QTVRML - In release AC10 or AC11 or AC12??? Where did it go?

[rob2218]

What ever happened to this functionality in Archicad?
I created a QT VRML file which allowed me to create a 3D environment.
Then, I was able to 'link' 3 or 4 3D environments together where is used to show me a "box" (rectangle) where I could jump from room to room....what happened to this functionality in Archicad15?

Can I still create QTVrml files?
Can I still link multiple QTVrml files?

what replaced what?

[TMA_80]

Hi Rob,

There was a similar question here:
http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=35772

[rob2218]

Read the thread. Still don't know where the QTVRML generator went?
Can we still create QT virtual model MOV files?
I thought that was slick when it was able to to do that.....kinda like what the whole "iVisit3D" was/is all about isn't it?

[Karl Ottenstein]

You need to also read the page linked to in the thread:

http://www.graphisoft.com/support/archicad/downloads/ac13/QTVR.html

QuickTime VR - Discontinued

QTVR (QuickTime Virtual Reality) technology is not supported by Apple on 64-bit systems. The immediate effect is:

• On Mac OSX Snow Leopard, the new QuickTime X player (which is a 64-bit application) does not play QTVR files
  
  On Windows 64-bit operating systems there is no toolkit to develop a QTVR-compatible Add-On for ArchiCAD

Since the future of QTVR technology is unclear, Graphisoft decided to discontinue QTVR Support in ArchiCAD 13. This has given us the opportunity to optimize the memory usage of the 32-bit version of ArchiCAD, enabling users to work with larger models.

This was all a few years ago, of course. AC 12 is the last version that supported QTVR out of the box. 13 is the last version that supported it with the 32 bit downloads available on that page.

[rob2218]

bumski...thanks Karl.
I suppose that we'll be using the BIMx deployment until the next best thing since sliced bread comes along eh.....oh well, keep learning I suppose.

[Djordje]

rob2218 wrote:
bumski...thanks Karl.
I suppose that we'll be using the BIMx deployment until the next best thing since sliced bread comes along eh.....oh well, keep learning I suppose.

Well, the new ArtLantis iVisit 3D (too many words beggining with i these months ...) is the replacement for QTVR.

[rob2218]

Noticed that...QTVRML was replaced by the iVisit3D.....seems it does the same thing with a little better rendering imagery

[TMA_80]

The quality is indeed better...Except that, to generate iVisit views , You'll have to pay for another software :Artlantis.

[Djordje]

rob2218 wrote:
Noticed that...QTVRML was replaced by the iVisit3D.....seems it does the same thing with a little better rendering imagery

I would say much better, as ArchiCAD rendering is not comparable to ArtLantis 4 ... and the last ArtLantis that had multinode panoramas was ... dinosaurs help me out here ... 2.1 or so?

[Djordje]

TMA_80 wrote:
The quality is indeed better...Except that, to generate iVisit views , You'll have to pay for another software :Artlantis.

Well ... given what you can produce with it, I am sure it will pay off quickly.