Will AC9 rendering support LWA materials?

[Anonymous]

From the rumors it seems that AC9 is going to have integrated rendering using LightWorks - Woohoo!
Does anyone (not in NDA?) know if it is going to support the LWA format material files that can be downloaded from www.lightworks-user.com ?

Ciao - Karl

[stefan]

Those that know, can't say it (NDA).
Those that know and aren't under NDA, shouldn't be knowing it in the first place 😉

Better wait and see. What use is it anyway if the next version isn't released?

[Rob]

it will

[Bence Kovacs]

stefan wrote:
Those that know, can't say it (NDA).

Stefan, herby you are officially and solemnly relieved from the restrictions the NDA poses upon you concerning the AC9 release.
But seriously: since we announced AC9 on Sept 1st, there is no reason not to talk about the features of AC9 any more. I encourage all former beta testers to openly discuss, disseminate, criticize (and perhaps, even praise?) the features of ArchiCAD 9 in the ArchiCAD Talk - we will not sue you !

Bence Kovacs
VP, Product Management

PS: here I would like to thank again the invaluable help beta testers gave us in the last few monts - without your enthusiasms and hard work we would not have gotten this far!

[stefan]

Bence wrote:

stefan wrote:
Those that know, can't say it (NDA).

Stefan, herby you are officially and solemnly relieved from the restrictions the NDA poses upon you concerning the AC9 release.
But seriously: since we announced AC9 on Sept 1st, there is no reason not to talk about the features of AC9 any more. I encourage all former beta testers to openly discuss, disseminate, criticize (and perhaps, even praise?) the features of ArchiCAD 9 in the ArchiCAD Talk - we will not sue you !

Bence Kovacs
VP, Product Management

PS: here I would like to thank again the invaluable help beta testers gave us in the last few monts - without your enthusiasms and hard work we would not have gotten this far!

Well, thank you! I found the open spirit in the beta-test assuring for the future of ArchiCAD, because it won't be easy, with the direct competition of the Autodesk products. Revit is very powerful and even ADT is not to be underestimated, since it is such an obvious upgrade for existing AutoCAD users, when compared to ArchiCAD & Revit.

I for one, am glad with what the new version brings and although it doesn't have the big bells & whistles from 8.x (although Lightworks is big) it is a solid and overal thorough 'renovation'.