Microstation Stadium rendering

[Dave Bond]

I love Microstation for modeling....no question that you can model in V8.5 faster than just about anything......but man...their rendering features suck!!!

 

For your criticism:

 

http://www.cgarchitect.com/forum/filepush.asp?file=WSUstdm1.jpg

[STRAT]

Originally posted by Dave Bond:

but man...their rendering features suck!!!

i'd say that because you havent mastered the renderer.

 

i've seen microstation renders that blow your socks off as standard

[Dave Bond]

Yeah...ok...Blow your socks off huh?

Have you used the software?

 

No doubt it will do a decent job...BUT,

The rendering engine is old and very slow compared

to the other packages on the market.

Bentley still is using a rehashed integration

of MASTERPIECE into V8.5. Plus, When I call

Bentley support about a problem with global

illumination not meshing correctly, their solution

was simply keep adding more particles until

it renders correctly. Which btw just keeps adding

more time to the final rendering.

This particular render took 6 hours banded across

5 machines. Using low antialias settings and

low raytrace settings. This is unacceptable for the

relatively simple scene that this was.

[schmoron13]

not to sound harsh, but that for 6hrs across 5 machines?!!! I'm not familiar with Microstation, but for that kind of requirement, you'd be saving in the long run (time and money) by just getting a different renderer. Hell, 3000 for max 6 and it comes with mental ray, or just get viz?

[schmoron13]

you know, that came off as quite insensative, so I'd like to apologize What I meant to say is, though the rendering looks good, at 30hrs to render (5 machines x6hrs), it seems like you're tying up a lot of resources. Though i kinda like th truss detailing