Rendering

Maybe this is an old thread, i don't know. I would like to know if microstation is interesting in the future in using anothers plugs-in as renderer engines inside the program. Luxology is great and I know we can export the geometry to others softwares but  there are always a lot of issues and it is not very useful if have to update the geometry. I tell this because the other day I discovered Corona renderer and I made some tests.I think it will be very interesting have these kind renderers inside Microstation. I leave here two links if you are interested. The first one is the corona renderer new web and the second one is a blog that I use to learn a lot of things because there are a lot of free models, examples, tutorials and things like that. By the way, the floor generator plug-in is very outstanding. Is that kind of plug-in possible in Microstation?. Thank you.

http://corona-renderer.com/

http://www.ronenbekerman.com/12-postwork-style-architectural-visualization-tutorials/

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  • Hi,

    an example to understand:

    was developed the plugin for MR, is stopped at 2.7, is blocked by more than a year, all plugins are passed to MR 3, less than one, guess who?

    I wrote to the NL and I was told that they would be taken into agreements with developers etc, but still nothing.

    It all depends on how many people you ask, this is what it feels like to answer,

    MS obviously to render "professional" and "photorealistic" is not taken into consideration

    I know many people and organizations that are moving away from MS for this reason, and think it would take very little ...

    given the potential

    good luck

    Alex

  • Hi Alex,

    The plug-in maintainer here.

    With regard to Maxwell Render 3 - the MicroStation plug-in is undergoing a final Beta cycle and will be likely released within a couple of weeks.

    I will surely post here (with Bentley permission) a heads-up note the very moment it happens.

    On the other hand, if you want to contribute to Beta phases of plug-in's development you can apply at Next Limit for the Beta tester status. This will give you access to non-public forums at NL where this stuff is discussed.

    The most important requirement there is that you are really prepared to put some time aside for documenting test-cases which are demonstrating any problem you may find.

    Cheers,

    Cheers,

    /Chris Z.

  • Hi Chris thanks for chiming in here and yes please feel free to post updates related to the plug-in here.

    Thanks

    Jerry

  • Hi Chris, happy to hear you

    beautiful, wonderful news

    thanks

    Alex

  • Jerry

    I use Luxology , as well know, is one of the engines faster, it's a great engine,

    but what I meant in my previous post , is that there is no choice , there are no third-party plugins , if we look at all the other software , they have a huge selection , We unfortunately do not have

    You have done a great great job to supplement Luxology in MS , but many things are still missing , such as saving the irradiance map , the render region, editor materials, etc...

    For what it is Microstation , I do not think this is right.

    Example Maxwell , fortunately now being updated, I remind you that the development of the first plugin was started in 2006 , if I'm not mistaken , with you and Ray , then the block, then the recovery, and so on.

    I have 8 licenses maxwell , I believed in the engine since the alpha version

    Another thing , octane render, wonderful, being developed for everybody, but for us NO,

    the requests are not there.

    In short, what I mean is that given the immense capabilities of MS , we should have the possibility to choose between various motors, as it happens to others.

    And I do not speak to export the geometry and working with standalone , it is not productive .

    Best wishes for a Happy Easter to all

    Alex

  • Alex,

    I agree with you we need more third parties willing to join Bentley Developer Network and create these plug-ins though we don't have the resources to do it for them. I believe the LumenRT plug-in is a great example of what can be done. We helped the along the way but they did most of the work. If  Otoy wanted to create plug-in for Octane Render we would welcome them to do so.

    Probably getting request from users like yourself would spark their interest;-)

    Cheers,

    Jerry

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