Almost a month since I brought these crashes up to D5 support and still no answers. There's an obvious memory leak with this program. People should not have to adjust or degrade their operating system to run D5. It's the other way around. D5 Render should operate without users having to adjust any part of their OS, CPU, GPU or BIOS setting to use their software. It's not 1992.

How I really feel...

Blender is a big learning curve which of course would include modeling. I do use it with D5 Render with Blenderkit assets.

It's a different topic or issue but the future of Sketchup at this time is starting to become unknown. Especially with Trimble running the show. It's really an easy and fast 3D modeling software for architecture. I have thought about if and when the time come to start using Rhino.

I like the similarities between D5 and Twinmotion. Or at least what I've seen. I'm trying really hard to cope with these ever increasing crashes with D5. I know the people at their forum are nice and trying the best they can but it seems like they don't have a dedicated customer support system in place.

AI is fun and work to create some quick renders to garner the interest of clients. It's kind of boring though and a lot of text input. Then it comes up with something completely random.

Frankly, I wish I planned better and didn't have to do anything and be firmly in retirement living in Vietnam or Sweden.

Oh, and while I was typing this I had D5 Render open and it crashed all on its own.

Does anyone have any experiencing crossing over from D5 Render to Twinmotion? Someone commented that my D5 renders look a lot like Alternatives to D5 Render.

The reason I'm asking is because D5 Render has gone back to being an unstable rendering platform prone to frequent and random crashes. At the same time their customer service is close to non-existent and below par and what one should expect from a so called professional rendering software.

I realize that the learning curve at this point would be a challenge. Perhaps I'm just venting. I am certainly not at all happy with D5's customer service.

Thanks!

Here's another before and after for a kitchen remodel I'm working on.

Short video.

Another view

Something I designed on the fly while testing ReRender AI. This is D5 output with on some AI enhancement which is basically sharpening which I later added when scaling the renderings down in Photoshop. Anyway, I think it's an international style.

Modeling is Sketchup as is the topography. Windows and door are Flextools.

Bzzt...

Thanks guys. They do remain my models so I can always feel that AI is just another tool. I know I have my own personal disgruntled opinions about AI overall but with ReRender AI I've discovered an AI tool that relatively easy to use and gets pretty good results. I already did some quick AI renderings on a house I'm working on and the client now wants me to do one of my own renderings for him.

It's not perfect and has a mind of its own sometimes and it's almost impossible to get the same results all the time. It's usually a one shot deal "per rendering." Then you have to go back and work with the text prompts to get similar results. Overall though I can either have fun with it like with my train renderings or I can use it for work to get quick interior and exterior renderings in minutes which can lead to more work.

I've been using Sketchup to generate 3D models for rendering which I can also use to generate 2D cad exports to using in elevations for my plan sets. It's a 25 year old Autocad (ADT 3.3) which still works and is like my old favorite pencil.

Here's another ReRenderAI example. The first is just an original sketch with no material that's generated in D5 from a Sketchup model.

Another before and after using "enhance" with the text prompt "Put this train in an enclosed weathered train repair shop on a lift with a lot of dirty train locomotive repair men around it.."

This was the original for that house above. It's an old NPR SU model I did probably 15 years ago.

Mike, Pixelcruncher,

It is ReRenderAI.com

It's $45/month. I think I can use it for work projects and make money off it.

Of course it's the usual AI so it sometimes does random things like when you think you've finally nailed it down and it totally changes the scene perspective and adds objects. It might be my text input? I don't think it is.

I try and save my text input as a text file if I have to start over.

I should probably round up some architectural samples to post here. I have other stuff I've been experimenting with.

I finally found an AI enhancer I can use for renderings that's easy to use and fun at the same time. There's the usual random nature of consistency in the end results. A lot back and forth with text prompts. Sometimes having to start over. Anyway here's one before and after example. I may post some more depending on interest.

Thanks Rich. I did it the long way. Didn't take long. I looked into outliner which I don't use and found them there. Maybe in the future. Dave, by used I mean existing components. I do use purge unused by I wanted to get rid of a bunch of cabinet pulls.

Is there a plugin where I can delete used components? I have a bunch of cabinet pulls and handles I need to delete. I can do it the long way but was just wondering if there's one out there. I'm in the middle of googling that.

Hope Majid is safe. Network blackout in Iran for the past few days.

It's been a long hard road for many Iranians since 1979. Hoping for the best for all Iranians.

Nice festive holiday rendering, Rich. Merry Christmas. It's been a long year that went by quickly.