AC10 render...what's new?

[Mats_Knutsson]

I can't figure what GS have done with the renderings except for the "natural sun" option... Check the glass material on this render. I could never have done this in AC9 (maybe my incompetence). The coloured cylinders are just plain paint which also looks really decent.

I notice a render just out-of-the box looks so much better with AC10. Improved material properties are most likely an explanation but I get the feeling there is more to it or...!?
I haven't had the time to play with the renderings yet but I will in the next weeks.
Cheers,
Mats

[TomWaltz]

I think the only thing they did is make more logical defaults for the rendering settings.

[Mats_Knutsson]

TomWaltz wrote:
I think the only thing they did is make more logical defaults for the rendering settings.

!!!? clever to hide this from the users for almost two years...not!? sometimes I feel but I love AC

[Dwight]

- Yes, there's work been done on the materials.
- natural sun option is nice - soft shadows built-in. Still need undersun, however.
- un-natural sun features also now implemented - but cryptic.
- antialiasing now a slider rather than radio buttons but still quite basic.

You are getting better glass because you've picked a "ray-tracing" glass option. The original ArchiCAD glass was not this sophisticated. LightWorks provides many materials that have yet to be introduced into the ArchiCAD library but dwell as .lwa in the LightWorks archives.

[Mats_Knutsson]

Dwight wrote:
- Yes, there's work been done on the materials.
- natural sun option is nice - soft shadows built-in. Still need undersun, however.
- un-natural sun features also now implemented - but cryptic.
- antialiasing now a slider rather than radio buttons but still quite basic.

You are getting better glass because you've picked a "ray-tracing" glass option. The original ArchiCAD glass was not this sophisticated. LightWorks provides many materials that have yet to be introduced into the ArchiCAD library but dwell as .lwa in the LightWorks archives.

Dwell=does not exist... GS should NOT trust the users to go on an adventure expedition for settings that shoud be out-of the-box. There are always some who will but 98% won't (IMO)...and that 98% speak with their buddies... Nuf complaining ...now I will go windsurfing!
Yihaaaa!!!!!

[Dwight]

I know what you mean. It is an immense task to thumb thru the archive list and convert the individual .lwa data into ArchiCAD materials - many of which are repeating.

People who bought my book receive a download of all of these materials brought forth from the archive into an ArchiCAD .aat file.

Certain "shaders" are a mixed blessing.

For instance, ArchiCAD 10 has swell brick materials with bitmapped shadows, based in a photo image. In the .lwa archive, there's a procedural shader for brick that lets you dial in any combination of color, size and stacking pattern, but the shader can't create shadows. Dang.

[Anonymous]

Dwight wrote:
People who bought my book receive a download of all of these materials brought forth from the archive into an ArchiCAD .aat file.

Dwight, can you give me a web link to download these materials? I think I registered my book purchase, but if not, what is the process? Thanks

[Dwight]

Your registration was received.
I have just sent download instructions to your registration email.

[Anonymous]

Dwight wrote:
Your registration was received.
I have just sent download instructions to your registration email.

Dwight,
I need to download also, could you guid me?
Thanks,
Joseph

[Anonymous]

Where is natural sun option?
I could'nt find it.