Results 61 to 75 of 212
Thread: X5 Vs Thea...
-
09-21-2012, 07:23 AM #61Jintu E.P. Montego
info@jintudesigns.com
jintu@cadexpress.biz
X5
Triweekly rendering updates on facebook
--------------
Windows 7 Home Premium - 64bit
Processor: 3rd Gen Intel Core i7-3770 3.40GHZ 8MB (Ivy Bridge)
Mobo: ASUS P8H77 - MLE
RAM: 8GB DDR3 PC1333 Kingston ( 2x4GB)
Hard Disk: WD Caviar Green 1 TB
Video Card: 1GB Sapphire Radeon HD6670 DDR5
-
09-21-2012, 11:16 AM #62Registered User Promoted
- Join Date
- Sep 1999
- Location
- Auckland New Zealand
- Posts
- 1,310
Hey Jintu I did not know about that default sun setting - we have been asking for a while to be able to set the sun independently of true North. Is it one of those hidden gems slipped into X5 or has it been there in previous versions?
I had a quick try on a job and the attached pic took 10 minutes - it is still not 100% but definitely an improvement.Gordon Martinsen
Auckland
New Zealand
W7 64 bit X5
i7 2600k 3.7Ghz
8 GB RAM
180Gb SSD
Nvidia GTX 560 1 Gb
-
09-21-2012, 11:42 AM #63Humble Chief User/Abuser
- Join Date
- Sep 2003
- Location
- Vista, CA
- Posts
- 3,264
Marty, That setting was there in X4 as well. Jintu turned me on to it and now I don't mess with North arrows and CAD sun angles - just change those setting and away you go. There's a pretty complete help file on the settings and which way to move them (increase/decrease) to change the angle for the direction of your property.
The purpose of Government is to control the common resources, not the common man.
Larry Hawes
Hawes Home Design
Vista, CA
Hawes Home Design
X5 and X6 Public Beta 3
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Motherboard EVGA Classified SR-2
Processors (2) 6 core Xeon L5640
Memory 24GB PNY DDR3 1600
Video EVGA GTX 780
Monitor 26" LG 1920 x 1200
21" Viewsonic
-
09-21-2012, 11:54 AM #64
Very nice! Impressive.
The default sun setting has always been that way since I first use Chief. that was V10. It is much easier to adjust the sun using the lit bulb icon in render view than in the cad tools.Jintu E.P. Montego
info@jintudesigns.com
jintu@cadexpress.biz
X5
Triweekly rendering updates on facebook
--------------
Windows 7 Home Premium - 64bit
Processor: 3rd Gen Intel Core i7-3770 3.40GHZ 8MB (Ivy Bridge)
Mobo: ASUS P8H77 - MLE
RAM: 8GB DDR3 PC1333 Kingston ( 2x4GB)
Hard Disk: WD Caviar Green 1 TB
Video Card: 1GB Sapphire Radeon HD6670 DDR5
-
09-21-2012, 12:28 PM #65
Question:
With the north pointer and sun angle from CAD in the plan which settings dominate, those or the ones in the RT dbx? Each have settings for color and intensity.Dennis Gavin CR, CKBR
Gavin Design-Build
Media, PA.
610-353-8890
X5
-
09-21-2012, 12:40 PM #66
Some of the "leaking" has been tied to rooms that don't have a roof. In many cases just generating a quick roof prevents this.
Kirk Clemons
Technical Support Analyst | Chief Architect® Technical Support Department
208.292.3399
Professionals: chiefarchitect.com | DIY: homedesignersoftware.com
-
09-21-2012, 02:30 PM #67Humble Chief User/Abuser
- Join Date
- Sep 2003
- Location
- Vista, CA
- Posts
- 3,264
The purpose of Government is to control the common resources, not the common man.
