ARCHICAD - Maxwell Palette

Maxwell palette is the central control panel from where you can reach the most important plugin features easily.

It is a dock-able ARCHICAD palette which can be embedded into you program layout in different ways.

The top buttons of the Maxwell palette are always visible but the other UI tabs (Object Properties, Surface Materials, Mini Library Editor) are visible only in case the tab is related to the currently selected item(s).

Top Buttons (from left to right)

Preferences

Open the plugin Preferences dialog.

Open Path Fix Dialog

Inside the Path Fix Dialog you can manage the Maxwell related project dependencies.

(For example re-link mxm materials, Environment images, Referenced MXS files, etc.)

Start Render

Export the scene and start render with Maxwell Render.

Open in Studio

Export the scene and open it in Maxwell Studio for further tweaking.

(You need Maxwell Studio installed on your computer to run this feature.)

Send Job to Network

Export the scene and start render with Maxwell Network module.

Maxwell FIRE…

Open FIRE window (Fast Interactive Rendering)

It is a button with two options - run FIRE in CPU or GPU mode.

Open Plugin Manual

Open this manual in a web browser.

Set palette Dockabe/Not Dockable

It is nice to dock the palette between other interface elements but in case you want to use it as a floating panel it can be more convenient to disable the docking feature.

Palette Tabs

These tabs show selection-dependent options.

A) The Object Properties tab shows the main controls for the exported Maxwell object.

B) From the Surface Materials tab you can read the names of the ARCHICAD materials assigned to the surfaces of the currently selected object.

C) Mini Library Editor gives quick access to the library parameters of the ARCHICAD library objects. It makes the changing of these parameters more intuitive.