Inside the ArchiCAD enviroment PhotoRendering Settings dialog is the common place of the render parameters.
You can open this dialog from the 3D Visualization palette or from the menu Document > Creative Imaging > PhotoRendering Settings...
Into the ArchiCAD plugin we integrated nearly all the available Maxwell parameters. It means you don’t have to go to Maxwell Studio to finalize your scene settings you can do it directly inside ArchiCAD.
This page describes all the different parameters the ArchiCAD plugin adds to the UI. All Maxwell parameters are accessible from PhotoRendering Settings panel once Maxwell rendering engine is the active engine.
Please make sure Maxwell Render Engine is the current ArchiCAD render engine!
General Settings and Output
From here you can control the basic render settings such as specify the output, render time, sampling level etc. Please see the Render Options page for the Maxwell Render documentation for details on these parameters as they have exactly the same functionality.
Specific settings to the ArchiCAD plugin
Export Directory: Select the folder location of Maxwell generated files (mxs, mxi, jpg, ...)
- Scene name: Name of the MXS file the plugin generates.
- Protect Geometry: Enable this option to protect the exported geometry so that it cannot be re-exported from Maxwell Studio in OBJ format.
- Geometry Scale:
- Override Material: This option gives a quick foam core looking render to study shadows and light values, without having the burden of remapping materials. All materials are assigned a generic white (RGB 242,242,242) except transparent materials, which keep their glass materials.
- Command Line: Additional command line parameters of Maxwell render (MXCL) can be specified here. Please see the Command Line page for more details.
SimuLens
For information on using these settings please see the SimuLens chapter in the Maxwell documentation.
Channels Layers
For information on using these settings please see the Channels chapter in the Maxwell documentation.
Environment
- No Environment: No environment is taken into account (completely black environment with no lighting present)
- SkyDome: Virtual Sky Dome is constructed around your model - Sky Dome illuminates the model equally from all directions.
Intensity: Intensity of the illumination in case of the Sky Dome environment
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.
Image Based Lighting parameters
For information on using these settings please see the Image Based Lighting lighting page in the Maxwell documentation.
Camera parameters
For details on the Maxwell camera parameters please see the Camera chapter of the Maxwell documentation.