Basics of Architecture in Lightwave

[Jivkopl]

I'm use LW for visualisation , but for import use DXF not EPS - AUTOCAD 2006 - "save as" and LW 8.5 - open . After this put in to BG - scale layer and bild in to FG.

[elmahri]

Hello every body,

 

if anybody can help, How to put lights inside a 50 floors building? i'm trying to render a tower at night.

Is there any tutorial for that?

[Jivkopl]

if have some time for render - make simple object in to modeler with Luxigon and convert lLuxigo in light - layout. But for render... tray Fprime ...

[elmahri]

thanks Jivkopl, i'll try that....

[herve2]

really nice cutaway Otacon...

[warprat]

Hello all, just newbie to the forum. I just found something the other day that would might be helpfull. it's about when you want to open a dxf from CAD In lightwave (i done this in lightwave 8 so far) when I Open a dxf in lightwave the size of say maybe a meeting room can go up to 10 km big. so then I have to scale it down in modeler. So enough blabbering here is the solution.

 

Have a plan in auto cad Scale this plan to 1/100 (if it's not already that)

then Scale again to 1/100000

remeber to explode the plan some stuff gets left behind ocasionally.

save as a dxf file.

Open in modeler voila! you should have an extremely accurate to scale plan.

 

Hope this helps anyone. Im just really exited i actually found this method.

 

Cheers

[Allen]

Actually, Kameel, it would depend on the UNITS used in AutoCAD. When using "Imperial" units (inches, feet, etc.) it ends up needing to be scaled as follows.

 

For Civil engineering drawings scale down 30.48% (feet to meter) when importing

 

For Architectural drawings scale down to 2.54% of original. (inch to meter)

 

I wish that NewTek would add import preset scales.

[IC]

Ahh the beauty of the metric system.

Import your model, scale to 0.1%

 

Voila!

[warprat]

Thanks allan I like to use imperial alot too. thats going to be very usefull.

 

and hello Iain fellow scotsman I used to live in Dunbar, Ma gran is still there.

 

hey guys you use LIghtwave right? I just need to know how on earth did you achieve those fantastic looking renders?????????????????? Could I maybe ask for some guidance from you. It's sooo hard to get anybody really good in malaysia. If there is any there hiding.

[IC]

Hey Kameel. I'm about 20 minutes from Dunbar. Nice place.

 

What do you need help with? Post some work and we'll try to assist.

[warprat]

cool I 'll tell ye' whenever I go back to see ma gran maybe we could meet up or something.

 

by the by I sent in some work on the maxwell threadhttp://www.cgarchitect.com/vb/showthread.php?t=15558

not that good but its my latest. do you do maxwell?

well if you don't I will send in a lightwave render. at the moment I also trying out Fprime. but ye know it's so ruddy hard to get anyone who can teach me down here aaaaaaaaaarrrrrggggghhhhh!

sorry.

 

I send in some lightwave work soon for everybody to comment.

 

cheers