Larry Hawes
Hawes Home Design
Vista, CA
Hawes Home Design
X5 and X6 Public Beta 3
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Motherboard EVGA Classified SR-2
Processors (2) 6 core Xeon L5640
Memory 24GB PNY DDR3 1600
Video EVGA GTX 780
Monitor 26" LG 1920 x 1200
21" Viewsonic
-
09-21-2012, 03:42 PM #68Registered User Promoted
- Join Date
- Mar 2007
- Location
- Bay Area, California
- Posts
- 1,334
-
09-21-2012, 10:27 PM #69Jintu E.P. Montego
info@jintudesigns.com
jintu@cadexpress.biz
X5
Triweekly rendering updates on facebook
--------------
Windows 7 Home Premium - 64bit
Processor: 3rd Gen Intel Core i7-3770 3.40GHZ 8MB (Ivy Bridge)
Mobo: ASUS P8H77 - MLE
RAM: 8GB DDR3 PC1333 Kingston ( 2x4GB)
Hard Disk: WD Caviar Green 1 TB
Video Card: 1GB Sapphire Radeon HD6670 DDR5
-
09-21-2012, 10:36 PM #70
Sun settings from Cad tools dominate. (night or day)
Jintu E.P. Montego
info@jintudesigns.com
jintu@cadexpress.biz
X5
Triweekly rendering updates on facebook
--------------
Windows 7 Home Premium - 64bit
Processor: 3rd Gen Intel Core i7-3770 3.40GHZ 8MB (Ivy Bridge)
Mobo: ASUS P8H77 - MLE
RAM: 8GB DDR3 PC1333 Kingston ( 2x4GB)
Hard Disk: WD Caviar Green 1 TB
Video Card: 1GB Sapphire Radeon HD6670 DDR5
-
09-22-2012, 03:52 AM #71
Interesting. Thanks chief inspector!
Makes sense too.Dennis Gavin CR, CKBR
Gavin Design-Build
Media, PA.
610-353-8890
X5
-
09-22-2012, 05:25 AM #72
You cannot be serious? lol
You cannot compare Thea with CA.
Ive looked at many of the render engines and so glad Pat suggested Thea.
All materials contain maps which give realism. Go to their site and see for yourself.
I think there menu is quite simple.
Here is one of my first renders.George
X5,Kerkythea,Adobe CS5.5 Design Premium,Thea,Substance Designer, Bitmap2Materials
www.gelbuildingservices.com.au
Intel, i7-3930K CPU @ 3.2GHz Graphics Card GTX-680
Memory32GB
-
09-22-2012, 06:38 AM #73Jintu E.P. Montego
info@jintudesigns.com
jintu@cadexpress.biz
X5
Triweekly rendering updates on facebook
--------------
Windows 7 Home Premium - 64bit
Processor: 3rd Gen Intel Core i7-3770 3.40GHZ 8MB (Ivy Bridge)
Mobo: ASUS P8H77 - MLE
RAM: 8GB DDR3 PC1333 Kingston ( 2x4GB)
Hard Disk: WD Caviar Green 1 TB
Video Card: 1GB Sapphire Radeon HD6670 DDR5
-
09-22-2012, 08:24 PM #74Registered User Promoted
- Join Date
- Mar 2007
- Location
- Bay Area, California
- Posts
- 1,334
Jintu,
I am starting my first exterior raytrace. I went through the beginning process but decided to launch the raytrace wizard just to see what it would look like because I couldnt find all the selections described above.
Could you do another demonstration like you did earlier for the interior raytrace and show the arrows of what to avoid and what to select to begin an exterior raytrace? I know you mentioned sun angles but where are you suppose to put these degrees in for raytraces? I didnt see those on the raytrace choices? Clearly Im out in the woods!Chad Cardin
MEMBER SINCE V9... NOW X5
-
09-22-2012, 10:16 PM #75Registered User Promoted
- Join Date
- Mar 2007
- Location
- Bay Area, California
- Posts
- 1,334
Jintu,
Ive been tinkering around with the sun angles and plugging in the time zone etc but for some reason when I do final views with shadows and click adjust lights the default sunlight specification wont show up. How can I get that dialogue box up so I can adjust it to the recommended 260 angle you prescribed above?Chad Cardin
MEMBER SINCE V9... NOW X5