Render Plug-ins

[Lyngep]

I use Rhino for Mac for building Architectural Models.
I have privously used Maxwell render and V-ray, in windows for rhino and as plug-in for other modeling tools in MacOS, but they do not currently have a working plug-in for Rhino for Mac
I’ve got some specific needs for render tools but as of now I have a hard time finding Render Plug-in that work for Rhino for Mac, does anyone have any recommendations or a list of compatible plug-ins?

[wim (Wim Dekeyser)]

@Lyngep

but they do not currently have a working plug-in for Rhino for Mac

Not sure if that means that you have followed the conversation on Maxwell 4 for Rhino Mac…

Maxwell V4 & Rhino for Mac

I am not going to comment on any of the licensing/packaging points, as those are outside my area (I am the plugin’s developer, and happen to be in agreement with you on much of that). Regarding the plugin itself, indeed it is a bit of a stopgap, while we wait for the mac sdk to reach parity with the win sdk (esp. regarding RDK support), apparently in Rhino 6. I have already gone down the road once, of writing a lot of code to work around such missing things, and will wait this time to do things …

[Lyngep]

@wim

Not sure if that means that you have followed the conversation on Maxwell 4 for Rhino Mac…

I haven’t but that looks and sounds like great news for the foreseeable future.

I am though in need for a working render for MacOS ASAP.
At the low level of renders we currently do before post, combined with our workflow, the benefits of learning a new render tool would greatly exceed constantly changing OS just for renders.

[wim (Wim Dekeyser)]

@Lyngep

I am though in need for a working render for MacOS ASAP.

Just to make sure… Maxwell 4 for Rhino Mac is available now. The integration has not come as far as the Windows version but that will come when Rhino Mac has matured.