https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/ArchiCAD-plug-in-for-Maxwell-Render-2-5-x64/m-p/145858#M8960 Thanks Steve, i've been trying mw 2.5 and it is indeed a great release.<BR /> <BR /> However, I think there's a little bug with the AC plugin:<BR /> <BR /> If you try to attach a material created with the 2.5 it will not show up in the material explorer in archicad, if this material is created with a version prior to 2.5 than it will show up... Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:29:26 GMT TMA_80 2010-12-17T22:29:26Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/ArchiCAD-plug-in-for-Maxwell-Render-2-5-x64/m-p/145857#M8959 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>I just tested the ArchiCAD plug-in with the Maxwell Render 2.5 upgrade. It works just fine for me.</T></DIV> Thu, 11 May 2023 10:10:02 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/ArchiCAD-plug-in-for-Maxwell-Render-2-5-x64/m-p/145857#M8959 Steve Jepson 2023-05-11T10:10:02Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/ArchiCAD-plug-in-for-Maxwell-Render-2-5-x64/m-p/145858#M8960 Thanks Steve, i've been trying mw 2.5 and it is indeed a great release.<BR /> <BR /> However, I think there's a little bug with the AC plugin:<BR /> <BR /> If you try to attach a material created with the 2.5 it will not show up in the material explorer in archicad, if this material is created with a version prior to 2.5 than it will show up... Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:29:26 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/ArchiCAD-plug-in-for-Maxwell-Render-2-5-x64/m-p/145858#M8960 TMA_80 2010-12-17T22:29:26Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/ArchiCAD-plug-in-for-Maxwell-Render-2-5-x64/m-p/145859#M8961 More indepth analysis <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_wink.gif" style="display : inline;" /> :<BR /> <BR /> Two important new features related to maxwell 2.5 are :<BR /> - the fire engine (Fast Interactive REndering) the main evoltion is this one as it brings a realtime rendering engine as demoed in <A href="http://maxwellrender.com/" target="_blank">http://maxwellrender.com/</A> <BR /> - the draft render option. <BR /> <BR /> the ArchiCAD plugin has not been updated ( yet ?!) to integrate those two new features .<BR /> <BR /> And while waiting for the plugin's update, here are the possible workflows:<BR /> <BR /> - for the fire engine .......the only workflow now is to export to Maxwell studio and lunch the fire interactive engine from there<BR /> <BR /> - maxwell gives now the possibility to have what they called "draft rendering" which faster than the "production one".it intended to be used as a preview one and gives already very good results ( actually it is the one fire engine uses ) .......for this one there is a way to lunch it directly through Archicad plugin by entering "-rs:0" in the command line, you can get back to the default one by entering " -d -p:low "( this workflow is the same for the sketchup plugin...it is how i know it could be done in Archicad Anyway <E><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":winking_face:">😉</span></E> ) . another option is to enable this mode in the render window options ... Sun, 19 Dec 2010 23:11:21 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/ArchiCAD-plug-in-for-Maxwell-Render-2-5-x64/m-p/145859#M8961 TMA_80 2010-12-19T23:11:21Z