Did anyone have a similar experience, or found a solution? but I could not find ( perhaps newbie problem as I am still new to the interface ) where to "Turn On" the lights. Some are Archicad native lamps, others are imported BIM lamps, and all work fine on Archicad, where in Cinerender it is all set and perfect.įor presentation, I tried to test TwinMotion 2019, and it seems the Live Connection, both on Archicad 21 and Archicad 22, the lights are not sent to TwinMotion. The Archicad project has a somewhat complex ( as in, would be very hard to redo if needed and somewhat undesirable, because in a more complex design it could make it very work intensive to redo lighting each time something changes on Archicad and I need to perform a presentation ) lighting layout, the lights are very specific, they play the role as washers and floor lighting, and much of it is set for mood.
Having said all that, the choice is ultimately yours, so with the knowledge I'm sure you'll make the best decision for your workflow.I did a test today, for my end thesis project in college. It keeps all of the transformations and material assignment with each refresh just as the Direct Link does. The save out from Archicad again when changes are made and "refresh" the imported datasmith file in TM. datasmith file from Archicad (or even SketchUp as that is also compatible right away with new ArchiCADs) for maximum compatibility and reliability then import. Early when I used this method, it failed at times, or sometimes the link had to be completely reestablished.Īside from the "cool" dynamic feature of Direct Link keeping the TM model update as you work in Archicad, there's not really any other function that is useful enough to warrant using D.L. have the ARM version of Archicad 26 on my laptop, and the TM plugin does not work on that version, so I have to use the MacTel versions (which is on a another machine).Ĭ) There is a LOT more going on "under the hood" when you're using Direct Link to always keep it updated.
I usually run Archicad on my 27" iMac and Twinmotion on my 16" M1 Max Laptop (which has all resources freed up for optimum TM performance).ī) You cannot work on the model in a different (lower or higher) version of Archicad unless the DirectLink add-on is made for that app. The issue with using a DirectLink is that you are "always" tied to Archicad because:Ī) You have to have Archicad running at the same time as TM, and on the same machine to do the update for the "direct link" function to behave in that facility, instead of working on the model, exporting out a file, and updating at a later time, or on a different machine.
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