ArchiLumos 2.0

[Steve Jepson]

A new ArciLumos will be released when ArchiCAD 9.0 comes out.

http://www.optgraph.com/archilumos/hottopics.html

[Steve Jepson]

Be sure to check out the gallery.

[rm]

Steve wrote:
A new ArciLumos will be released when ArchiCAD 9.0 comes out.

http://www.optgraph.com/archilumos/hottopics.html

Renderings look great. One MINOR problem,......no Mac version noted on their site.

[Steve Jepson]

..so get rid of your Mac and get a REAL computer.

[Dwight]

Shouldn't be a problem for Mac - they supported it in the past.

[Dwight]

BTW: How many are using Archilumos besides me?

[Eduardo Rolon]

3D Viz, Artlantis, C4d. Not enough neurons to handle another program

[Dwight]

Archilumos advantage: Built-in plug-in - no file export.

[Vitruvius]

I checked the site and they do support Mac - it's just the demo version which is listed as Windows (though as a plug-in presumably it'll swing both ways?).

Can anyone tell me how this programme differs from AV-works?

[Dwight]

This program produces a radiosity solution of high quality.
Radiosity differs from ray-tracing [as AV_WORKS creates] because it considers the color of reflecting surfaces in light rays.

It does a superior job to AV_Works as you can easily see from the rendering examples, although those images are done at very high radiosity mesh resolution - that takes a long time to solve - but a radiosity solution is made once for a model so subsequent images are really quick.

Lumos doesn't tolerate modeling conflicts well and cannot employ picture-mapped objects. 3D trees really slow it down, so one is limited to simple interior renderings....

Lumos also can employ the IES profile of light fixtures in solving a scene - allegedly meaning more accurate light effects.

While it is a straight forward plug-in, its radiosity quality is impaired because it uses the crude material definitions provided by ArchiCAD, lacking, for example, sub-surface reflections that enable subtle effects like marble.