topic Re: Model positioning in InfraWorks Forum

Model positioning

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 13:56:14 GMT

Hi!

A problem bothers me every time when I create model. Because of the blue background in infraworks 360, the model looks at near by water. The only solution I came out is to input a large terrain model and satellite photos which costs more running time. Is there settings I can change to avoid this situation?

Thanks in advance.

Re: Model positioning

Matt__W — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:40:21 GMT

Hi, @Anonymous. You can give this a try. Make sure you back up any files beforehand, just in case. I'm not sure if it'll work with the latest release or not though. The AKN article only lists InfraWorks 2015 & 2016.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/infraworks/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Changing-the-background-color-in-InfraWorks-using-GIMP.html

Re: Model positioning

elliott.rosenfeld — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:41:25 GMT

Hi Jingyj,

You can easily switch your view from Conceptual View to Engineering View using the Utility Bar, which will change the sky background color and give you more of an engineering view for detailed design.

You can read about how to do this here: http://help.autodesk.com/view/INFMDR/ENU/?guid=GUID-4E69D369-5282-46FF-B4AE-62BBB8A2E964

Thanks,

Elliott

Re: Model positioning

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 09:26:38 GMT

Thank you. It works!

I changed the background colour to white, and it seems brown-gray in effect.

Re: Model positioning

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 09:29:28 GMT

Thanks! That is a great new feature! But unfortunately I have a old version 2016.

Re: Model positioning

elliott.rosenfeld — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:41:08 GMT

You may be able to use Javascript to turn off the dynamic sky in InfraWorks 2016. Here's an article explaining how to do so: http://autodesk.typepad.com/bimagination/2015/10/in-infraworks-2014-there-were-many-options-to-control-the-sky-including-different-styles-sunset-sunrise-etc-and-the.html

Thanks,

Elliott

Re: Model positioning

triszeng — Thu, 04 May 2017 03:57:33 GMT

How did you do it work? @Anonymous

thank you

Re: Model positioning

Anonymous — Thu, 04 May 2017 08:28:18 GMT

try infraworks 2018. haha

Re: Model positioning

triszeng — Thu, 04 May 2017 08:47:24 GMT

i already in infraworks 2018. But i can not find any option to change the background color.

I know "engineering view".

Re: Model positioning

Anonymous — Thu, 04 May 2017 14:27:31 GMT

Hi, Does it work not well in "engineering view"? I don't have the new version so not sure about that.

I tried the solution I got from the first answer. It's about changing a color file in Instraworks system document. And it works well for me.