Rugs & Carpets

[Helldoor]

Hi folks,


I recently had to render a carpet for an interior. I had luck, that the carpet was not in the foreground, cos'... well, it didn't really turn out very nice.
After some research, I figured out, that the most of the nice looking carpets in interior renderings are made in Max, via Fur or Hair plugins.

But how do we achieve a nice carpet also in Rhino + Vray?

My Interior and carpet_






And a 'Wish'-Carpet_




Thanks in advance. Have a nice day.

Greetz
Helldoor

[mgibeault]

I used RhinoHair with some success in the past.
http://www.liquidtectonics.com/2009/...-released.html

[Helldoor]

Thanks for the answer, mgibeault.

I have some questions about your experience with RhinoHair:

. How does it 'behave' with vray and the render times - does it take longer, than using displacement?
. Could you possibly share a image of a carpet you've done, using RhinoHair?

Thanks in advance.
Greetz

[mgibeault]

It's pretty straightforward to use and set up.
Depending on the displacement settings used, I think RhinoHair is faster.

[Helldoor]

Thanks, it looks nice.

I'll give it a try and post results.

[Helldoor]

Hi again.


Had some time to test the Rhino Hair Plugin for making a Carpet. My fazit:

Pros ________________________

+ Nice, straightforward and quick settings
+ Authentical looks, due to 'real' forms (not displacement)
+ A bit shorter render times

Cons ________________________

- Huge model size (my carpet - 1.80 x 2.80 m with 120000 nodes is 290MB - bigger than my whole interior model!). Any ideas how to optimize that, besides using proxy?
- Long-faser carpets tend to 'swallow' more light and darken their surroundings a bit...


Here are the comparison pics - left - old, displacement, right - new, rhino hair:

[mgibeault]

I think the two carpets are credible. Different carpets but realistic.