Just starting out!

[dlk77]

Hi all,

Just wondering which programs based on budget and experience, a novice may purchase to get things rolling. It seems reading these threads that most people use autocad, then Viz or 3ds max and VRay and Photoshop to finish.

 

I currently model in Archicad 8.1, 9 & 10 (dont like autocad, would rather parametric program). Sometimes use ArtlantisR or Archicad's built in lightworks, then finish and flatten image in photoshop. But Im not convinced with end result. I've been told Cinima 4d is a good extension for archicad but I think it might be a little complex for a beginer, I was thinking maybe Lightworks or Vue.

 

Again, not to sure what suits archicad as rendering extension. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated,

 

Cheers,

[ZFact]

Hi all,

Just wondering which programs based on budget and experience, a novice may purchase to get things rolling. It seems reading these threads that most people use autocad, then Viz or 3ds max and VRay and Photoshop to finish.

 

I currently model in Archicad 8.1, 9 & 10 (dont like autocad, would rather parametric program). Sometimes use ArtlantisR or Archicad's built in lightworks, then finish and flatten image in photoshop. But Im not convinced with end result. I've been told Cinima 4d is a good extension for archicad but I think it might be a little complex for a beginer, I was thinking maybe Lightworks or Vue.

 

Again, not to sure what suits archicad as rendering extension. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated,

 

Cheers,

 

 

you can dowload demo versions of all programs and pick what best suits

you and your work flow. cinema is not overly complex but if i were you and had the choice of learning cinema / final render2 or max / vray i would go down the max / vray route as you will be able to find much more online help and tutorials plus it has kina become the industry standard

[Macer]

Can't really give detailed advice (I haven't used archicad) but if you do go down the max route and you are on a budget, the progression from viz to max is very easy, so it makes viz a good starting point. I've used it with dwg files linked from revit, and 3ds files from sketchup with no problems.

 

V-ray can be added in later but viz 2008 & max 9 have an improved version of mental ray (3.5) thats worth a good look.

 

Hope this is of some help!

[dlk77]

Thanks guys,

 

Looks like I might start on viz or max then vray a bit later. All programs i currently use are at work and at college so I might try and get some demo versions of max/viz/vray for home.

 

Cheers:D

[pailhead]

It seems that maxwell might be a good solution for a beginner, i'm not sure if it's available for archicad though. Maxwell would complement archicad well i think because it's one of those out of the box - one click solutions which provides surprisingly good results as such.

[dlk77]

thanks pailhead.

 

just in process of rendering a model in maxwell 1.5 demo version, have about 1 hr to go. I let you know how it goes

 

cheers

[Paul Griger]

Hey Daniel,

 

I've been using ArchiCAD--->M~R and have been satisfied with it. Keep us posted w/your progress.