![]() ![]() It is modeless, so that we can keep it up while we work on other things. The Photo Rendering palette has a nice little thumbnail preview screen with which we test views before creating renderings (see figure 1). In other words, it’s a lot more user friendly than before. This is because it has the C4D physics engine built in that is friendly to camera users, and to those that don’t want to deal with abstract rendering parameters. This new release of ArchiCAD greatly lessens the need to export models to something else to get “professional grade” renderings. Then we spend hours in Photoshop tweaking the output to make the rendering look beautiful. The common belief in architectural design is that after we model our building in one software package, such as ArchiCAD, we need to export it to a program geared specifically to rendering. This is why I looked forward to ArchiCAD 18’s new rendering functions. To be successful in the visualization arena, we need to understand our software, the limitations of our hardware, and we should have an artistic eye. I have, however, a bachelor’s degree in fine art and so I have played around with creating renderings for my own entertainment in 20+ years of drawing production, I just never took on the role. I don’t proclaim to be much of a rendering expert, because it was never my job to create renderings. In this article, I will review the new features that I believe are most significant, based on my experience. The other improvements are in the areas of modeling, revision management, workflow, Teamwork and BIM Server, OPEN BIM, and library enhancements. This time in ArchiCAD 18, the software firm spent the effort on rendering – also referred to as visualization. ![]() With every new release of ArchiCAD, Graphisoft tends to put the majority of its effort on one new facet of the program.
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