Juha Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Does anyone know any lighting analysis software for Max 5.1. Plugin maybe? Something like Lightscape or Viz4 analysis tools are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abicalho Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Process Radiosity. Once you're done, open the MAXScript Listener and type: SceneRadiosity.ShowLightingStatistics() You can then pick any object and it will tell you the Lighting information on that object. There's also the Pseudo Color Exposure Control for lighting analysis. Hope it helps, Alexander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dollus Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 I have had inconsistent results when using Max vs. AGI or LumenMicro for analysis. Have Max Lighting methods been tested before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abicalho Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Yes, I have personally tested it against Lightscape and the results match very closely. For these tests to be valid, both solutions need to be meshes at the same size, and the solutions should run to a reasonable quality. If you have reproducible scenes where the results do not match, please send them to my attention and I'll look into it. Thanks, Alexander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juha Posted July 3, 2003 Author Share Posted July 3, 2003 Thanks! But MaxScript listener gives me this error message: SceneRadiosity.ShowLightingStatistics() -- Unknown property: "ShowLightingStatistics" in Anyway I found Lighting Analysis tools (same as Viz4). I only have to customize user interface and voilá there it is. Button for Lighting Analysis. Still I think that Lightscape's analysis tool with grid lookslike more professional than pseudo color analysis or picking points from objects. Someone haveto write script for Lighting Analysis Grid tool Juha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dollus Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 Alexander: Thanks for the reply. I have been using AGI for lighting analysis lately as the engineering clients are much more comfortable with the results. Reality scares them. Next time I have a more progressive client, I just might take you up on your offer. Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudoe Posted October 26, 2004 Share Posted October 26, 2004 Hello All, I'm sure since this thread is old that you've stumbled onto this as I have (in maxscript help), but the txt to put in the listener is actually: sceneradiosity.radiosity.ShowLightingStatistics() I'd be curious to hear results... e. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudoe Posted October 26, 2004 Share Posted October 26, 2004 well duh i just noticed it's sitting right there on the render/advanced lighting dropdown menu. Another day another button. e. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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