Surfaces (Cineware)

Open the Surfaces dialog:

  • Options > Element Attributes > Surfaces
  • Attributes toolbar (Windows > Toolbars > Attributes)

From Engine Settings, choose Cineware and Redshift. This means that the surface settings here are optimized to work with the Cineware-Redshift PhotoRendering engine.

Important: All surfaces are specific to the engine for which they are set up. If you change a surface parameter for one engine, those modifications will not take effect for the same surface parameter if you switch to another engine.
Note: The Redshift renderer (GPU based) from Maxon, based on Maxon’s R23 engine, is included in Archicad as a Technology Preview, with limitations. See Using Redshift Renderer .

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Choose a surface from the pop-up chooser.

For general information, see Using the attribute dialogs.


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Size settings for surface unit

Define how the surface unit will be scaled on the object to which it is applied.

  • Vary the size of the surface unit with Horizontal Size and Vertical Size parameters.
  • Adjust the angle of the surface unit (e.g. if it uses a pattern)
  • Click Lock Proportion to keep these parameters relatively constant.
  • Enable Random Origin to begin the surface pattern at a random point, rather than starting it at the project origin.

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