Export from ARCHICAD 21 to Artlantis Render 6.5 and Artlantis Studio 6.5
Use this add-on to export the ARCHICAD 21 model into Artlantis Render and Studio 6.5. Although this add-on is installed by default with ARCHICAD, the add-on remains the property of Abvent R&D, which ensures its development and maintenance.
In case of problems, please contact technical support: http://www.artlantis.com.
Minimum requirements: Artlantis Render 6.5 or Artlantis Studio 6.5 installed.
The add-on creates files in .atla file format. Note that file version 6.5 is incompatible with any Artlantis previous versions.
Display the perspective 3D view in ARCHICAD and select the File > Save as... command. In the file format list, choose the Artlantis Render Studio 6.5 option. Click on the Save button, and the Export dialog box will be displayed:
The export dialog allows you to:
•Create a new .atla file.
•Update an .atla file already sent into Artlantis.
•Export from ARCHICAD 21 to Artlantis Render 6.5 and Artlantis Studio 6.5.
Perspective Cameras, Lights, Sun: Check the items to export.
•Perspectives Cameras: All cameras created in ARCHICAD will appear on Artlantis’s Perspectives Inspector List.
•Lights*: All lamps inserted into the ARCHICAD project will appear on Artlantis’s Lights Inspector List.
•Sun*: The heliodon (geographical position, date and time) will appear on Artlantis’s Heliodons Inspector List.
•Unique Layer: If this is checked, all the ARCHICAD layers are exported into a single layer to Artlantis. If unchecked, all the ARCHICAD layers will be recovered into the Layers list of the Artlantis Objects Inspector.
*Note: If the Lights or Sun controls are disabled on the export dialog, open the ARCHICAD PhotoRendering Settings dialog box (Document > Creative Imaging), activate the Internal Rendering Engine and switch ON the appropriate light source.
•Texture Options Wall, Roof, Slab, Others*: Textures associated with the ARCHICAD materials will be exported.
*Note: The Others option includes all ARCHICAD tools such as Column, Beam, Stair, Door, Window, as well as Mesh and Object.
Update an .atla File Already Sent into Artlantis
All controls described in the Creating a New File section are also valid here!
Select the Use Reference File option, and click on the Choose a File button. Then select the .atla reference file.
•Replace ARCHICAD Materials with Artlantis Reference File Materials Using the Same Identifier
•Add Artlantis Perspective Views, Lights, Heliodons, Objects from the Reference File
Note: If the Replace ARCHICAD Materials with Artlantis Reference File Materials Using the same Identifier and the Add Artlantis Views, Lights, Heliodons, Objects from the Reference File options are selected, only those newly created ARCHICAD elements (new geometry, new viewpoints, new lamps, new heliodon) will be exported from ARCHICAD that are not part of the reference file. All outgoing items will be used from the reference file.
By default, curved ARCHICAD elements exported into Artlantis are never smoothed. To smooth the curves in Artlantis, go to the Shaders inspector tab Advanced Parameters area, select the needed material, and use the Smoothness slider.
For more information, please visit: http://www.artlantis.com.
Abvent, February 2017