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I am in love with the new Image gallery we put together. Someone was complaining about how…Continue

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New Lighting Preset - HDRi Sky
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We added a new Lighting Preset to IRender nXt - HDRi Sky Because of the new Image…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Boothy on Sunday.

Problems with models offset from [0,0,0]
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I have a model which is not rendering properly, because the coordinates are way, ware far from 0. Can you help?Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Al Hart Feb 13.

I have extra issue with rendering.Is it possibile to render rays with specific length.Is it possible to modify IRender nXt for the feature ?I'm interesting in objects with specific distance from…Continue

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New Image Gallery

I am in love with the new Image gallery we put together. Someone was complaining about how hard it was to browse the existing gallery and find images by category, so we implemented a new one based on the Photo Squares Word Press theme. I think it works pretty well. Take a look: New Gallery See More

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Rich Hart replied to Al Hart's discussion 'IRender nXt / nXtRender - new version'

New version posted. LB22 - February 22, 2012 In this version, we: Added "Create from Position" to the Background tab of Image Layer Wizard, to create a new background image or HDRi image using the current position and distortion of…

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Comfy Lounge

Model, A Comfy Lounge, by Surya Murali from 3D Warehouse. I added HDRi background, set wattage of interior lights, and added reflection to mirror, vase and floor. 124 passes in Packet Mode, 1 1/2 hours rendering time.

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Rich Hart replied to Al Hart's discussion 'IRender nXt / nXtRender - new version'

New version posted. LB20 - February 20, 2012 In this version, we: Fixed Animations to be able to use the same Average Luminance that is shown on the Lighting Channels dialog when viewed from the Render Window. We added a check box, "Use…

Tuesday

Boothy replied to Al Hart's discussion 'New Lighting Preset - HDRi Sky'

Hi Al I thought I would give the path tracer another test to see if things were any faster. On average one of my interior visuals would take approx 6-8 hours at 40 passes in standard packet. The same sample below in path tracer has been running…

Sunday

Boothy replied to Al Hart's discussion 'New Lighting Preset - HDRi Sky'

To me the Path Tracer option is not a viable commercial option as it takes so long to generate a decent render, agian OK for simple illustration but for anything really complex its too time consuming (and time means money…

Saturday

Al Hart replied to Al Hart's discussion 'New Lighting Preset - HDRi Sky'

Thae advantage of the Path Tracer for this model is that you can then adjust the Background HDRi and the sky illumination separately. You cannot do that in Packet mode yet. We did not include special stuff for Planar HDRi in the Image Layer Wizard,…

Friday

Boothy replied to Al Hart's discussion 'New Lighting Preset - HDRi Sky'

Hi Rich \Al In Principle this seems to work, I still had to place background image and render ,then reuse (could not figure out how to work new button (if relevant to planar). Anyway planar seems to adjust well with sky lighting channel. I still…

Friday

Boothy replied to Al Hart's discussion 'New Lighting Preset - HDRi Sky'

Thanks Rich\Al Its Friday at 11.00 pm and I am on my second scotch (Peatmaster - from an artisan Scottish brewery ) but I will give it a go when downloaded. Thanks again for all your efforts boothy

Friday

Rich Hart replied to Al Hart's discussion 'New Lighting Preset - HDRi Sky'

I posted that new version with the Planar HDRi refraction fix. See if that works for you.

Friday

Rich Hart replied to Al Hart's discussion 'IRender nXt / nXtRender - new version'

New version posted. LB17 - February 17, 2012 In this version, we: Fixed refraction for Planar HDRi backrounds Add a function to create a background image from current HDRi view to the Image Layers Wizard. Fixed a couple of regressions in the…

Friday

Boothy replied to Al Hart's discussion 'New Lighting Preset - HDRi Sky'

I used sky Channel

Friday

Al Hart replied to Al Hart's discussion 'New Lighting Preset - HDRi Sky'

Did you use the Sky channel to change the background, or did Channel 8 appear in Packet Mode?

Friday

Boothy replied to Al Hart's discussion 'New Lighting Preset - HDRi Sky'

Hi Al The sample I did the other day which seemed to work with HDRi sky was with standard renderer not path tracer ! I am keen to give it a go .The HDRi skies beacause of the impossbility to allign them in some coherent realistic scenario just makes…

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Al Hart replied to Al Hart's discussion 'New Lighting Preset - HDRi Sky'

RIch did fix the Planar HDRi's to work much better. So you should have a good solution if you use the Path Tracer and Planar HDRi's I was VERY wrong about using the background wizard to change backgrounds behind windows. The LPHA image we…

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At 3:13pm on August 14, 2011, JohnTGentz said…: Ok Sir, your welcome. Its my pleasure to join in this wed site. Great day!

At 10:40pm on March 15, 2011, Paul Davis said…: I meant asva friend on this site. I can't seem to find a way to a friend except by using an email. I'm just trying to get connected with some people on this site. That's all. I did check out sketchucation mag and was reading the interviews of the sketch related companies. Is that the type of article you guys will be doing with them?

At 8:54pm on March 15, 2011, Paul Davis said…: Hey Al, would mind if I added you as a friend?

At 9:12am on January 6, 2011, Didier Hoffman said…: Done !

At 8:56am on January 6, 2011, Didier Hoffman said…: No problem, I do it immediately...

At 8:40am on January 6, 2011, Didier Hoffman said…: Oh... OK.

If you want, I post again a new discussion with the problem... and the solution !

At 8:19pm on December 18, 2010, John Rector said…: Avatar Image already uploded

At 5:30pm on October 22, 2010, Chris St.Clair said…: Hi Al,
I was involved with Beta testing the early versions of nxt for Revit, but I got too busy to stay involved, and I thought this product was released for production. I would like to purchase a licence, but it seems like there are still major issues that would prevent me from being able to use this for my projects.
1. I thought nxt loaded the assigned materials from the Revit material library, but in the trial version that I just downloaded and installed most of the materials were wrong.
2. I have not tried it but I saw that the decals are still not working
3. And I also noticed that RCP objects are still not working.
I would love to beta test any new versions you are developing. I am currently taking time off to do research and development, and I have time for this now.

At 6:40pm on October 16, 2010, Austin Canon said…: Al

I added an image to my profile. Will also be uploading more renders in the near future.

I like I Render nXt