Maxwell Render - The Light Simulator

[Anonymous]

If you are interested in a new rendering engine for ArchiCAD, check out Maxwell Render.

Gallery at:
http://www.maxwellrender.com/

If you want THAT TYPE OF REALISM in your images, you need to take the jump into the Maxwell universe.

You might be thinking it is difficult. I used to think that way. Guess what? It isn't all that difficult. Within just a few hours I have been able to come to grips with the interface, navigation and material editor.

"But isn't it Slooooooooow?", you quip... No. In many ways it is actually fast. The reason it is so fast is because it is predictable. You don't need to think about Global Strength, Occlusion, Shadow Sampling settings, etc, etc.

It is extremely architectural, place your crosshairs on the hires Earth globe, think google earth, now position your project with north arrow - specify the year, month and time of day. Check Physical Sky and you have just successfully finished the lighting of an exterior.

It has a function that takes just 1 or 2 minutes to generate a fuzzy preview. Very fast and useful.

Here is the clincher, you can also do much of it from within ArchiCAD 10. Yup, NextLimit is working hard to create the connections (plug-ins) between ArchiCAD 10 and Maxwell. PC will come first (as usual Mac comes next) What's exciting about the Mac development is Universal App - Mactel support. Have you heard about the Quad Core Intel chips coming out soon? Imagine a MacPro with dual Quads. All of them working on your images at once. The future is looking kinda bright.

I will post within this thread more info as it become available to me, and I will give you a peek at some of the programs more useful features.

[Anonymous]

Another WIP!

Render time 1 hour 15 min.

S.L. 13

I think this is a pretty good result in that small amount of time.

Justin

[Rakela Raul]

think this is a pretty good result in that small amount of time

of course!! the small amount of time for you is a lot for me...this one i liked

[Anonymous]

Looking for Maxwell 1.6.1 plug-in that works with AC 9.0? Look here.

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=20412

Cheers,

[Anonymous]

After being away from rendering for months, my new Mac Pro inspires me to start messing around with various techniques. The new plug-ins for ArchiCAD --> Maxwell work well straight after installation. Something worth exploring.

[Anonymous]

Lights transferring from ArchiCAD to Maxwell work better than advertised. Simply toggle the Mulit-Light feature on the maxwell render engine to allow you the ability to adjust the brightness of each individual lamp (in real time) while the rendering is progressing. If you have never done this, you are really missing out on a very useful feature. This image pays no justice to the art of rendering, it is just a quickly thrown together example.

[Anonymous]

Render your scene overnight and you get this result.

[Anonymous]

I have only ever had a brief look at Maxwell and I remember the materials are nothing short of amazing. How difficult are they to use in Archicad? Can they be imported and used/viewed as normal Archicad materials? or is there more to it?

[Anonymous]

Yes, it is as accessible and as easy as the ArchiCAD materials. See open dialog boxes from an ArchiCAD screen grab.

http://mxmgallery.maxwellrender.com/ FREE TEXTURES

[Karl Ottenstein]

Burginger wrote:
Render your scene overnight and you get this result.

I'm not sure how to read your emoticon ('shock'), Mark. 😉

Are you shocked as in blown-away that you got that result after running overnight on a Mac Pro, or are you shocked (as I am) that it took that long?

Have you tried Artlantis 2.0?

Cheers,
Karl

Edit: PS, moderator hat on: please put your configuration in your signature. 😉

[Anonymous]

Karl wrote:
I'm not sure how to read your emoticon ('shock'), Mark. 😉

Just a silly attempt at humor, render at night (and get a night scene) - render in the day (and get a daylight scene) Isn't that shocking! ha, oh well.