Archicad Materials

[AsaDo]

Hi,

I wish Enscape has implemented material. Enscape does not support materials, but just a few key word. I see that many supports Revit, but not ArchiCAD. I is so sad… Autodesk is hudge company, and they do what they want on the maket. I just have changed my jobb and now I am using ArchiCAD. It was so much easier with Revit.

It is still many people with will love you, or rather really, really love you if you implement all that stuff that we need to get great pirtures and videos from ArchiCAD.

It is full price for Enscape for Archicad, even if people get so little compare Revit…

[Demian_Gutberlet]

Hey @AsaDo , welcome to our forum.

We support more than just keywords. Instead, we also make use of the surface settings, as long as you’re using the “Basic Engine”. For more on which sliders control reflection, transparency, glowing, emission and how to make use of textures, please check out our dedicated detailed “Materials in ArchiCAD” knowledgebase article here:

https://enscape3d.com/knowledgebase/materials-in-archicad/

If you have any further questions or in case you require any further assistance what so ever, please let me know.

[Gavin_Pendergrast]

I wish that you would just implement your own material editor and ignore the archicad basic settings. It would open up many more options that archicad just doesn’t do like normal and displacement. You have a material editor for sketchup, why not archicad. Like Asado siad we pay the full price but we get a ‘lite’ version.

[Demian_Gutberlet]

@Gavin_Pendergrast , we’re aware of the demand regarding a Enscape material editor for ArchiCAD as well. We generally plan to release a dedicated editor for every supported CAD software, besides Revit, since Revit’s own material editor already provides a large variety of options which can be used by Enscape. In this case it is just a matter of time and we hope for your understanding.

[Gavin_Pendergrast]

Thanks for the update. Looking forward to it.

[_BRANDT]

Just want to vote for this feature… just came from Enscape for Sketchup - and the lack of an intuitive material editor for Enscape in Archicad is killing me

[Demian_Gutberlet]

@_BRANDT , thanks a lot, your feedback has been noted! There’ll be a dedicated material editor for ArchiCAD as well. Probably not within the next release, but the one after that. You can generally be assured that this editor is coming eventually.

[Tikos]

Please, at least give the possibility of using a map of the embossments (bump map) in the next version for Archicada

Maybe using the alpha channel?

With this facility the visuals would be even better, although they already come out great

[Zenoardelean]

The bump mapping in Enscape+Archicad would be a great feature. I would definitely switch to Enscape for all my project types.

[Pete_Chamberlain]

@Zenoardelean , @Tikos , - I’ve added your votes to the story in our development agenda.

Thanks for the input.

[Crow_T.Robot]

Demian, could you explain to me what I am doing incorrectly? I am using the basic engine for my Archicad surface and I have changed settings under the “exposure to Light” category. But for some reason, my material will not change in enscape. Attached are screen shots of the surfaces settings, the surface in archicad, and the surface in Enscape. Thanks for your help.