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Has anyone used the artlantis 2.1 plug-in / renderer with Revit 2010? I have a complex interior scene with lots of lights, objects, and curved surfaces. Revit spent 5 days and 22 hours on it and crashed and 98%. Is artlantis a good option, or should I just do what autodesk wants me to and use 3DS to do the scene?
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5 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!! Why not use mental ray thats built into revit? Or get 3DS and Vray! vray is a top notch rendering app.
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I did use Mental Ray - on Best - 300, and at the time didn't know how to shrink the image size (scale) so it cranked away for days and days, then crashed. Just looking for a faster option for interior renders.
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I use 3ds Max with Mental Ray and its very fast, especially if you have multiple computers you can distributed render while only needing a single copy of Max. I use to use Vray but no longer do as I have figured out how to get speedy renders with Mental Ray.
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alabaster....from what I hear 3DS mimics the light levels you set in Revit. Is this the case with scenes where you have interior+exterior lighting? Would I have to boost the lumen levels for interior lights if I am rendering the image in 3DS? What tips could you give on making good quality, speedy, mental ray renders in 3DS? This is my first time trying 3DS out. Usually I use Revit, but for this complex interior, revit seems to struggle to do it in a timely fashion (without randomly crashing). Also, on "farming" out the rendering.....most of the comps in the office aren't much younger than dinosaurs. Is it just the extra memory that matters, or do the machines I "take over" have to be up to "par" like mine? Any tidbits of knowledge would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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In your Revit model if you are using IES files for your lighting when you export to FBX and import to Max it will retain the light properties as well as your sun and location settings. There are many tutorials on Revit to Max online. here is a good resource http://resources.autodesk.com/Architecture/Revit_Architecture/How_Tos For creating a render farm my machine is a Core 2 Duo quad 3.00 ghz and I only use machines in our office with close to the same memory and processor. We have a lot of dual core Core @ Duos and those machines work very well with my farm. My office is split into two seperate locations in our building and I do notice a certain amount of lag from machines in the other office, I'm guessing it may be from the distance but I am not sure. You will also learn about burning in the Final Gather for lighting. This will create an external file that retains the lighting info for your scene, it allows you to rerender the scene very quickly. The key for a nice and fast interior render is a mix of final gather and global illumination. Also do a little research on ambient occulusion, this function will help you to create soft "contact' shadows which will create a more realistic image.
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alabaster....I exported an FBX and it picked up the scene / lights nicely, but my custom materials didn't transfer. I know it has been posted elsewhere, but now I am having trouble locating the info when I need it. How do I add another folder (location of my custom materials) to the library. When rendering in Revit, I have to re-link constantly. Isn't there a way to permanently link it, so I don't have to constantly tell Revit where the material is? I think that is the reason my materials did not transfer to 3ds. No?
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Possibly you need to add the path to your custom materials to your render path? The ProMaterials in 3ds Max do not always show through, you may be looking at something gray in screen that actually renders a material. What I do once the FBX is imported is run through my materials and replace the (bitmap) (adsk) with a (bitmap) image. I only have to do this to the materials that do not show in my scene. When you import the FBX it create a folder of present materials wherever your FBX is located. This will have all the materials definitions from your Revit scene.
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yeah I see the folder you are talking about, but it has some random materials that are not used, instead of the images I want to use. How do I add the path to my custom materials in Revit?
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Alt+F, I that keystroke will take you into the options dialogue, then just click the rendering tab
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awesome! alabaster...you are the man! I knew that option was in there somewhere. It is nice to not have to continuosly reload my content anymore. Unfortunately, I re-exported the fbx and it looks about the same materials wise. What presets do you normally use as a starting point?
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yeah your scene appears that way becuase the bitmap (adsk) shader does not display the material map. Like I said before I usually replace the bitmap (adsk) with a normal bitmap and use the same texture map. That way I can see the scale. Your FG settings are fine for draft renders, for that interior I would also set up a global illumination without FG. Once you have a good lighting solution you can burn both FG and GI to file and save a ton of time. Also try messing with hardware acelleration so you can use the directX for your graphics card to get a more defined look to your viewport. it will display all your lighting and shadows in realtime
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