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I guess the tools depend on which software you use? I would try a loft nurbs, if available to you.

material editor>illumination>texture preview size

I'd say it depends more on the quality of your work - just cause you have an arch. degree doesn't mean you know how to use a computer - and vice versa... post your portfolio, or you're soft

uh, you do realize that the people on the left are taller than the person on the right? .... just checking.

wow, if that's your first time w/ Vray, I'll be looking forward to your second time also.

Our design firm ( 50+ people) is mac only. For arch viz and we use formz (mainly for modeling) and Cinema4D (adv. render and Vray) mainly for rendering. We use Vectorworks and Illustrator for 2D drawings. A few people are running Parallels and XP, but mainly to check if a file has been converted properly to Acad before sending out. We never work directly in any windows-based software.

Structure> Axis Center> Center Axis To ... that is if you're using C4D R10 - otherwise you can look for 3rd party plugin called axis center.

yes, I agree. I've found several shop window images on Flickr. I've also resorted to taking my own pictures of shop windows once or twice. It becomes tricky with glazing reflections - I figure you'd be able to get the best images by shooting at night, with a good camera setup - but I don't have that, so I have to do with day shots.

any chance of an online resource? I googled Waisler, but haven't filtered through the massive amounts of links. this thread is getting interesting!

Frank Lloyd Wrights illustrations are milestones, in my mind... though I guess you're referring to computer visualisation? Like the previous poster, I guess the computer itself is the main milestone. It's more of a paradigm shift, I guess, as constructing perspective vanishing points is no longer needed in 3D software. The 3D component of a sucessfull visualisation is no longer a part of the mental construct, as it used to be when drawing everything by hand.

I'm not sure exactly what you're explaining with your example, but if you simply selected the 3 cubes and grouped them, you'd have a null with the same axis center as the cubes. Now, in the case where your cubes have has their axis centers offset, I can see that it would be a problem. Perhaps an expansion of the Axis Center function to work on nulls as well?

Doesn't the center axis tool center nulls (among other things)? maybe you can elaborate a bit on that? what kind of modeling tool improvements are you thinking of - primitive objects, poly modeling? I think the snaps need some work.

OK, several issues have come up recently in regards to this topic, so I figured I'd start a list of features I'd like to see improved in the near future, in order to make C4D a better program for Arch Vis. With major additions, like VrayforC4D and the 10.5 update w/ much anticipated xrefs, I feel like C4D is moving in the right direction, but here are some smaller issues I'd like to see implemented. - Option to have units saved with a file. Currently I can model a house in inches, but if my colleague has his unit prefs set to feet, or cm - the house will have those units. When using ies lights (in a renderer like Vray), it's extremely important that units are real-world since lighting and camera take this into account. - texture scale tool needs to be corrected. As it is now a texture scaled to 12"x12" is actually 24"x24" - twice the size. - Reliable, exact, sun position when using Sun Object.

uh, electric car???

since this appears to be the official VW "thread", en lieu of a dedicated forum, I feel I should post my question here, hoping someone can help. I'm really novice at VW, and usually only need to check out files for reference when building models in C4D. Can someone tell me where the hotkey index is located? I can stand having to figure out the toolbars every time I want to zoom (c-key, I know that one), and measure something, or select. Thanks