Check LightUp, real time render engine.

@carloh said:

erm...it's not restourant, it's restaurant!

nevertheless nice visualisation...but the pavement looks like a scaled up bathroom tile texture. the gaps between the tiles are too big.

But it might be RESTORANT in Bulgarian

Thanks Massimo....

How do you actually collect the tree after making it? It mentions something to do with ITunes.

Mich...you make me want to start playing with Blender...

@olishea said:

Yeah I have seen that amazing video but worth another watch!! I have a full HD video of my flight but it needs editing, was the best experience of my life by far. When I flew over the summit it felt like a scene from Cliffhanger! The scale is beyond comprehension. Hey Sepo I was there at the exact same time, we maybe bumped into each other and didn't realise! I was staying at the ambassador near the train station and I'll be there again end of march to early april this year, if you fancy a heli ski. over 13 miles of continuous skiing!!

It was quite possible that we were in the same place....btw off piste is on the Cervinia side or Zermatt side?

@olishea said:

you going this season sepo? I'm going zermatt end of march, hopefully still be lots of snow!

I was already in November and will go at least twice before the end of season. Love Zermatt. Was there end of March -beginning of April in 2012.

from my last trip

@unknownuser said:

I try to do this three times a week.

I love snow!

Now you are talking my language

@jason_maranto said:

Yes, in modern architecture (which I often find sterile and unappealing).... .

Steady now...

Yes exactly Andy. When you described Blender versus SU you actually summarised the major problems. If you take SU for Architectural sketching only (planar forms) than I would agree that in terms of quick modelling it is unsurpassed. Going anywhere deeper than that, as it stands, it is no no. A lot of people describe SU as a previz tool and maybe we should accept that SU is no more than that.
(Let us hope that Trimble will come with shiny new 64 bit core...sigh)

Amazing stuff Michalis....I've just seen this...

@sketch3d.de said:

wireframe modelers as e.g. SU or Form-Z and NURB surface modelers as e.g. Rhino or ViaCAD are targeting different areas of (still professional) modeling, therefore creating a competition which simply does not exist resp. only for a small intersection is pretty senseless... the ol' 'choosing the right tool for the right job' stuff, ya' know.

jm2cts,
Norbert

I am not quite sure what exactly did you mean here.
Of course there is no one software for all jobs but if you look at Rhino you will see it covers product/ Industrial Design, Architecture and anything in between. If you look at the work of Zaha Hadid it is mostly done in Rhino with Grasshopper for form finding. VisualArq plugin gives you ability to model architecture intelligently and has automatic output in form of plans elevations and sections. It updates 2d sections and elevations automatically with any change you make. It has intelligent walls and slabs etc. Rhino 5 also has now descent native renderer but for me more importantly it has direct export to Thea. We are now waiting for further plugin integration with Thea. Not to mention that I can use my Rhino files directly in Solidworks and for me more essentially in Vectorworks.
BTW Form-Z is also NURBS (with S )modeler.

Not sure what the wattage is before asking our technician. I can tell you that it leaves burn marks on the mdf edges, albeit nice and sharp.

We have 2 laser cutters at our Uni workshop. My students use it to cut planar forms for making arch models. It is quite straightforward use . We usually generate dwg or dxf or illustrator file which drive the cutting. We use it to cut acrylic and mdf mostly.

I would agree that SU needs to change. We are having same old same old now for years without any real improvement. Do not misunderstand me I love SU , I still use SU pro and teach it but I became disillusioned with its speed and quality of development and point blank refusal to make 64 bit version and rewrite the core to bring SU to the next level. The core engine is now clunky , slow and not capable to hold large data. ( I can visualise ton of bricks coming my way ) So after long deliberation I decided to move to Rhino. I did it 2 years ago and now I use Rhino for any serious modelling. Just think of T-Splines. Clayoo , Grasshopper, VisualArq ...few out of many plugins for Rhino.
Future of Su....who knows. I suppose Trimble will be thinking how to make money out of it fast , and it might take them sometime before they make any serious change. So for me I will use SU but I do not hold my breath.

Looks great Adam

It works really good. I was beta tester from the first Mac beta. I like that it looks absolutely the same as the Windows version. Well done Twi team.

@paul russam said:

@hellnbak said:

Just curious - why is one section of gutters and downspouts white, and the rest black?

This is England, a land where no one wants to stand out, where individuality is regarded as 'rather self indulgent'.
So having your gutters a different colour to your neighbours is actually a sign of rebellion that could only be measured against events like the Boston tea party.
I can guarantee the person who lives there not only drive a car that isn't beige but also doesn't wash it every Sunday

In the world of the English countryside their true rebels, with a taste for vegetarian food and wait for it....... staying up past TEN THIRTY on a week day!!!

I'm sure that the members of the local Women's Institution have already had a meeting and resoundingly voted the following:

To go silent whenever the person walks in the local shop and then to discuss what they purchased after they left.
To proceed all conversations regarding them with the words "Did you hear about them at no 53?, they only went and....." irrespective of the content of the remainder of the sentence the other party in the conversation must start their sentence with 'I heard they......'
To continuously compare them to the previous owners of the house who 'were wonderful'
To finish all conversations regarding them with the phrase 'I don't know what the world is coming too' or optionally 'it wasn't like that in my day'

LOL

Yes you are correct...lesson learned. I was just messing about as you can do more stuff from the root than from the admin account. It is interesting that all licenses did not transferred automatically I had to reinstall for Thea and license for Twilight was not recognised so I need another one. MS and Adobe went without hitch.
On the windows side I did not have any problems.
In any case you tried to help and that is appreciated.