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 (Tech preview).

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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.

Related Topics

Cineware Surface Channels

Textures (Cineware Surfaces)

Special Settings for Image Textures (Cineware Surfaces)

Shaders List (Cineware Surfaces)

Using Layers to Combine Shaders (Cineware Surfaces)