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Don Seidel

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  1. OK, so if I understand, you're saying a VW model with geometry changes (but no texture changes) is re-imported into TM, everything in TM is still good....no further editing of the VW model needed?

     

    What file format out of VW has given you the best success with TM?

  2. Hans-Olav,

    are you responding specifically to my point? As recent as 1 yr ago, the VW Boards had users saying WHEN you have to re-import your VW model for changes, the building itself has to be re-textured. This was my experience. That's the deal-breaker for me. In 2021, I shouldn't have to re-do any textures in render world because of a model change.

  3. Zoomer, nice as TM is on Mac, it's a "one-way" render. Meaning there's no live link to a VW Model, or even an update-on-import option. If you have to make changes to your VW model, you're starting over with a raw untextured,  non-lighted model in TM Mac when you re-import......unless I've missed something. Not an efficient workflow at all, given the competition.

     

    It's 2021, after all. I Didn't get the flying cars everywhere promised when I was a kid in the 60's, but at least I should have a live plugin/live-link 3rd party renderer 🙂

  4. TwinMotion, Lumion, Enscape, RedShift...will the Mac Users of VW ever get a live or live-link Renderer? The promise of the M1 (and future M chips) is very exciting, bit they no longer allow eGPU. New render tech coming will leapfrog the need for eGPU, but it seems never to arrive on the Mac.

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  5. 21 hours ago, Mark Aceto said:

    For context, it's stuff like this that keeps me from updating to the latest macOS release every year (and buying a Mac that will only run that brand new release):

     

    https://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/products/computing/peripheral/scanners/scansnap/faq/bigsur-ss.html

     

     

    FOR ANY SCANNER, Get VueScan ! A longtime pro App that works for countless scanner models, as good or better interface that the native software. We have run many legacy scanners for decades with VueScan. Frequent free updates, too. It's really all you'll ever need.

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  6. TESTING 2021 OS 11.0.1 (Big Sur) on intel Macs looking very good!  Running on lesser Macs for Testing :

    - 2014 Mac mini 8gb ram

    - 2015 iMac 3.2ghz quad i5, 32GB ram, 2GB AMD radeon gpu

     

    No bugs or glitches so far. Speed looks normal. Same boot times, panning and zooming so far normal. Printing to Laser, Inkjet, Plotter all good.

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  7. TESTING 2021 OS 11 (Big Sur) on intel Macs looking very good!  Running on lesser Macs for Testing :

    - 2014 Mac mini 8gb ram

    - 2015 iMac 3.2ghz quad i5, 32GB ram, 2GB AMD radeon gpu

     

    No bugs or glitches so far. Speed looks normal. Same boot times, panning and zooming so far normal.

  8. yes, while the M1 is no doubt a true leap forward in chip performance we've been looking for ...oh, the last 12 years I guess...the limit of 16gb memory will definitely have to be tested with a hefty BIM model, and I suspect it will bog down.

     

    So if you're not doing big models at the moment, I think the M1 machines will be great (esp models with a fan to keep a hot chip from throttling back).

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  9. My rule is buy the machine you need now (unless of course you know a new model is 30-45 days). Computers are how we produce. So within practical limits I always get at least 1 machine as badass as I can afford. My 6-core i9 is fine for now.

     

    That said, the current M1 chip is limited to 16gb. On-chip ram so no upgrades. Apple will no doubt be developing faster more powerful chips in the next several months for their high end desktops and laptops, which must be able to take 64gb or more of ram.

  10. The M1 chip is looking quite impressive, while at the same time the obvious step in chip development; put everything on 1 chip vs multiple chips. Different chips, the I/O process, and of course cables are all the bane of computing speed. I also have an EGPU on my MacBook Pro, but I'm not worried about that investment, as the gaming world will always be a market for an external box and graphics card.

