Creating rendered images

The techniques displayed so far mainly rely on regular projection and attributes. However, there is also a dedicated system for the generation of Photorealistic Images or Renderings. In fact, Archicad has always provided means to generate a 3D view with lighting and shadows. This really got a boost with the integration of the Cineware engine, which is borrowed from the Cinema 4D software by Maxon. This is a professional and dedicated visualization software, and Archicad has gained the whole rendering functionality to allow realistic lights, materials, shadows, textures, reflections, and the distribution of light using Global Illumination techniques.

This is where your computer will start using its full power to generate highly realistic images of your Archicad model.

Since Cineware is a very extensive system, we cannot cover all its details. Luckily for us, Graphisoft has decided to implement this using a preset system. You typically pick one of the presets...