platforms. For detailed compatibility information please check the Plug-ins compatibility list.
With our the ArchiCAD plug-in plugin you can easily export your ArchiCAD virtual buildings to the Maxwell Render engine, and with just a few click clicks you can create really high quality architectural visualizationimages. The plug-in plugin automatically converts most of your ArchiCAD settings to the Maxwell scene format, without any specially settings you can get very beautiful resultsand provides more advanced controls for the experienced users.
Key features
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- Complex scene export from ArchiCAD to Maxwell
- Maxwell Render panel to adjust Maxwell specific parameters
- Maxwell Physical Sky, IBL environment and , sun and all the other Maxwell Sky parameters inside ArchiCADCan read Maxwell sun coordinates from ArchiCAD sun
- Automatic and semi-automatic material conversion
- Maxwell MXM materials inside ArchiCAD (as linked reference materials)
- Can export Sun studies and Fly -Throughs
I would write here a bit more info which you know the users will ask as soon as they get the use the plug-in. Like:
What is supported, what is not supported
Does this new plugin work with X version of AC?
What are the future plans to implement a certain feature
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- Maxwell material preview inside the Material Settings dialog
- Maxwell Grass
- Maxwell FIRE (Maxwell Interactive Renderer within ArchiCAD)
- Supports referencing external MXS files containing geometry and materials
- Automatic animation export from ArchiCAD (Sun Study... and Fly -Through...)