     

    VW would of course have to cozy up to Apple's Metal technology, if they wish to see any substantial gains in rendering speed. We Mac users have been the stepchildren for sometime now. 🙂

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  11. With ever-increasing demands, the only rational rendering workflow is in-program or live-link. Exporting (and re-exporting) to any other software is a huge waste of time in the architectural design industry, where BIM changes are the norm. So Mac Users stick to RW for now.

     

    On the Mac it's an eternal waiting-wishing game. The latest chapter is titled "Metal", which holds great promise. But will the Metal code be straightforward enough, modular enough that Mac programs like VW will be able to easily (cost-effectively) use it?  Perhaps this fall.... 😞

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  12. I'm 60. Been doing CAD on the Mac for some 35 years or more. VW since MiniCad 4 (I think).

     

    Speaking of Macs only, not PC's or Hackintoshes......Certainly some purchases are better timed (new machines always coming)  than others. Certainly some machines are better ROI than others. But it's an eternal moving target.

     

    Whenever it's time to upgrade, I buy the fastest machine I can reasonably afford. SO usually it's within 15-20% of the most extreme available. I've never bought the absolute top-of-the line because of this (except....) You pay a high premium. I sold my iMac Pro after 6  months because the performance was not near what I expected.

     

    My exception to max purchase is my 2018 MBPro, which replaced the iMac Pro. It was a much better setup for me to have a portable personal machine, a 34" monitor w/ eGPU. Sure it doesn't render as fast as the iMac Pro, but I spend perhaps less than 5% of my time rendering anything beyond OpenGL

     

     

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  13. Andrew, lighten up on the Caffeine! VW forums are not the place for personal attacks.

    What conspiracy theory? Just noting a news story about new illnesses showing up on the African continent as a result of large numbers of people arriving from other parts of the world. This is completely expected. Cultures previously not exposed to each other share germs and viruses which previously they developed immunity for. Repeated many times in history.

  14. Google the fascinating story of overrun field hospitals dealing w/ Spanish Flu. Doctors has to put infected patients outside in sun and fresh air. They were shocked to find those outside recovered 40% better than those inside. Part of the downside of modern living: too much indoors !

  15. My friends, I don't make light of the risk to older people, or those with existing health issues (particularly respiratory). My main point is that is simply is NOT as more lethal vs any other flu. Yes, more contagious. So you could say on that note more lethal, but for otherwise healthy people, no. Hearts out to Italy, which is harder hit for unknown reasons. My comments refer to the US only:

    Here's where most miscalculate mortality in the "numbers": the huge majority of infected (story this week estimates as high as 86%), don't know they have it. Either their symptoms are mild ( not everyone is bedridden by Corona) or they get over it in 2 days at home, not seeing a doctor. SO, the calculated mortality rate is vastly over-estimated. Net mortality will be 1 to 1.5% of reported cases. Still very average for garden variety flu. Actually mortality will be far below 1%. Simple numbers...even if the estimate is 50% cases unreported.

    Stay healthy!

  16. BAHAHAHA

    It's a virus. It's different from others but still a variant of SARS and SWINE Flu. Get YOUR facts straight: high numbers of deaths do not equal high MORTALITY.

     

    CDC :1629 cased REPORTED (tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands have been exposed in US), 41 DEATHS

    Sorry for those it killed but it's not the Ebola virus.

     

    Higher death rates (still not dramatic) in other countries because of 3rd world medical treatment and conditions. 

    SO...if it's no worse than other flu's, are we going to panic again Every flu season...every cold virus that comes along? Oh my..do you know how many in the US died from last year's flu? Why are we not panicked about that?

    flu.pdf 

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  17. Dear brothers and sisters, you are licensed to use COMMON SENSE. IF there were a death rate above 2% (in the US) THAT would be all over the news. 2-4% is completely average for the Flu. It's the elderly and people with other health problems who are at risk, as with ...the flu (SEE CDC Website yourself).

     

    The news is in fact , news about the panic. Again: another variety of the flu. Be well !

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