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    • jeff hammondJ Offline
      jeff hammond
      last edited by

      ^

      yep, the orthographic camera was included in the 3.4 release which was just over a year ago.. the same release also added support for section planes which is a good one to have (for me at least) in combination with parallel views.

      dotdotdot

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        andybot
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        @arail1 said:

        I'd love to be able to do some orthographic work that corresponded more coherently with the rendering section. I could add labels and text in Illustrator. Unfortunately I've already invested significant $$ in V-Ray SketchUP and V-Ray Rhino but it's something I'd like to know more about.

        You can do ortho projection with vray for su. When you turn off the physical camera, it's possible to render ortho.

        http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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          arail1
          last edited by

          @andybot said:

          @arail1 said:

          I'd love to be able to do some orthographic work that corresponded more coherently with the rendering section. I could add labels and text in Illustrator. Unfortunately I've already invested significant $$ in V-Ray SketchUP and V-Ray Rhino but it's something I'd like to know more about.

          You can do ortho projection with vray for su. When you turn off the physical camera, it's possible to render ortho.

          Thanks for that tip

          I've tried that in the past with V-Ray but haven't explored the option much because I'm using the physical camera to adjust the brightness of the scene. Turning physical camera off requires resetting other variables to get a similar look and that's not an easy thing for me to do. I just tried this with my demo copy of Indigo and it's exactly the same scene, just in ortho rather than perspective. I'm sure someone with more experience than I have with V-Ray could do this easily but I find that I end up with two very different looking images.

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          • andybotA Offline
            andybot
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            @arail1 said:

            I've tried that in the past with V-Ray but haven't explored the option much because I'm using the physical camera to adjust the brightness of the scene. Turning physical camera off requires resetting other variables to get a similar look and that's not an easy thing for me to do.

            If you want to try it, I've set up a vropt for doing a 2D elevation with sunlight. Here's the file, load this with the "import" button (not the "load" button)


            _2D-elevations-GI_2014_0305.zip

            http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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              valerostudio
              last edited by

              You can do ortho views with phys cam on in the latest version of V-Ray.

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                jman0war
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                @krisidious said:

                Also to the OP Revizto is an external render/walk through program and it recognizes changes made in SU back and forth. Their quality of renderings doesn't really rank with some of those you've been talking about. But for price and speed I really like it.

                favicon

                (revizto.com)

                I didn't see this until now.
                Not as amazing looking as Thea or Vray but if it's quick, simple and clean.. it's worth a look.
                I wonder how it compares in rending times with SUPodium.

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                  jman0war
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                  Actually, i take it back about Revizto.

                  It costs €399 for stand-alone license.
                  While Theaa for SketchUp bundle costs €320.

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                  • arail1A Offline
                    arail1
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                    @andybot said:

                    @arail1 said:

                    I've tried that in the past with V-Ray but haven't explored the option much because I'm using the physical camera to adjust the brightness of the scene. Turning physical camera off requires resetting other variables to get a similar look and that's not an easy thing for me to do.

                    If you want to try it, I've set up a vropt for doing a 2D elevation with sunlight. Here's the file, load this with the "import" button (not the "load" button)

                    Andybot -

                    Just wanted to let you know that I had a family issue that dragged me away from NY right after you posted this. Not back yet but will try it out as soon as I get back.
                    Thanks again.

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                    • arail1A Offline
                      arail1
                      last edited by

                      @jman0war said:

                      Actually, i take it back about Revizto.

                      It costs €399 for stand-alone license.
                      While Theaa for SketchUp bundle costs €320.

                      I don't think Revizto is so much a rendering software as a platform to view models in 3D on the web.

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                      • pilouP Offline
                        pilou
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                        You can also consider Simlab Composer! An easy one!
                        And it works for quasi any formats files! ☀

                        Frenchy Pilou
                        Is beautiful that please without concept!
                        My Little site :)

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