Industrial Fab buildings making them look good ?

[Sketchrender]

Hi

 

I have large Fab building to render out and was wondering if anybody can point me to some nice renders of work done.

It's very hard to make them look good to sell to the client.

 

I have another question.

I bought Autocad Max recently.

I have tried Turbocad and I am not happy with it.

I am not seeing what the clients sees if you know what I mean.

So is there a deal that autocad do for current autodesk users that it can be bought cheaper?

 

phil

Edited April 8, 2011 by philip kelly

[David Arbogast]

I bought Autocad Max recently.

There is no such product as "Autocad Max". Autodesk is a company. Two of Autodesk's software packages are called "AutoCAD" and "3ds Max". Anyway, Autodesk has begun bundling their software into suites and there is one that has both 3ds Max and AutoCAD, and you can upgrade to the bundled suite. However, there bundles may contain more than you want (might include added packages like Mudbox or something). Still, their suites do look like a good value and I'm considering it myself.

 

Regarding industrial renderings: I found this photo on a photographic forum and I think it has a very cool industrial aesthetic to it; the photographer has photoshopped the image to look like a rendering: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1023749

[Sketchrender]

There is no such product as "Autocad Max". Autodesk is a company. Two of Autodesk's software packages are called "AutoCAD" and "3ds Max". Anyway, Autodesk has begun bundling their software into suites and there is one that has both 3ds Max and AutoCAD, and you can upgrade to the bundled suite. However, there bundles may contain more than you want (might include added packages like Mudbox or something). Still, their suites do look like a good value and I'm considering it myself.

 

Regarding industrial renderings: I found this photo on a photographic forum and I think it has a very cool industrial aesthetic to it; the photographer has photoshopped the image to look like a rendering: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1023749

 

Appologies your right.

I was up till 2am working on a job.

So head was not fully tuned in.

Thanks for the link

 

Phil

[ronll]

That linked image above is stunning.

 

Industrial simple buildings are difficult as you are discovering. Try making the lighting more interesting, maybe with a complex sky or foreground. Scott McDonald at Hedrich Blessing did a great job on this one, but that's why he gets the big bucks.

 

http://www.hedrichblessing.com/scottindustrial7.html

 

These of course are photos, not renders, but the idea is the same. Here is another from Hedrich Blessing.

 

http://www.hedrichblessing.com/jonbuildingextei.html

 

I really like the way an otherwise boring hangar building was made exciting with lighting and the addition of the planes to delineate its use.

Edited April 8, 2011 by ronll

[David Arbogast]

This is the link to the Autodesk Suite I was thinking of: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?id=15174834&siteID=123112 The "Premium" suite has both Max and Acad.

 

I'm not sure what the upgrade cost would be, since they aren't posting that. Like I thought, the package comes with extra stuff that may or may not be welcome (Mudbox, Sketchbook Designer, and Showcase), however it's still probably less expensive than purchasing AutoCAD and 3ds Max separately. I'm mulling this over myself.