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Vray Rendering

Anonymous — Thu, 11 May 2023 10:15:52 GMT

This is a new conference room interior I finished. I used Archicad 12, Sketchup 6, and Vray for Sketchup. Any comments or critiques are most welcome.

Render and setup time was less than a day. Render time 30 min.

Justin

Re: Vray Rendering

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:17:46 GMT

looks like someone has put your latest design through the shredder.

id hate to be the cleaning lady.

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Anonymous — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:59:51 GMT

Beautyful....! Nice Work....

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Anonymous — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:04:59 GMT

Thanks for the kind repsonses. I am in the process of re-rendering with a few adjustments.

Justin

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Anonymous — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:23:33 GMT

The scenes background is to dominant, the room is beautiful but the eye goes to the windows.

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Anonymous — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:36:28 GMT

Hello Justin,

Nice render, I love the light wash on the walls. However, Elsewhere on this forum people claim you can't get an AC file to work in Vray. You obviously are doing it. So what is the process? Do you export to an intermidiary file format or has vray created a plugin or perhaps just reads the AC files.

Thanks,
Mark

Re: Vray Rendering

Anonymous — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:00:15 GMT

I exported the Archicad model to a 3ds file. In Sketchup I opened the file and resized it to a scale of 39.42. This gave the closest result without fooling with the scale too much. The rest is using Vray for Sketchup. Thanks for the comments!

Justin

Re: Vray Rendering

Anonymous — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:17:27 GMT

Justin,
Thanks for the quick reply. I appreciate your sharing the details of how you got AC & Vray to dance.
Mark

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Anonymous — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:21:33 GMT

This is a project I just completed. It was a simple house addition. It is in the process of being constructed. I wish Vray could be integrated with Archicad in some way.

Justin

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Lipi — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:52:02 GMT

Very nice renderings, I do wish I caould make them myself!
My comments would be:
-in the top view I'd hide the celiling fan, it looks out of place for me, like something on the coffe table
- the view of the living room: the outside is way too bright and strong, it dominates over the interior. Same with the tv - sports also doesn't seem to go with the tranquility the room conveys. The reflections on the secutity glass of the fireplace kill the fire, I'd bet it'd look much better if the fire was the focal point instead of the tv.
- The iMac material isn't grainy at all, it's just brushed aluminium. (could be the result of making the picture smaller, but that's what popped out). Also the startup screen clashes with the overall colour scheme you use.
-the plants are a bit too neon green for my taste, they almost look like plastic

These are just cosmetics, but they would probaly make the renders stand out even more. Good work overall!

Re: Vray Rendering

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:40:25 GMT

Hey, I've made one AC --> VRay rendering too. My first VRay scene actually. I made the mistake of trying to model the sofa in MAX and using an ugly material in the carpet.

Re: Vray Rendering

owen — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:54:58 GMT

nice work ... rendered in Max? VRay really is great to work with and very predictable once you get the hang of not needing to fake things anymore (fill lights, etc)

Couple of things i would work on (C4D user, sorry if i don't know the Max terms):

1. Color balance/saturation to remove the orange hue - not all, just tone it down. I know it is physically correct based on the color of the floor and light but i would still correct this either in the VRay Phys Cam or in Post. The human eye will see the walls as much closer to white than a camera will. I won't get into the LWF method as i am still coming to terms with that myself.

2. Texture on walls/ceiling - scale is too large IMO. Try 1/10th and maybe tone the Bump down a little. You should not really notice the texture/bump unless you really look, but it will make a difference vs a simple flat surface.

3. Pull the furniture, paintings, etc away from adjacent elements a little. Will help add small shadows behind/around things to add to the realism. Nothing is ever hard against things or square in real life.

4. Maybe put some sort of night-scene picture outside the windows just to add a bit of depth. Getting picky now

keep it up!

Re: Vray Rendering

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:39:27 GMT

owen wrote:

2. Texture on walls/ceiling - scale is too large IMO. Try 1/10th and maybe tone the Bump down a little. You should not really notice the texture/bump unless you really look, but it will make a difference vs a simple flat surface.

3. Pull the furniture, paintings, etc away from adjacent elements a little. Will help add small shadows behind/around things to add to the realism. Nothing is ever hard against things or square in real life.

4. Maybe put some sort of night-scene picture outside the windows just to add a bit of depth. Getting picky now

Yes, the bump is a bit too strong. I hate too flat surfaces so I often end up overdoing surface texture.

Point #3 is golden! I never noticed this problem in the picture, but when you point it out, the cabinet-wall border looks very stupid.

The background actually is a toned down night-scene picture. The light spots would appear brighter in reality but I had to tone it down to hide the wrong scale of the image.

Re: Vray Rendering

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:43:08 GMT

Hi Colyer lloyd, very impressive renders!

Im leaning towards using vray for Sketchup to do my renderings, but Im having trouble getting the 3ds model that I import into sketchup to work.

I dont understand why but even after I have exploded the model, I cant select certains parts of the model, for example the roof slopes.
When I try to apply a new vray material this doesnt work either.

The model is there, it looks great, just like the original in Archicad 13 I created, but I just cant do anything with it once its in sketchup.
I can render a scene with vray, but I cant edit the model, to apply better textures/ materials.

I would like to explore vray, do some rendered floor plans the same way you have, but Im stuck, can you give me any advice on how to do it properly?
Is there anything I can be doing in preparing the archicad model to make the model work in sketchup?

any help would be much appreciated

merci
Lucy

Re: Vray Rendering

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:22:22 GMT

When you import a file into Sketchup, depending on the complexity of the scene, there may be a lot of cleanup to do in the model. You will have to explode everything twice, as Sketchup makes the entire scene a group and everything inside that group is a component.

Justin

Conference Room