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      Nicholas Phelps
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      dtarch, did you try disabling the Fast Export option?
      Can you tell us what your GPU is (video board)? It's not listed in your system specs above.
      Thanks!

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        dtrarch
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        Nichols

        I will check that out tomorrow

        dtr

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          valerostudio
          last edited by

          To be honest, I have always been interest in LumenRT since the beginning because I am a novice Vue user. Unfortunately, I was never impressed enough to spend the $400 on it and now its $1000 which makes that a much harder pill to swallow.

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            solo
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            @valerostudio said:

            To be honest, I have always been interest in LumenRT since the beginning because I am a novice Vue user. Unfortunately, I was never impressed enough to spend the $400 on it and now its $1000 which makes that a much harder pill to swallow.

            I totally understand your point, I have the same issue with Lumion, I love the software and have used it quite a lot for small animations, unfortunately the quality is not on the level I can charge the amounts that animations go for at market value so they come in at around a high quality single image render which makes it very hard to justify or even earn enough to purchase the updates which is on average $1000 per upgrade every year.

            LumenRT now looks like another tool, a collaboration tool, I cannot say how or if I will be able to use it for a commissioned project as I have never had a call for such a collaboration yet. I will need to play with it and see all the possibilities it has to offer I guess. I did notice there is a new video which combines Vue with LumenRT, this is just brilliant from what I saw and this I can use for my landscape design clients, however this then adds another layer of costs as now one needs Vue too and I am still on version 9 as I could not afford to keep up with the annual upgrades so I'm assuming this feature will be unavailable to me with my current version (unconfirmed as I do not have LumenRT to try).

            Then there is hardware, both apps need a good GPU so yet another layer of costs to consider annually, as a freelance artist I sometimes feel squeezed out by the costs of staying current and up to date.

            http://www.solos-art.com

            If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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              dtrarch
              last edited by

              Nicolas

              GPU
              NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
              1023MB GDDR5

              Solo has it right on.
              LumenRT is overpriced and compounds the issue requiring system upgrades to work properly.
              IMO if ones system can run Sketchup then it should be able run LunenRT.
              Great video promo for exteriors but less impressive for the short interior clips.
              Thank you for getting back.
              (No fast save set and still crashes.) πŸ‘Ž πŸ‘Ž

              No sale here I am afraid.

              dtr

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                Nicholas Phelps
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                @dtrarch said:

                No sale here I am afraid.
                dtr

                No problem! πŸ˜„

                So, where does it crash? Inside of SketchUp, or is it inside of the LumenRT real-time playback? Your video board should work just fine.

                Thanks for getting back.

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                  dtrarch
                  last edited by

                  Nicholas
                  Inside Sketchup

                  Tech support done.

                  cheers

                  dtr

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                    Nicholas Phelps
                    last edited by

                    dtrarch, can you provide the scene? We haven't found any scenes that crash SketchUp once the Fast export option is disabled.
                    Thanks!

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                      dtrarch
                      last edited by

                      Dear Nicolas

                      Provide me with a working and free copy of the program and I will be pleased to provide what feedback you may request that is project permitted.

                      dtr Architect

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                        Nicholas Phelps
                        last edited by

                        Deal! πŸ˜„

                        Send me a PM with your e-mail, and I'll have someone prepare a copy for you.

                        You're a smart businessman πŸ˜‰

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                          dtrarch
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                          Nicholas

                          So are you. πŸ˜„
                          I am out of office now.
                          Email in you PM

                          dtr

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                            solo
                            last edited by

                            What just happened?

                            I got horrible models too, wanna swap? 🀣

                            http://www.solos-art.com

                            If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                              dtrarch
                              last edited by

                              Hi Solo

                              Apologies but project files not swappable. 😞
                              Dave

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                                alpro
                                last edited by

                                Nicholas,
                                I have two questions that I couldn't find definite answers to on the Eon site. 1) Is it possible to install on desktop AND laptop with one license ? 2) Without purchasing Publisher, what output do you get from Lumenrt ? Thanks

                                Mike

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                                  solo
                                  last edited by

                                  @alpro said:

                                  Nicholas,
                                  I have two questions that I couldn't find definite answers to on the Eon site. 1) Is it possible to install on desktop AND laptop with one license ? 2) Without purchasing Publisher, what output do you get from Lumenrt ? Thanks

                                  Mike

                                  I have been looking for the same answers, especially how do I export an animation if I do not have publisher, I am currently using only studio version and want to test animation export.

                                  http://www.solos-art.com

                                  If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                    Nicholas Phelps
                                    last edited by

                                    You don't need the Publisher to export stills or animations. If you right/long click on the Play movie icon, this brings up the export movie icon. It's also on the Timeline bar.

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                                      solo
                                      last edited by

                                      @nicholas phelps said:

                                      You don't need the Publisher to export stills or animations. If you right/long click on the Play movie icon, this brings up the export movie icon. It's also on the Timeline bar.

                                      Thanks.

                                      Is there a quick start guide?

                                      http://www.solos-art.com

                                      If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                        solo
                                        last edited by

                                        Pretty impressive so far, I decided to try break this first and complain afterwards, so I loaded a super heavy scene that buckles Sketchup πŸ˜„ I then added a lot of LRT vegetation, birds and people, hit export to LRT and it worked and fast too, this model breaks everything, in fact Vray cannot render the scene it's so big, Thea4SU struggles and Vue lags, LRT no problem smooth as silk, things have certainly improved from version one till now. πŸ‘

                                        http://www.solos-art.com

                                        If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                          solo
                                          last edited by

                                          Click to see video, animation by using SU scenes and not animation creator within LumenRT, great frigging quality, considering this is draft, also I never touched a single material, straight photo textures, somehow LumenRT figured out what the water image was and I do not know how but it's great.

                                          http://www.screencast.com/t/NhnItvaalbqw

                                          Snapshot

                                          http://www.solos-art.com

                                          If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                            Rich O Brien Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            That's pretty cool πŸ‘

                                            except for the crazy lady talking to herself

                                            Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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