https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180488#M9924 <BLOCKQUOTE>TMA_80 wrote:<BR />Hi Bricklyne<BR /> <BR /> Thanks for sharing your work, (and for the author of this thread) it is really intresting to see how the combo mw+archicad is doing "well". rendering with maxwell from AC is great (except rendering time <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_smile.gif" style="display : inline;" /> .BTW as i remember from earlier posts you're using Vray too, how does it compare &amp; how much do you use MW compared to Vray?<BR /> <BR /> As for the <B>3ds plugin</B> I think you're refering to this plugin from Marc Lorenz<BR /> <A href="http://plugins.angstraum.at/archicad_wiz/index.htm" target="_blank">http://plugins.angstraum.at/archicad_wiz/index.htm</A><BR /> <BR /> the one i mentionned in the last post seems different : it was created by olivier Gras ; see his post here:<BR /> <BR /> <A href="http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=142704&amp;highlight=3ds#142704" target="_blank"><LINK_TEXT text="http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/vie ... 3ds#142704">http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=142704&amp;highlight=3ds#142704</LINK_TEXT></A>.</BLOCKQUOTE> <BR /> Yes, you were right about the plugin; I was referring to and thinking about Marc Loeenz's plugin, and not Olivier Gras'. I didn't know about Olivier's plugin, but I'll be sure to give it a try. I hope it allows one to update their model once already imported and textured in a system that retains material texturing and mapping information - which is usually the biggest time-consumer of a rendering workflow in terms of preparing a model for render.<BR /> <BR /> As for the comparison between Vray and Maxwell workflows from ArchiCAD, some of the more obvious comparisons are well known such as the fact that Vray is much much faster in terms of the actual render, but still takes quite a bit of time to prepare the model for render, and do tests and such. The fact that there is no straight forward workflow to transfer straight from ArchiCAD into the render engine the way Maxwell's plugin allows one to, does not help. There is also the fact that Vray is reputably not that easy to learn - on one's own - versus Maxwell, which only requires basic knowledge of how a camera works. However to offset that, Vray has a massive online resource and support network system since it is the most popular render engine that getting online learning resources and tutorials, prepared material libraries makes it really accessible for beginners.<BR /> <BR /> My own experience with both learning and usage of it, is that while it has somehow of a steep learning curve at the beginning, one only has to get past the terminology (which sadly to say, is more technical and scientific than most artists or architects are used to) to be able to get a basic idea and grasp as to how to get around the engine and to manipulate it to one's advantage. There's lots of presets that make it easier to learn and use straight out of the box before one starts playing around with the settings and tweaking things. And tweaking and manipulating settings is one of biggest reasons it's such a hard program to master, but at the same time is also the same reason why it's the fastest and easiest to optimize., and why it's the most versatile.<BR /> <BR /> As for Maxwell, both its slow render speed (those renders I posted below averaged between 20-90 hours each), as well as it superior unmatched lighting quality are both as well known as it's ease of use and easiness to learn and master. It's designed to work and render like the way one would use a camera with no need to learn such difficult terms as "subdivisions", 'irradiance maps' and 'Delone Triangles' and 'Voronoi Weights' and such. But like I said, the price is having to wait, for it to crunch through the render in a straight forward "Brute Force" way - also known as 'Unbiased' method - until it gets to the most realistic output. Typically it can go on forever until you get a completely photo-clear render, but no one ever has that sort of time to wait for a solution to complete and there's always noise left over. <BR /> <BR /> The best part (for me anyway) about the Maxwell workflow, is the fact that their plugin works directly inside ArchiCAD almost like one of ArchiCAD's own native tools (in fact better, in some cases and some considerations). Added to this the fact that you can set the render (even after it's started) to use some of your CPU cores, (and not all of them) while setting it to render in low priority means that you can still keep working in ArchiCAD or other programs even as it keeps crunching through the render. It also allows you to "resume" you render if the program crashes or you have to stop it, which is HUUGE when you consider that other programs don't alllow this (with Vray you lose everything) and that you normally have to use you computer for other stuff. <BR /> <BR /> But at the end of the day it typically comes down to whether you want speed (Vray) and are willing to learn the program, or if you would rather have quality and ease of use, but are willing to wait longer than is sometimes practical for daily usage.<BR /> <BR /> Like I said before my ideal workflow would be to have a Vray bridge that would allow one to render Vray renders from directly inside ArchiCAD (much like the Maxwell plugin, and much like the Vray bridges for Sketchup and Rhino3D work) without having to go through another program like 3DS MAx or Cinema4D. But I suspect until GS upgrade their material and texture mapping system and interface, it will be difficult and with not much incentive for anyone to develop a bridge for ArchiCAD users.<BR /> <BR /> That's just my opinion. <BR /> <BR /> (sorry for going on too long) Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:55:41 GMT Bricklyne Clarence 2010-02-23T06:55:41Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180413#M9849 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><R>I thought it would be a fun idea to show some renderings of homes you've designed in Archicad, kind of like a little portfolio or show and tell.