Im about to return to university and am currently trying to decide which programme to invest in to render models made in archicad as well as a programme that will let me create slightly more complicated shapes and edit objects within archicad. Im not a blobitect or anything but am looking forward to being able to design without the constraints of having to produce something that is buildable at a reasonable budget...
While on my degree, I used archicad 10 with the maxonform plugin but found it very frustrating to use. Objects created in maxonform were not very well documented in 2d within archicad and the interchange between the two programmes was at times a total pain in the arse. Im hoping that somebody here could let me know if the architectural editions of c4d are any better in terms of integrating with archicad. Im after a product that I can export an archicad model into for rendering purposes and can model objects in and export them into my archicad model. Any help would be greatly appreciated as would any other software suggestions.
Many thanks in advance.
Matthew, thanks for the quick reply. I have downloaded both artlantis and objective both of which are free to students so a big thank you to anyone involved with either of them.
Im still keen to find out a little more about c4d architecture though as I was quite fond of the layout and enjoyed using the programme. I also have an interest in digital art so c4d would allow me to experiment in that field as well as architecture. I'd be really grateful if somebody could tell me if the architecture version of c4d includes the core version of c4d with an extension for the architectural elements and also if the exchange with archicad works both ways, ie. can objects be created in c4d and integrated into archicad for the 2d documentation?..
Many thanks.
Im still keen to find out a little more about c4d architecture though as I was quite fond of the layout and enjoyed using the programme. I also have an interest in digital art so c4d would allow me to experiment in that field as well as architecture. I'd be really grateful if somebody could tell me if the architecture version of c4d includes the core version of c4d with an extension for the architectural elements and also if the exchange with archicad works both ways, ie. can objects be created in c4d and integrated into archicad for the 2d documentation?..
Many thanks.
Mark,
I haven't had a play with AR3 yet, still trying to earn a living
From what I've read on various C4D/Vray forums, your comments are pretty accurate. I for one doubt that I'll be going back to AR3, though for the price it is pretty good value and a good way to first learn the 'art' of GI and architectural visualisation.
I haven't had a play with AR3 yet, still trying to earn a living
From what I've read on various C4D/Vray forums, your comments are pretty accurate. I for one doubt that I'll be going back to AR3, though for the price it is pretty good value and a good way to first learn the 'art' of GI and architectural visualisation.
If you need help with architectural rendering side of things in Cinema 4D check out Architectural Rendering in Cinema 4D at www.archicadtutorials.com
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