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 view

[Anonymous]

i am also posting some views using the internal engine

[Anonymous]

I wanted to show water streaming down like a sheet into the pool. I am going to model the mesh of the water so the water in this scene is just a test for reference.

[Anonymous]

Hi this is my first try with Maxwell,
it's a house for my mother and sister. Ciao Fabio

more at:
http://web.mac.com/ferrinifabio/
direct:
http://web.mac.com/ferrinifabio/iWeb/fabio%20ferrini%20architetto/casa%20binocolo.html

http://web.mac.com/ferrinifabio/iWeb/fabio%20ferrini%20architetto/maxwell%20render.html

[Dwight]

ooo, baby.

[Anonymous]

@ferrini
Nice architecture with nice rendering
Just one thing, the bottom of concrete ceiling is wrong. If you correct this one, it will be more realistic.
This is the disadvantage with Maxwell. Too realistic!

[Anonymous]

@fferrini
I visited your site.
You have excellent graphic presentation.
Can you please say how you build your floor plan and perspective drawings with two colors (it looks like comic art, but absolutely nice)
Thank you

[Anonymous]

Archi wrote:
@fferrini
I visited your site.
You have excellent graphic presentation.
Can you please say how you build your floor plan and perspective drawings with two colors (it looks like comic art, but absolutely nice)
Thank you

Very simple:
Save your wiew in pdf mode, open photoshop, then click invert in image menu (alt I). Ciao Fabio

[Anonymous]

very simple?
You mean ctr.I?
Please answer me.

[Rakela Raul]

il meglio che abbia mai visto da tanto tempo" complimenti