Challenge (animation)
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Yes, it is becoming more and more difficult to keep on using sketchup in a professional workflow.
Especially for architecture projects, clients expect visual candy these days, a lot of props on the scene, modeled surroundings etc...Sketchup is not adapted to that (unresponsive on bigger models and a sloppy platform for 3td party render engines) .
I think most Arch firms are experiencing the same thing.Modo is a good piece of software so I have been told, especially for rendering animation.
Cinema4D is good as well, although most architecture firms will prefer going Rhino, as it is also very suited as a secondary CAD drafter besides Autocad and it can model virtually everything with high precision...To quote a developer of one of the expensive high-end Render engines for sketchup:
@unknownuser said:
I'm going to leave my comments on SU development out, but I'm glad to hear that you're moving over to Rhino. Rhino is really a great app and its capabilities are growing with every version and every plugin that they put out there. Its really flexible and you can make it dance around a fire if you want to. IMHO, Sketchup just isn't something that is suitable for professional use as it lacks the ability to be able to create and deal complex work efficiently...
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absolutely superb..
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Heres an interesting page on Rhino and sketchup.
Great animation by the way
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nice animation
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Kwistenbiebel,
I am trying some programs in demo to make renders (artantis, C4d, Cheetah,...) to mak up my mind wich one to buy.
What is your advice, how do you make the export - import from SU to C4d ?Thanks for the advice.
Gerd
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@kwistenbiebel said:
Hi all,
Instead of littering the competition thread (n°6 :Castles), I decided to post the animation as a gallery thread.
I am disqualified anyway, as this went way beyond the time limit.Here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEFW9eP7_F4&fmt=18Outstanding work!
Where I can find good tutorials how to import model form SketchUp to C4D and process this kind of animation?
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The best way to get a sketchup model into Cinema 4D is by using the .fbx format.
Don't use .3ds as that typically triangulates all geometry and you don't want that.
Quads are much handier than triangles to modify in C4D (and in any other modeler).You can use the built in renderer of C4D or you can buy Vray for C4D supplementary as well.
Modo also has a good renderer built in (especially for animation)and probably is better affordable.
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I am sure I will continue using Sketchup, even if it would be for non work related stuff.
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Yes , Sketchup is a shiny little gem.
I just have a problem with the course Google is taking with it.We discussed this in depth at our office and we came to the conclusion that Google is not taking the Pro version serious . So we are currently experimenting with other 3D design/Visualisation software, either to replace Sketchup completely or partially.
Another interesting discussion we had was about what exactly makes sketchup such a wonderful tool as opposed to the big modelers.
We concluded that it was the fact that Sketchup can do a 1000 operations with only 3 tools, while the monster modelers use a 1000 tools to do just 3 operations.That is what makes learning one of the monstruous modelers such a pain. It takes you a looong time before you are at the level of a moderate skilled user....while Sketchup has that immediate 'bang!, I got it' feeling to it.
Too bad Google treats Sketchup Pro as a toy.
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WOW!!!
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@kwistenbiebel said:
Yes , Sketchup is a shiny little gem.
I just have a problem with the course Google is taking with it.We discussed this in depth at our office and we came to the conclusion that Google is not taking the Pro version serious . So we are currently experimenting with other 3D design/Visualisation software, either to replace Sketchup completely or partially.
Interested in what you come up with to migrate to from SU for architecture.
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Where did you get inspiration ? Middle-East half built houses ....
Superb!MALAISE
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@malaise said:
Where did you get inspiration ? Middle-East half built houses ....
Superb!MALAISE
Something like that.
I had Petra (Jordany) in my mind and also the sceneries in the adventure game series 'Myst' (I,II,III,IV) back in the late nineties.
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I have to agree w/ you Kwist on the development of SU by google. I think the product they've been putting out is great for the standard/free version but I'd like to see the Pro version really be for "Pro's"
At my office we're currently looking into incorporating Rhino as an alternative and rendering in Maxwell. Not quite sure what we'll be doing for animations yet though.
-Brodie
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I thought I saw a touch of Myst in those images. One of my favorite games. I actually only got half way through End of Ages... will have to finish it soon.
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Had me thinking of Myst also, and how visually far ahead of its time it was.
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