<BR /> <BR /> So I'll start with a few:<BR /> <BR /> <IMG src="http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc102/wan3212/desertmodernhomeext1.jpg" /><BR /> <IMG src="http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc102/wan3212/FancyEstateFamilyRoom2.jpg" /><BR /> <IMG src="http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc102/wan3212/HouseModerneentryfromdoor.jpg" /><BR /> <IMG src="http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc102/wan3212/RiseConceptIIKitchenOne.jpg" /></R></DIV> Thu, 11 May 2023 10:15:24 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180413#M9849 Anonymous 2023-05-11T10:15:24Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180414#M9850 Well Adam,<BR /> dig a bit in the current topic, you might find a few... <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_cool.gif" style="display : inline;" /> <BR /> Cheers<BR /> Francois Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:23:53 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180414#M9850 Fran_ois Chatelain 2009-08-09T21:23:53Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180415#M9851 We don't do many houses but here is one I did back in 2007.<BR /> Rendered with Artlantis R I believe. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:48:27 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180415#M9851 Robert Fuchs 2009-08-13T20:48:27Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180416#M9852 One more view.<BR /><IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/12774i38321232FAE1F438/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" border="0" alt="ACCamera_4.jpg" title="ACCamera_4.jpg" /> Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:49:36 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180416#M9852 Robert Fuchs 2009-08-13T20:49:36Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180417#M9853 All ArchiCAD 10 with some Photoshop<BR /> all clickable to see at higher resolutions and more of them <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_smile.gif" style="display : inline;" /><BR /> <A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/adonbuckley/sets/72157618602738654/" target="_blank"><IMG src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3282/3553586776_2acd006162_b.jpg" /></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/adonbuckley/sets/72157618602738654/" target="_blank"><IMG src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3373/3552776885_943403e3aa_b.jpg" /></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/adonbuckley/sets/72157618602738654/" target="_blank"><IMG src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2475/3552685459_e5ec199ac8_b.jpg" /></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/adonbuckley/sets/72157618602738654/" target="_blank"><IMG src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3372/3553495404_53a5466a8a_b.jpg" /></A><BR /> [/img] Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:49:32 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180417#M9853 Anonymous 2009-08-18T15:49:32Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180418#M9854 Adon, these are looking great - I particularly like the first image<BR /> congrats Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:31:21 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180418#M9854 Anonymous 2009-08-18T20:31:21Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180419#M9855 Adon:<BR /> <BR /> These illustrations are delightful. You have exploited typical Lightworks liabilities [eyeball sucking greyness and bad, fuzzy shadows] and elevated them to a new illustration style! Photoshop saves the day, eh?<BR /> <BR /> I find myself revisiting the interior view [and your other Flickr pages - I am Orbularity, there].<BR /> <BR /> Congratulations. Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:49:52 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180419#M9855 Dwight 2009-08-19T05:49:52Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180420#M9856 <BLOCKQUOTE>Dwight wrote:<BR />Adon:<BR /> <BR /> These illustrations are delightful. You have exploited typical Lightworks liabilities [eyeball sucking greyness and bad, fuzzy shadows] and elevated them to a new illustration style! Photoshop saves the day, eh?<BR /> <BR /> I find myself revisiting the interior view [and your other Flickr pages - I am Orbularity, there].<BR /> <BR /> Congratulations.</BLOCKQUOTE> Thanks, that means alot, i only started doing this in 2007 and your book re-instilled my faith in archiCAD, it defiantly catalyzed my interest.<BR /> Thanks, and full credit to you. I see your also a fellow photographer. the two skills fit really well together in my opinion.<BR /> <BR /> Thanks Again Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:51:32 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180420#M9856 Anonymous 2009-08-19T06:51:32Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180421#M9857 Rendering a North elevation is always tricky (LITTLE DIRECT SUN) but I was happy with this one where the sun creeps over the wall to illuminate the new extension...<BR /> <BR /> This one's straight from LightWorks Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:00:37 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180421#M9857 Anonymous 2009-08-20T13:00:37Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180422#M9858 how do you get 3d details to look that good (adon) ??<BR /> mine are just basic line work and solid colour.. i cant find any settings where i can get it to be a rendered image Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:57:41 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180422#M9858 Anonymous 2009-08-24T00:57:41Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180423#M9859 alot of time modeling. gives you more realistic results.<BR /> <BR /> all of those images had hundreds of hours in them. just making the model and custom making most of the materials.<BR /> <BR /> but once you start to make all of your materials yourself, you can re-use them. so it gets faster.