The exceptions to this being the 3DS Max, Maya and XSI versions which were developed by Chaosgroup themselves directly. Whether it be VrayforSketchup or VrayforRhino3D (both developed by ASGVIZ and not Google or McNeel) or VrayforBlender (independant developer).
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I know that VrayforC4D was developed by a third party developer - Ilab and frankly speaking all existing Vray bridges to other software and plugins have been developed by third party developers or enthusiasts rather than the developers of the host application or Vray itself. I believe more advanced rendering engines should be developed by 3rd parties so Graphisoft can concentrate on developing the modeling/documentation tools that should be part of the core program - things like a Revision Manager for example. I see no reason why the same could not happen for ArchiCAD - I'm sure Graphisoft would not stand in the way. VRayforC4D is NOT developed by Maxon - it is done by a very small team, yet it is totally integrated into the program.
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So what would really be their incentive to improve a tool which some don't even consider that important to begin with, when they haven't really even bothered to improve another tool (amongst many) which most people would consider vitally important to basic architectural design?Īs for Artlantis, yes it's easy to use and learn, but for that price range, your better off adding an extra $50 or $100 and getting Sketchup Free with Vray and doing your renders there for more professional looking renders. So what you're really saying is that you don't really know.for a fact,īecause, with all due respect, saying that ArchiCAD 14 will have a new rendering engine simply because GS can't afford for it not to have one any longer, is like saying that AC14 will have a new Stair tool simply because GS can't afford for their program not to have an effective robust version of so basic an AEC design and construction tool.Īnd yet from where we stand, there has been no improvement in that particular tool, as an example, for far longer than AC has lacked a decent render engine even.Īnd to make it even worse, more people actually use and need to use a good Stair tool than need a good render engine. ArchiCAD is imo still the best overall solution and at a much lesser total cost than the competition.ītw anyone can afford Artlantis.even in a recession.right!? Artlantis is a clever choice whatever modelling platform. For many years ArchiCAD was the best renderer. I'm 100% convinced there will be a new rendering engine soon.
There's lots of third-party developers who are more than capable of developing "bridges" and plugins for AC to take advantage of all the powerful render engines out there, and which would not cost GS that much since the licensing fees would still go to the plugin developers and render engine developers. Integrating a new, or improving the render engine in ArchiCAD should't be so much of an issue as people seem to make it since other 3D and CAD software makers (most notably Rhino3D, Sketchup, and even ironically C4D) have been able to provide their users with access to the latest top-of-the-line rendering solutions (everything from Maxwell, to Fry, to Vray) from within the software at no extra cost to their own programming and R&D resources. It would behoove GS to develop or allow for a more integrated approach in this regard, rather than forcing the users to have to resort to third-parties or completely different software as is the usual modus operandi. IF.a rendering engine inside the cad-program would be extremely fast.then OK.Īctually, part of the new reality of this modern post-global-recession economy is also that a lot f firms can't afford to outsource their rendering needs to freelancers, any more than they can afford to have to buy additional software (including Artlantis) to have to use themselves to do the renderings - and especially when that software will run on those same workstations anyway. I look at the huge base of single person or small companies that can't affort having their bulk designing tool render for half the day. Apart from the obvoius fact that ArchiCAD soon will have a new rendering engineĭo you know this for a fact ( or at least as 'obvious' a fact, as you claim it to be) and by "new" do you actually really only mean that they will now finally let Lightworks users be able to use Radiosity (and outdated methodology, as it is) after 3 or 4 odd versions since they decided to integrate it half-baked as the default render engine?