Isometry in Cycles (Cyclometry?)

[DavidRutten]

Fun blend of simple geometry and projection versus an advanced render engine.

[ME_Mark]

So this is done completely in Cycles? Not composed of a render and linework in illustrator/photoshop etc?
If so it’s nice for conceptual diagrams.

[jespizua (José Espizua)]

Cool! Could you elaborate a little bit more about the process?

Thanks,
José

[DavidRutten]

@ME_Mark

So this is done completely in Cycles? Not composed of a render and linework in illustrator/photoshop etc?If so it’s nice for conceptual diagrams.

Yup, pure Cycles ViewCaptureToClipboard result.

[DavidRutten]

@jespizua

Could you elaborate a little bit more about the process?

Groundplane is just diffuse with a single grid cell texture (bitmap, hand drawn in Paint.NET), single HDR environment, and a bunch of CurvePiping for the edges with a pure black material. Nothing fancy, though obviously I did have to figure out which edges should get which thickness manually.

[DavidRutten]

Oh, and the “ISOMETRY” is a decal.

[vittorio]

When will it be available?
Vittorio

[wim (Wim Dekeyser)]

Cycles is available as a display mode in the RH6 WIP.

[Helvetosaur]

@DavidRutten

and a bunch of CurvePiping for the edges with a pure black material.

Ah, bummer, I thought the thicker “silhouette” edges were something that the display mode figured out… --Mitch

[nathanletwory (Nathan 'jesterKing' Letwory)]

@wim

Cycles is available as a display mode in the RH6 WIP.

The display mode is called Raytraced.

[DavidRutten]

@Helvetosaur

Ah, bummer, I thought the thicker “silhouette” edges were something that the display mode figured out… --Mitch

Nope… good ol’ fashioned human labour.

Incidentally here’s a screen-cap of the viewport:

Cyclometry

[nathanletwory (Nathan 'jesterKing' Letwory)]

What kind of rendering device do you use?

[DavidRutten]

@nathanletwory

What kind of rendering device do you use?

CPU, I get corrupted display (and sometimes crashes) when I try my AMD.

Device 0: CPU > Intel Core i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz > 0 | False | True | False | CPU
Device 1: OPENCL_AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing_Tonga_01:00.0 > Tonga > 0 | True | True | True | OpenCL

amd

[nathanletwory (Nathan 'jesterKing' Letwory)]

You could try setting environment variable, see

Radeon RX460 and Cycles doesn't work

Hi @hitenter, I have a RX 480 in my machine. I have this problem as well. It is on my list to fix eventually to work with the Split kernel, but until that is done you can make Raytraced/Cycles use the so-called mega kernel. You’ll have to add an environment variable before starting Rhino WIP: RMB on windows start menu > System > Advanced system settings > Environment Variables… > New… Add the variable CYCLES_OPENCL_MEGA_KERNEL_TEST and set its value to 1. [image] edit: Note that you’ll have…

for info.

[hitenter]

@DavidRutten
your rendered view looks nice - would you share the setting? maybe even add this as another option to rhino wip?

[DavidRutten]

That seems to work, adding the environment variable adds a third ‘device’ to my list, which if I select it is a one-way ticket to hard-crash central, but selecting the ‘old’ AMD device now works. It’s a little bit faster than CPU, not hugely. Is that expected?

I have to say it’s rather nice not having the ventilator kick in right away while using the card.

[DavidRutten]

@hitenter

your rendered view looks nice - would you share the setting? maybe even add this as another option to rhino wip?

It’s standard settings, using one of the standard HDR environment maps.

[hitenter]

@DavidRutten
ok, sorry, don’t get it. do i have to add the HDR somewhere in settings -> view -> display modes -> rendered? or somewhere else?

[2DCube]

That’s a labour of love. Looks amazing… I’d have that as a poster or a screen saver, but then I’m old(er) and it brings back memories

Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters

[nathanletwory (Nathan 'jesterKing' Letwory)]

@hitenter

ok, sorry, don’t get it. do i have to add the HDR somewhere in settings -> view -> display modes -> rendered? or somewhere else?

Render settings panel (the tabs where one can have layer manager, material manager etc), enable Skylighting and either set a custom environment, or let it use the same environment as the background.