topic Re: for all you texture freaks . . . in Collaboration with other software

for all you texture freaks . . .

__archiben — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:07:18 GMT

imageSynth from modo:

http://www.luxology.com/whatismodo/imageSynth.aspx

standalone photoshoppe plug for creating seamless textures from low-res image clips . . .

~/archiben

Re: for all you texture freaks . . .

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:41:10 GMT

You da man Ben.

I've been looking for something like this.

I'm buying it now!

Re: for all you texture freaks . . .

Thomas Holm — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:35:04 GMT

Ben, thanks for the tip! I'll be buying too.
A question:
To complicate the on-going renderer discussion a little, is Luxology's modo application any good as a renderer in combination with Archicad? Will it accept Archicad 3D exports? In what format? And Archicad materials? Have you tested it?

Re: for all you texture freaks . . .

Rakela Raul — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:13:47 GMT

and the MODO modeling software looks good 2....!!!!!

good deal thx

Re: for all you texture freaks . . .

Eduardo Rolon — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:20:59 GMT

Modo's possible advantages

Modo costs less than C4D's upgrade from 9.6 to 10.
They let you move your license between OS platforms.
They give you a 30 day trial that can be extended if you need/want more time to play around with the software (I am on my 3rd extension)
The new render engine looks good and it is fast
You can export from AC as obj or 3ds and Modo will read them without problems

Re: for all you texture freaks . . .

stefan — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:49:57 GMT

Modo 201
- New $895
- Upgrade $395
- No animation

--> Best for modeling freeform geometry. I would not use it as a rendering engine for ArchiCAD. Use it for modeling objects, characters, props etc... and paint them for final renderings.

Re: for all you texture freaks . . .

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:29:14 GMT

The luxology web site contained an excellent "Watch a Tutorial Video (1 of 4)". Does the tutorial come with the software?

Re: for all you texture freaks . . .

__archiben — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:13:38 GMT

Thomas wrote:
To complicate the on-going renderer discussion a little, is Luxology's modo application any good as a renderer in combination with Archicad? Will it accept Archicad 3D exports? In what format? And Archicad materials? Have you tested it?

i don't know too much about modo, suffice to say that it looks fantastic but doesn't really fit into the archicad/construction workflow easily. stefan summed up it's ideal uses well.

that being said, a couple of years ago i downloaded modo 1.0 to have a play - i was extremely impressed by the interface, the tutorials and the Quality of the product as a whole. it's worth downloading just to see it in action! graphisoft could learn an awful lot from the modo crew . . .

~/archiben

Re: for all you texture freaks . . .

Thomas Holm — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:31:52 GMT

OK THanks to y'all!

Re: for all you texture freaks . . .

Steve Jepson — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:37:07 GMT

Time to take a look again at Modo201 - 301 ?

http://www.luxology.com/gallery/

Free Demo. Be sure to check the ArchiCAD box in the questionnaire.

This is a very good architectural animation.
http://www.luxology.com/video/view.aspx?id=105

301 tutorial http://video.luxology.com/modo/301/video/ReferenceImport.mov

Re: for all you texture freaks . . .

__archiben — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:50:15 GMT

stefan wrote:
Modo 201
...
- No animation

Modo 301
- Animation

Re: for all you texture freaks . . .

stefan — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:42:40 GMT

A brother of mine is doing professional 3D animation (not archticture but characters and landscaping and effects).

His critique about Modo: intially it was mostly a modeling and painting application, which was meant to be integrated into a workflow with other applications.

However, it is more and more turning into a full 3D solution (modeling, animation and rendering) which has advantages and disadvantages...

So yes, take a look again at it 😉

Re: for all you texture freaks . . .

Steve Jepson — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:28:40 GMT

ArchiCAD Model in Modo.

Save as .3ds. Open with modo. Seems to work Ok.

My first render with modo. 42 min. on my very tired M60 2 GIG RAM.

Thats right...42min. Not 42 hrs.

Shot at 2007-08-10

Re: for all you texture freaks . . .

Steve Jepson — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:16:58 GMT

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Re: for all you texture freaks . . .

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 07:00:37 GMT

... now I just need to learn photoshop...

Re: for all you texture freaks . . . [MODO stuff cont...]

__archiben — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:36:39 GMT

coming to modo soon:

rhino and sketchup! importing and exporting . . .

Re: for all you texture freaks . . .

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:45:56 GMT

Argghhh...

all their bandwidth is being "used for existing customers"

Can not even get a demo of 301 (let alone 203) from any offline hosts...

Any advice, asides buying now or Dl some hacked warez?

Re: for all you texture freaks . . .

Steve Jepson — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:45:53 GMT

3d desktop scanner modeling for modo and other programs.

$2500.00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXtQR7mpNZg

Re: for all you texture freaks . . .

Steve Jepson — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:47:20 GMT

Steve wrote:
ArchiCAD Model in Modo.

Save as .3ds. Open with modo. Seems to work Ok.

My first render with modo. 42 min. on my very tired M60 2 GIG RAM.

Thats right...42min. Not 42 hrs.

Shot at 2007-08-10

Check out this MODO animation.
http://www.luxology.com/gallery/video.aspx?id=210