Visual Link Support
hi greg!
well, i am rerendering all the cover images for the 3DS people
documentation,in AccuRender now- which in 3DS are all Phong, 2 sided and yes
for these files in 3DS I swap- I still only have a 486-33 w/ 1M on board, and
those same 16 M on the old ALR-Mt test rendering in suitpeople takes me 1:27
and my customers 30 seconds (w/66 MHz)
the hard drive is whirling away at something to make the image in
AccuRender-But I have -oh 2 walls of clerestories with reflections, very simple
scene-no trees,and the granite map on all the walls-test rendering at 640×480
w/ the Mach-12 driver to display on yes, still the old Genoa 7900, cofiged to
256 in ACAD.So its not a fair comparison.
I'm just starting the higher res to disk and will be getting new system soon
and will let you know-i'm not very scientific right now on this as i am running
the visual link thru its paces back and forth to grasp those limits first and
.dxfing and .dwging people libraries.
I am still sub-professionally equiped so I cannot really evaluate any
software's (esp.3DS') performance, when all I'm really evaluating is the fact
that I need more RAM.
However, as a mere "user" I would highly recommend AccuRender and never
dissuade anyone from using it due to any "slowness." I think it is the perfect
low-budget intro to rendering for ACAD users- who are not quite ready for the
leap to 3DS.Its interface is simple and almost zero learning curve. The images
are breathtakingly beautiful (w/ forgive me a little less time to get the
lights right than in 3ds)-the highlight feature is a painters dream
In fact, Greg-I have watched customers quickly move thru AccuRender and THEN
want to buy 3DS, because they grasp the beauty and ease of rendering and thaen
want to animate finally. Accu-Render complements 3DS, a little bit like a
"little brother;" there must be some marketing buzz word for this but uh, you
know me and "marketing."
I was thinking of finally even BUYING (yikes) the Gus' painting IPAS over thar
in Newport, to use on Accu Render images in 3DS-that would be a really great
combo. Have you tried that yet? Hope all goes well… congrats on Autodesk
award to Susan and You- heard thru Cad Camp gravevine…rach