@krism said:

I think Krisidious and I are after the same thing here - To have a means to show a model which is

1. cost effective &
2. easy for our clients.

As far as #1 goes, Revizto was a much better prospect before their new pricing structure although they are still priced cheaper than their competitors. I don't use Revit, I don't interface with Revit and I don't want to pay for Revit capabilities as part of my Revizto SketchUp purchase.

With respect to #2, there are some interface issues. I timed the download for the Old Town file and got the following results - Initial loading up to the display of the viewer controls - 1:10 min, further loading of the model - 5:00 min. When the controls have displayed, there is no apparent indication that further loading is taking place. I didn't notice the bar at the top of the page until I read Krisidious's post. When the model had loaded, it was not apparent in any way what I should do. This exemplifies a classic issue with regard to technology. Programmers can do all sorts of cool things but they are not the average user who's skills are sometimes limited to just hitting the ON button on their computer. I am fairly computer literate but wasn't able to immediately navigate Revizto's presentation. What chance does the average user have? The progress bar at the top of the controls screen needs to be BIGGER with some text to indicate what's going on. When the model is displayed, there needs to be some indication that you need to click on the indistinct button at the top left corner in order to proceed. The average user would be long gone from the viewer webpage before they ever navigate the model.
Revizto's current version is certainly a step forward but isn't totally there yet. This is more a comment on the current state of the web rather than a criticism of Revizto. The problem is that the client group that I interact with is older and did not grow up with a computer next to their baby bottle. This needs to be EASY and QUICK. It's close but not quite there yet.

Kris

Hi Kris,

Thank you for the feedback, greatly appreciated. We will consider your thoughts for our future development.

Regards,
Alex
Revizto team

@unknownuser said:

What is the file size ?
Must have a monster of config for run your animation?
I have this! (vista 3 years old, intel 2 cores ,3 gig hard memory, nvidia GF 9200m 512 mg)
All faces are not drawn in the same times!

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Hi Pilou,

Looks like your computer can't handle the scene properly so that optimization mechanisms hid some objects to increase FPS. Since the scene consists mainly of big objects, it looks a bit weird. Usualy it will start hiding polygonal door handles, than furniture, than, if it still has problems, big objects. It should, however, generate the whole picture some time after you stand still and wait.

It is difficult to support old hardware when things get to interactive 3D. Especially when the content is not manually optimizied by you to fit the engine, but simply converted from SketchUp or Revit.

The scene above is 111 MB. It is handled pretty well by 2 year old laptop with Intel's HD 3000 and core i5 (and Win 7). Your laptop's characterics show that it should be 5-6 years old. I am afraid that the scene is just too big for it.

Regards,
Alex
Revizto Team

@rafferty94 said:

Ahh!

Thanks for the replies guys... I have an Acer Aspire 5733 laptop

Will continue to use viewer though as It's still a great piece of software.

Scott.

Hi Scott,

Your hardware looks to be at edge of compatibility. I've checked Acer website for graphics drivers for your laptop, and here is the link:

http://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles/Driver/VGA/VGA_Intel_8.15.10.2182_W7x86W7x64_A.zip?acerid=634406173306015842&Step1=NOTEBOOK&Step2=ASPIRE&Step3=ASPIRE%205733&OS=ALL&LC=en&BC=ACER&SC=PA_6

Please try to install this driver and tell whether this helps.

@rafferty94 said:

Hi.

Had Revizto for a few weeks now. Loving it, but the only problem is when inside the actual program I cannot see anything? just a black screen. Tried creating light maps and sun settings which came up nothing...

My model is uploaded on the cloud and the blackscreen photo on the file is what I currently see.

Hope this can be solved. It's probably something really easy...

Thanks!
Scott.

EDIT : The viewer works perfect. I can move around and select objects et cetera.

Hi Scott,

Most likely the reason of the problem is outdated graphics driver. You should try to install the latest one. Be aware, that drivers that are coming through Windows update are usually irrelevant, so you'll have to visit the website of your graphics card manufacturer to get it (or your laptop manufacturer, if you have a laptop).

However, it is possible that your graphics card is just too old to run Revizto. Revizto requires support of OpenGL 2.1 with multiple render targets from your graphics card. If the driver solution doesn't help you, please tell what grahics card is installed on your system (or exact laptop model, if you have a laptop).

Revizto Viewer uses different rendering tools, that's why it is possible that it works fine with outdated drivers or old graphics card.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Alexey