After years of trial and error, I have found that the ideal Reflection Settings for semi-matte surfaces are: With a black Emission, you will get a solid black surface until you apply Reflection and Glowing Settings. New Surface from Internal Settingsįor this Surface, we are simply going to leave the Emission Color Black with no Attenuation. This entry was posted in Attributes, BIMx, CineRender, Composites, Custom Profile, Rendering and tagged attribute manager, Attributes, BIMx, Surfaces on Apby wwabim.
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Please watch for an update to our BIM Manual for instructions on how to properly use the dedicated Attribute file.
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A little extra time to do this right will ensure we do not need to stop and do things over when our BIMx, PDF and DWG files don’t show correctly due to poor attribute management.
This is the standard we are using to manage attributes between files at WWA, and a dedicated attribute file has been created in your BIM Server folder if your project program requires one. Please note, the use of a dedicated Attributes file is not an option or choice to be used (or not) by each team. This is especially critical where projects get so large they require multiple building files, or even multiple site files which is becoming increasingly commonplace. But the results are a lot less headache on the back end when publishing BIMx, or linking Views from a Site File to the Layout Book of the Buildings File. This does mean a little more management up front, and involves a couple extra steps in managing the project. All attributes (Fills, Line Types, Composites, Custom Profiles, and especially Surfaces) will be generated in this central Attributes teamwork file, then using the Attribute Manager will be matched to all other files for that project on the BIM Server. To prevent these errors we have introduced an Attributes file into our workflow for each multi-file project.
If attribute #10 doesn’t exist in the site file, the stone will show as a purple & black checkered pattern, indicating the surface is missing.
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mod and placed to the site, all stone will switch to wood. For example, if your building file has attribute #10 as a stone, but the site file has attribute #10 as a wood, the buildings file will show correctly as stone, but when the building is saved to a. It is important to note, the attribute number is how attributes are assigned to elements. Surfaces of a module may show incorrectly, or be missing, custom profile beams/columns/walls can become reassigned to a new shape, and composites can switch to a different width if not properly matched. If attribute numbers do not match from a building file to a site file, or between multiple building files of a single project, the Hotlink Modules will not appear correct. Attribute management between files for a single project is critical.