<BR /> <BR /> to do a 3D section like this i did it with the "cut 3D planes tool"<BR /> <BR /> then used the light works rendering engine like any other render.<BR /> <BR /> use the help menu inside ArchiCAD to find "3D Cutaway" and how to use it Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:24:10 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180423#M9859 Anonymous 2009-08-24T06:24:10Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180424#M9860 <BLOCKQUOTE>GeNOS wrote:<BR />how do you get 3d details to look that good (adon) ??<BR /> mine are just basic line work and solid colour.. i cant find any settings where i can get it to be a rendered image</BLOCKQUOTE> You may be interested in this article if you hadn't seen it before -<BR /> <BR /> <A href="http://www.aecbytes.com/tipsandtricks/2009/issue40-archicad.html" target="_blank"></A><S><A href="http://www.aecbytes.com/tipsandtricks/2009/issue40-archicad.html" target="_blank"></A><A href="&lt;/s&gt;&lt;LINK_TEXT text=&quot;http://www.aecbytes.com/tipsandtricks/2 ... hicad.html&quot;&gt;http://www.aecbytes.com/tipsandtricks/2009/issue40-archicad.html&lt;/LINK_TEXT&gt;&lt;e&gt;"></A></S><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.aecbytes.com/tipsandtricks/2 ... hicad.html">http://www.aecbytes.com/tipsandtricks/2009/issue40-archicad.html</LINK_TEXT><E></E><BR /> <BR /> It uses the 3d document feature to produce an exploded axonometric. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:31:47 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180424#M9860 Anonymous 2009-08-24T11:31:47Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180425#M9861 Just a note ...<BR /> <BR /> From this part of the world, Flickr is blocked ... so we can't see your work ... Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:27:54 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180425#M9861 Djordje 2009-08-24T15:27:54Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180426#M9862 <A href="http://img132.imageshack.us/i/355277688587250b383co.jpg/" target="_blank"><IMG src="http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1967/355277688587250b383co.th.jpg" /></A><A href="http://img16.imageshack.us/i/35527778016cbc093a64o.jpg/" target="_blank"><IMG src="http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/5453/35527778016cbc093a64o.th.jpg" /></A><A href="http://img16.imageshack.us/i/3553495130d1c07a2a2eo.jpg/" target="_blank"><IMG src="http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7740/3553495130d1c07a2a2eo.th.jpg" /></A><A href="http://img16.imageshack.us/i/35534954047421a1afc7o.jpg/" target="_blank"><IMG src="http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/21/35534954047421a1afc7o.th.jpg" /></A><A href="http://img16.imageshack.us/i/3553586776d60ddb0b4fo.jpg/" target="_blank"><IMG src="http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1568/3553586776d60ddb0b4fo.th.jpg" /></A><BR /> for those in UAE Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:58:15 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180426#M9862 Anonymous 2009-08-24T19:58:15Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180427#M9863 Not all renderings ... <E><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":winking_face:">😉</span></E><BR /> <BR /> <A href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2020823&amp;id=1124127154&amp;l=81253ff88a" target="_blank"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 ... 81253ff88a">http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2020823&amp;id=1124127154&amp;l=81253ff88a</LINK_TEXT></A> Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:14:56 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180427#M9863 Djordje 2009-08-25T12:14:56Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180428#M9864 Djordje,<BR /> Wow! What an impressive body of work! Which software did you use besides archicad? Is the Qatar Airways lounge Doha done with Piranesi? Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:25:01 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180428#M9864 Erika Epstein 2009-08-25T18:25:01Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180429#M9865 <BLOCKQUOTE>Erika wrote:<BR />Djordje,<BR /> Wow! What an impressive body of work! Which software did you use besides archicad? Is the Qatar Airways lounge Doha done with Piranesi?</BLOCKQUOTE> Thanks, Erika <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_smile.gif" style="display : inline;" /> You do collect some stuff after a couple of decades <E><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":winking_face:">😉</span></E><BR /> <BR /> Not all my design ... Some of it is presentation work only, like the Qatar airways lounge.<BR /> <BR /> Yep, Piranesi. Pre 1995 was done in 3D Studio 2 or 3, the second (sports hall, my design that maybe even got built) in AccuRender ... modeled in AutoCAD <E><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":winking_face:">😉</span></E> The rest, from the modernist villa onwards, is ArchiCAD, Artlantis and Piranesi. Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:04:33 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180429#M9865 Djordje 2009-08-25T20:04:33Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180430#M9866 NightClub interior I recently designed. Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:37:10 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180430#M9866 Anonymous 2009-08-25T21:37:10Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180431#M9867 A Theme Bar for the same client.<BR /> <BR /> Yes, those a dried Puffer Fish lamps above the bar Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:44:09 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180431#M9867 Anonymous 2009-08-25T21:44:09Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180432#M9868 Nice work, Ed. I take it you didn't get the puffer fish or hula-girl lamps from the Object Depository. <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_wink.gif" style="display : inline;" /> Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:08:42 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Visualization/Show-some-of-your-Renderings/m-p/180432#M9868 Anonymous 2009-08-26T00:08:42Z