CHE Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 It is finally here!!! I am downloading it right now. It would be great if we can get a Modo forum open. Thanks Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 CHE I am going freelance in the near future and looking for a cost effective (read cheap) alternative to viz. I see that there are some architecture modelling scripts avaliable for modo too. Is modo a viable alternative to viz? I am hoping to modo with vray stand-alone which (hopefully) be released soon with 1.5. Thanks Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Geoff I'm about to buy Modo. It is the best modeller I've used and it now has its own, really impressive, render engine. I haven't experienced the renderer yet but it looks amazing, even without animation capabilities. Modo really does look like the future. I'm a LightWave user so I find it a little sad what happened there (ie all the great LW development guys starting up Luxology to create Modo) but I couldn't be too sentimental about something like software. On the negative side, all I'd say is a huge amount of modo's appeal lies in organic (but accurate) modelling and painting but it's poly modelling is fantastic too. I wouldn't call it cheap either but you get what you pay for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlytE Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 After reading your post I got interested and went and checked out the news artical on it. This program looks absolutely fantastic, talk about a revolution! It really will turn things on its head and force other developers to get their finger out. The ability to paint the textures on in a sort of piranesi fashion will make photorealistic texturing a hop skip and a jump away from the model itself. I have to say I'm really excited about modo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 £372 for modo + £71 for architecture scripts = £443 compared to £1500 for viz = cheap to me (at a third of the cost) didn't realise it was made by LW peeps Hopefully those scripts will help modeling architecture My other shortlisted alternatives are rhino (£611) and sketchup (£341) Thanks Ian for the info. can't wait to see what you can do in it! Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlytE Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 I know nothing about rhino, but im pretty sure that as good as sketchup is, you will find it is not enough for you. Last I checked it doesnt really do organic solids/modelling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Hhmmm that is cheap. Last time I looked at the pricing it was something like $900 and it had no renderer. That takes away any nerves I had about asking the firm to buy it! What retailer are you looking at? By the way, best of luck with going freelance Geoff. Are you specialising or doing general arch viz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 I looked on the modo website for the price, not looked for a UK reseller yet... Ian I'm not freelance yet...still a full time draughtman freelance is where I seem to be heading though mainly arch vis Just got seamless flow from 1 freelance job to another for the 1st time today! woo hoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHE Posted May 25, 2006 Author Share Posted May 25, 2006 Geoff, I am relative new to Modo. I got it at the beginning of the year. I have not had the opportunity to use it in production yet but I have been following its development very closely and I got to say that Modo is revolutionizing the way CG artists work. It is definitively the most flexible tool out there right now. I like the fact that there is the open communication between users and developers. Luxology actually listen to its customers and that is very important to me. Modo 301 will have animation capabilities. However, there are users that have been talking about coding scripts to allow simple camera animation for 201. Now, there are some things that need to be improved like its snap system for example. It wasn't developed with cgarchitects in mind. There are ways to get some very use functionality out of it but do not expect to have the same level of control than in Sketch Up for instance. Also, it doesn't import .dwg files. You have to export your CAD info to .dxf or you could buy AccuTrans to convert your files. I say, go ahead and download the demo and judge Modo for you. See if it would work for you. I got the archvisuals scripts. Neil Hayes is doing a wonderful job with his scripts. He is planning to continue developing new tools for architectural visualization. There are a lot more web sites with scripts and resources for Modo and I can only expect it to grow. I am planning to run some tests over the weekend so I will post some images on Monday or so (hopefully we will have a forum by then right Jeff? ). In the meantime make sure to check this links: http://www.archvisuals.co.uk/ http://www.vertexmonkey.com/ http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/topic.aspx?id=6214&show=architectural http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/topic.aspx?id=6006&show=architectural http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/topic.aspx?id=4473&show=architectural http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/topic.aspx?id=3739&show=architectural http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/topic.aspx?id=2983&show=Ham http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/topic.aspx?id=2913&show=Ham http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/topic.aspx?id=2264&show=vray http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/topic.aspx?id=2244&show=vray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHE Posted May 25, 2006 Author Share Posted May 25, 2006 People are already posting 201 renders in the Gallery forum at luxology: http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/forum.aspx?id=4 P.S. Displacements in Modo rock!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Thanks for the info CHE. looking at the links right now. Looks very promising Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHE Posted May 26, 2006 Author Share Posted May 26, 2006 Ok, here is my first try at Modo 201. I have not had time to read the manual yet nor to watch the 1GB worth of video tutorials that Luxology released. I'll try to render something more "photorealistic" over the weekend. The building was modeled in Sketch Up. Dual Xeon 3.0GHZ 2GB RAM Render time 13min at 1500 pixels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Alexander Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 Modo works real well for Architectural Modeling...a couple more pennies and it's 201 The architectural scripts, especially the window scripts are top notch and clean too. Better than ADT anyday. CityHall-modeled in Modo Condos-Modeled in Modo-rendered C4D WDA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic H Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 Those wires look great. Im intrigued, its at my pricepoint too. Looking into it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limbus Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 Did they improve the snapping functions over Modo 103? Florian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 Nice first attempt CHE. wda have you done any rendering with 201? Just wondering if there is a need for a back up renderer at the moment. I've put my purchase request in today. I'm happy to use it alongside LW untill it's 100% production ready. Lets start a modo revolution. All the posts in the Finished Work and WIP sections could now be called 'modo lounge' and 'first modo interior'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHE Posted May 26, 2006 Author Share Posted May 26, 2006 They improved the snap system (snap to grid makes sense now). However, it is still not 100% cgarchitect friendly but I still have a lot to learn so it might be just me . Welcome aboard Iain. Modo 201 is production ready for stills and it also has the capability to render turntable camera animations. We need a forum!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHE Posted May 26, 2006 Author Share Posted May 26, 2006 Here is another quick rendering of the same project. I am going to read the manual and watch the tutorials over the weekend. Render time 35 min. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Eloy Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 I was browsing the Luxology forums and have to say I am quite impressed. The modeling features I was already aware of, but those renderings and shading capabilities knocked my socks off! What's that displacement? Gee... I also heard some good things about archvis on modo. I guess this is one app we definetly must keep an eye on. Btw, how is the render engine going? Is it as fast/good as they say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHE Posted May 26, 2006 Author Share Posted May 26, 2006 Don't forget its painting capabilities. Yes, the render engine is very fast and easy to set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvlive Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 this is exciting news indeed. ive read rave reviews about its modelling capabilities, now it has its own rendering engine, and will have animation capabilities (as mentioned in this thread) in the future, all for a price similar to that "other" popular render engine. ....soon i will be free from the clutches of big brother A. ....hehe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4d-infinite Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 but, have any one of you (who's already got modo) had any success in importing cad files (dxf)??? If so, I wonder if you could help me. - 2d cad drawing put all in one layer, exploded, ungrouped in vectorworks. exported to dxf 12 (text and/or binary) (also tried 2000) - Open modo and open the dxf file. I can see in the item list the file xyz.dxf is now xyz.lxo But in statistics, I don't see any vertices nor polygons. the screen is blank. Am I missing something??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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