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This is a general question as I'm looking into 3D platform options for getting back into Vray after a LONG time without actually doing any Architectural 3D work with vray.
I've previously used Vray for 3DSmax in the past for a previous employer where we had permanent licences for both Vray and 3DSMax (ie not my licence and no longer available to me) - seems like it was much cheaper back then because now 3DMax will cost over $2000 a year and there are no permanent licences available - I REALLY hate this annual model for payment!!!.
My question which isn't that relevant to this forum is to ask what other options non-Autodesk are viable? I've downloaded the Rhino trial and will be giving that a good test with the vray plugin. All of the other valid major options suitable for architectural 3D seems to be for Autodesk products (which i'd like to avoid due to cost). I am worried though when I look through the Rhino section of the vray forum and almost nobody is using Rhino for renderings compared to 3DSmax - are there some major flaws with this alternative?
My typical workflow at the moment is modelling in ArchiCAD, just doing basic wireframes to combine with the 2D drawings but I would like to add some vray rendering capability to this. When I used to use 3DSmax I would use very little of the features - it would basically be a rendering platform with the vray plugin, so it seems like a complete waste of money to spend big on features that will not be used. I will not be much or any 3D modelling in Rhino except for importing some 3D objects.
This would primarily be rendered Architectural images (both interior and exterior), not animations. The quality of images from vray in 3DSmax has always been excellent and the new features seem worth trying, but I am wondering if I will be able to produce the same results with Rhino+vray?. The quality is the primary factor as my current employer will not make this decision unless i can match/improve on prevous work done with max+vray. Either way I will be trying Rhino out and trying to make it work as their cost is $1000 for a permanent licence along with the cost of a new vray licence (either way they will be purchasing a vray licence).
Will there be a Vray plugin for ArchiCAD soon? (similar to the Revit one.). That could solve all of my problems as id rather not use a second 3D program just for rendering as ArchiCAD is already very expensive. I will wait if there is one in development.
Any help/advice on this is much appreciated. For now though I have a month to play with the Rhino plugin and 90 days to learn Rhino.
regards, Paul
(prsimulation@bigpond.com if you want to contact me directly)
I've previously used Vray for 3DSmax in the past for a previous employer where we had permanent licences for both Vray and 3DSMax (ie not my licence and no longer available to me) - seems like it was much cheaper back then because now 3DMax will cost over $2000 a year and there are no permanent licences available - I REALLY hate this annual model for payment!!!.
My question which isn't that relevant to this forum is to ask what other options non-Autodesk are viable? I've downloaded the Rhino trial and will be giving that a good test with the vray plugin. All of the other valid major options suitable for architectural 3D seems to be for Autodesk products (which i'd like to avoid due to cost). I am worried though when I look through the Rhino section of the vray forum and almost nobody is using Rhino for renderings compared to 3DSmax - are there some major flaws with this alternative?
My typical workflow at the moment is modelling in ArchiCAD, just doing basic wireframes to combine with the 2D drawings but I would like to add some vray rendering capability to this. When I used to use 3DSmax I would use very little of the features - it would basically be a rendering platform with the vray plugin, so it seems like a complete waste of money to spend big on features that will not be used. I will not be much or any 3D modelling in Rhino except for importing some 3D objects.
This would primarily be rendered Architectural images (both interior and exterior), not animations. The quality of images from vray in 3DSmax has always been excellent and the new features seem worth trying, but I am wondering if I will be able to produce the same results with Rhino+vray?. The quality is the primary factor as my current employer will not make this decision unless i can match/improve on prevous work done with max+vray. Either way I will be trying Rhino out and trying to make it work as their cost is $1000 for a permanent licence along with the cost of a new vray licence (either way they will be purchasing a vray licence).
Will there be a Vray plugin for ArchiCAD soon? (similar to the Revit one.). That could solve all of my problems as id rather not use a second 3D program just for rendering as ArchiCAD is already very expensive. I will wait if there is one in development.
Any help/advice on this is much appreciated. For now though I have a month to play with the Rhino plugin and 90 days to learn Rhino.
regards, Paul
(prsimulation@bigpond.com if you want to contact me directly)
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