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.

[Dwight]

In view of the fact that I really like Maxwell and may not be all that busy next year since my public art contracts are getting completed, it could happen.

[Rafal SLEK]

It took me 1 hour to model the kitchen and the render took about 7 hours

For me it is the biggest problem with Maxwell - rendering algorithm is excellent but the computing time...
Forget about several renderings for impatient client, fly-through, panoramas etc.

[Dwight]

Artlantis wins with the numbers because of speed/quality/ease. Maxwellions will always be patient for that soft, glowing result. It will never "Catch on."
Perhaps I can explain it in terms of t-shirts.

Do you remember the lame archicad t-shirt slogan "I work with models every day."?
Then they changed it to "It's Time!" (Really meaning "No one is going to call YOU an early adopter, buster!")

If Artlantis had a t-shirt, it would say "Done in a Minute," while Maxwell's would say "Goes All Night."

[Anonymous]

HA!

http://www.maxwellianart.com

[Djordje]

Dwight wrote:
If Artlantis had a t-shirt, it would say "Done in a Minute," while Maxwell's would say "Goes All Night."

Not good in rendering, unlike otherwise ...

[Anonymous]

Not good in rendering, unlike otherwise ...

Djordje! , you dirty boy..

[Djordje]

tigr wrote:

Not good in rendering, unlike otherwise ...

Djordje! , you dirty boy..

Hm?

[Anonymous]

Dwight wrote:
If Artlantis had a t-shirt, it would say "Done in a Minute," while Maxwell's would say "Goes All Night."

Djordje wrote:
Not good in rendering, unlike otherwise ...

tigr wrote:
Djordje! , you dirty boy..

...is it me or this went funny? (don't get me wrong Djordje )

[Djordje]

[Dwight]

Ha ha.
You are right that I put it on the edge and those other guys jumped.

It was a legitimate set-up, based in Graphisoft's own flawed innuendo regarding working with models every day. Of course, even THAT is ridiculous from a he-man architect/builder point of view, seeing as how people who work with models every day are usually involved in coiffure, makeup and accessories.