Scott Schroeder Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Hey all, I'm researching real time shading for architecture and I was wondering if anyone here has used or has good links for information about it. What I am looking to do is to look into real time interactive color. Such as the client will slide the color bar and the walls, carpet, etc will change to match the color. I know this can be done with Java, and Open GL but I am having a really hard time finding resources for the specifics. Even websites with examples of this application would be really helpful, I don't really care at this point if they give source code or not. I just need examples and a good starting point. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbr Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 One of the most impressive sites I've found is http://www.behr.com . Other paint sites have similar setups, but this one is pretty impressive. As far as I know, most of it's Flash (at least the front end). You can't interactively change the wall colors, but you can change them to anything you want. As for true interactive shading, you aren't going to find 'perfect' rendering in real time. Here's a discussion about real time software http://www.cgarchitect.com/vb/showthread.php?t=4044&highlight=real+time It's still in it's infancy, but you can get some good results. You need to buy the software, though, and also have the plugins. If you find something especially good, let us know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Try http://www.autech.com.au they have a number of products which may suit. I use the Computer Painter which is great for working up colour schemes and for using with clients Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Schroeder Posted July 27, 2004 Author Share Posted July 27, 2004 Thanks for the links. I am trying to stay away from pre made images where you render out 5-6 color schemes then using buttons you can swap them out. I'm looking for you start with a white wall and you can run the RGB gammut on them. I do know NVIDIA and open GL shaders can do this as well as VRML. But as usual I cannot find any good links! I saw one a few months ago where there was an exterior shot of a house and you could change the siding color using the way I just described. I think it was in quicktime VR. I am currently looking for the same one, I will post it here if I can ever find it again. The links to the discussion on the form were very helpful, and I am still sorting through them. Keep them coming as I will update to my progress on this. I am also searching auto companies as I know they have been known to already have used this technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dp Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 i'm doing work with a product called turntool (http://www.turntool.co.uk) which takes a *.max file and with preplanning (and that is the key to any realtime scenario) it will enable change on fly to materials, bitmaps, colours, some knowledge of javascript is good but to be honest you can get by using dreamweaver or similar best part is the size of the files..................they are tiny in relation to anything else i've seen in the realtime world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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