Maxwell 2.7 plug-in for ArchiCAD

[Steve Jepson]

cool.

http://www.maxwellrender.com/index.php/maxwell_render_suite/plugins

[Bricklyne Clarence]

Is that what I think it is?

Fire in ArchiCAD????

Tres Cool!!!


I hope they do an update for AC16 as well which along with the updates to AC16 (Morph et al) will make it the coolest update in the history of ArchiCAD.

(rushes off to check link)

[Anonymous]

Awesome... and it seems faster!!!
and FIRE!!!

[Bricklyne Clarence]

Sweet.

Also, Proxies (trees) and Grass material with the new Maxwell Grass object/material.


Can't wait to try this out.

[TMA_80]

A Great Update indeed with many new features. a very good job really.

the Only Missing Thing, for a future update I hope, is to be able to View the attached mxm texture in the 3d window. ( and maybe a better UV mapping tools for archicad)...

[Bricklyne Clarence]

TMA_80 wrote:
A Great Update indeed with many new features. a very good job really.

the Only Missing Thing, for a future update I hope, is to be able to View the attached mxm texture in the 3d window. ( and maybe a better UV mapping tools for archicad)...

That's probably on the Graphisoft side who have to update the material/texture editing interface (which I guess they might do with the next version if the rumours about them integrating the C4D render engine into ArchiCAD are true).

But in the meantime, thanks to FIRE you have instantaneous updates in the FIRE window as you update anything on the AC side (including materials) which sort of makes it like an extension to the AC 3D window.

It's turning out to be a great year for ArchiCAD (w/Maxwell) users.
Especially if the Maxwell plugin is updated for AC 16.

[Anonymous]

Bricklyne wrote:
That's probably on the Graphisoft side who have to update the material/texture editing interface (which I guess they might do with the next version if the rumours about them integrating the C4D render engine into ArchiCAD are true).

Allplan now has smartparts with GDL and many updates from GS, and Maxon is property of Neme... Allplan, C4d and Archicad are almost cousins. This rumour sounds incestuous...
Lightworks is prehistory, and the internal render is a toy, now we had to use Artlantis or C4D. Artlantis has no displacement, fur, proxies... (4.1 is a good update but Artlantis is now years behind some other engines)
My personal election is physical render of C4D, with GB ilumination, + AO, + Tone Mapping... speeder than artlantis, and you can use AO, GI, physical fresnel, material with layers, displacemente, physical skies...



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[MuazOnline]

Hi,
how to download this plug-in ???
is it free or we have to pay for it

[TMA_80]

MuazOnline wrote:
Hi,
how to download this plug-in ???
is it free or we have to pay for it

The plugin is free but maxwellrender ( the render engine ) is not. you can however dowload the demo version and the free plugin from the Maxwellrender website:
http://www.maxwellrender.com/index.php/maxwell_render_suite/download

[Anonymous]

is it only me or the marquee selection rendering is broken from this version on(at least on mac)? this renders fire virtually useless when trying to check some regions of model on big projects because to load the whole geometry would take ages. it's faster to start a render!
but that's not the main concern, marquee selection is extremely useful when rendering only portions of the project like interiors or 3d sections. unacceptable development, reason enough not to update at least on my side. lets just hope it's something that will change when the plugin gets out of technology preview state.