Hello guys!
Could anyone share an experience with rendering on maxwell on mac? If possible the new version 5. How does it work? Satisfied with the workflow? Does it crash a lot? All opinions, comments and personal experiences are most appreciated!
Petr
I use it occasionally and I am quiet satisfied.
Multilight is obviously a killer, because you can change the light intensity/color at the end of the rendering.
The material editor works fine, also with the lights no issues.
Sometimes it crashes, but not more than Rhino itself or ArchiCAD.
I think the integration is slowly coming to some results, I still want to play around more. Grass and so on…
Ok, good to hear, thanks!
Did they make extras like grass and particles integrated into rhino?
Yes, grass and scatter are included.
I played around with grass today, that works just fine.
This tutorial helped me a lot to understand the new features
Brilliant thanks!
Hi, I’m aware that you mentioned “for mac.” Nonetheless, please allow me to share my experience on Windows.
I use it for my architectural projects and it is very satisfactory.
The only things I wish they’d make easily available (if already available), are Maxwell features within Grasshopper… E.g. Environment manipulation, environment animation, grass animation, VBD animations and artificial light parameters for animations etc.
The material editor tends to be too slow, tends to crash (this may be a harware compatibility issue on my part), but when it works, it’s brilliant - I struggle with using procedural shaders to make custom materials e.g. bricks. - I still need to go through the manual and look at tutorials.
I find texture-mapping tricky - again, I need to learn how to use texture-mapping in rhino. I wish that Rhino-and-Maxell to create preset texture-mapping modes for specific model/geometry types… e.g. Architectural; Landscaping; Furniture; Clothing/Fabrics - with the scale settings being easier to understand. - then again, I need training on texture-mapping.
Nonetheless, straight-foward & easy to operate, brilliant plugin - it doesn’t dissapoint, especially when the model and textures are well organized.
Lunga