Some of the lamps that work very well for generic visualization purposes are the ceiling fixture, pendant fixture and sconce lamps. This can greatly improve the results of your rendering when the lamp settings are turned on in the rendering settings palette. As an added bonus, these objects almost always have a light source, intensity and color associated with them. These can be a great resource into creating a convincing image or rendering without spending the time to model or find a generic shaped lamp. Others are actual fixtures, usually very generic in shape and appearance. Some of these lamps are basic light sources, great for renderings. Lamps are just GDL objects that have been saved with a subtype that restricts access to the Lamp tool settings, rather than the Object tool. One example that many are not aware of or do not think about, is the lamp tool. But there are other classifications too, elements saved to the library that can be applied to many other tools.

Most of us are familiar with creating custom door leafs and window sashes, these are components of the door and window tool. Some of these “Other GDL” parts are components, or objects that can be applied to another object. There are images that are applied to attributes and other classifications of GDL parts not accessible by the object tools settings. But libraries contain a lot more than just objects.

The libraries primarily contribute to the object tool. This entry was posted in Rendering, Twinmotion and tagged Rendering, Twinmotion on by wwabim. This freeze up issue is indicated by limited menu access and navigation control. If you have no mouse or keyboard response and can not switch apps or navigate basic menus in Twinmotion, that is another issue all together. Once again, this is not a “computer freeze up” or even an application bug.

To fix the problem, just drag the TM application to the side or expose the color picker palette and close. The Color picker palette can become hidden behind the TM application window if you click on the model before closing the color picker. The issue was related to adjusting surface color. I was working on a TM rendering yesterday and most of the functions and navigation seemed to be frozen.

I know this has come up in the TM lunch and learns we have done at least once, and Matt explained it to me in person, but until I actually experienced it, the “freeze up” didn’t really make sense.

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