Anyone try Newport yet?

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

Has anyone had the opportunity to play with AutoDesk Newport yet? I have a few questions about it, but haven’t been able to find the answers yet. It seems like everything I have heard about it so far is in relation to Revit, but a conversation got me thinking the other day. Is it a real-time app that will support other AutoDesk content, or is it a Revit plug-in app? Meaning, will I be able to export a FBX file, and open it in Newport to create a real-time environment of my model?

[whitetr]

Isn't Newport still in Alpha? or have they even gotten beyond pre-alpha?

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

Not sure.

[mrcamper]

Has anyone had the opportunity to play with AutoDesk Newport yet? I have a few questions about it, but haven’t been able to find the answers yet. It seems like everything I have heard about it so far is in relation to Revit, but a conversation got me thinking the other day. Is it a real-time app that will support other AutoDesk content, or is it a Revit plug-in app? Meaning, will I be able to export a FBX file, and open it in Newport to create a real-time environment of my model?

 

Not that anyone can talk about; it is still covered by non-disclosure.....

[Hedayet]

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i don't know when this will be available in market.

[Brian Cassil]

There will be a couple of classes and a lab that covers newport at AU this year.

[Ernest Burden III]

Not sure.

 

Considering that you represent a firm Autodesk would take seriously (as opposed to any of the rest of us who are small vis firms) perhaps they can set up an in-office demo for you? If they couldn't be bothered I would find that quite revealing.

 

I don't know what Newport is, eve, but there are several realtime apps soon to be released. The ones I'm waiting for are from the FryRender maker and the vray one. Can't wait to see these!

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

Considering that you represent a firm Autodesk would take seriously (as opposed to any of the rest of us who are small vis firms) perhaps they can set up an in-office demo for you? If they couldn't be bothered I would find that quite revealing.

 

I don't know what Newport is, eve, but there are several realtime apps soon to be released. The ones I'm waiting for are from the FryRender maker and the vray one. Can't wait to see these!

 

Yep. I have a copy now, and I thought it is open for public beta testing, but not sure on that. I think it has been open to public beta for 8 months or so.

 

http://labs.autodesk.com/technologies/newport/

 

It essentially ties into Revit to make the creation of presentation material faster. I haven't done anything with it, but my initial reaction is that the quality will only be as good as the user who is creating the content.

 

If I remember right, its main form of shading is a direct light with AO, so it is not going to rival render engine quality realtime. It is far, far from producing the quality of modern render engines.

[chuck]

I signed up to be informed when it's available at Autodesk Labs, I have to try to pull some strings to actually get the beta? We're doing some challenging work with a WFA in Revit and it would be nice to be able to explore the space in a more fluid way...

 

Chuck