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Dielectric material - typically any transparent material such as water, glass, etc. Please see the Transmissive Properties properties page in the Maxwell documentation for more details.
Nd: index of refraction
Distance: attenuation distance in millimeters - half of the light is being absorbed when it passes through the given distance of the material.
SmallerA smaller attenuation distance means the material will turn opaque faster.
Emitter
Light-emitting material (must be applied to an object which will act as the light source). Please see the Lighting with Emitters page in the Maxwell documentation for more details.
Watts: the power of the light
Efficiency: the efficiency of the light source (how much power is actually used to emit light).
Temperature: the temperature of the emitter (in Kelvins). If the checkbox is off the color of the emitter is taken from ARCHICAD's emission color control
Presets: presets for typical emitters from the real world
Material browser
The material browser is used for loading Maxwell MXM materials into the material dialog of ARCHICAD. The Browser allows for quick and easy location of desired materials even you have many MXM files on disk. The Browser view contains individual previews of MXM materials and sub-folders of the specified location. You can enter the sub-folder by double-clicking on it.
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