![]() ![]() I had to produce 2 images of our design montaged into existing site photos. I've just spent yesterday and today using AC 9 for the first time. Notice that the lack of radiosity or caustic or whatever is not noticeable, specialy if you aim is not to make a perfectly realistic image, but only to explain to your client what wiil your design look like. I have tried in my time some heavy duty rendering programs (remember Vue De Sprit?), but they have such a steep learning curve, and are so difficult to master, you have to spend weeks learning them and then practice constantly so as not to forget the just is not worth for us architects.Īnyway, here is a pretty picture done with Art.lantis 4.5. If you have someone to tech you, half an hour is enough to learn the basics (50%). I am not aiming at high end renderings (although I have done a few, which are great practice to learn tricks).Īnd it is VERY fast to learn. Then, on Art*Lantis, with 20 to 30 minutes more, I can churn out some 3 to 6 images, with enough quality to impress my client. It is not a perfect rendering package (far from it), although version 5 promises to be something else, but you can do some decent looking images and movies REAL fast.Īs an example, a first design approach, on a small size project, can take me from 8 to 20 hours to model in ArchiCAD. IMHO, if you are an architect, you should go straight to Art*lantis. ![]() If you want something better, you can always add external software for rendering. It has it's limitations, but it's good enough for regular use. The Lightworks engine inside ArchiCAD doesn't have the radiosity included. There are free demo-versions of most of these applications too. Why would a company do that?ĪrchiCAD commercial -> $7000 (yes, it was that much)Ĭinema4D 6 CE -> free with a $15 magazineĪrt*lantis 4.0 -> free with a $15 magazineĪnd the others I don't use/have or are free. I think it is well below par, it compares to applications that were out 7 years ago. I wish the integrated Archicad 9 rendering would be better. But the quality in FormZ is much better! Why is that?Īlso, just out of curiosity - adding up the apps you are using you must have spent $10.000 plus on software. I use FormZ as well as Archicad and they are both meant to use the Lightworks rendering engine.
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