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    Apple Mac Laptops for VW2024 Landmark

    in General Discussion

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    I'm just gonna add in that I regret not getting the 64GB MBP. If one is rendering esp if rendering a scene with multiple lighting sources, it tends to be big RAM consumption, such that it may complete the task, but I'll have had to shut down every other open app - web browser, email app, every Adobe app, etc.

    I have occasionally experienced ram spikes up to 149 GB on this 32GB machine, at least in VWX 2023, so…

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    Path Animation look to edit

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by mjm

    @Benson Shaw—Oy to say the very least. Thought I was going bonkers more than once. Working w/ the path animation tool is incredibly frustrating precisely because of that random z-shift. Your workaround is the only way I know to keep a path I like once it's all gone to heck.

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    AI Visualizations - Kitchens

    in AI Visualizer

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    20 hours ago, Jeff Prince said:

     

    I would hate to be the person who presented a sketchy marker drawing to create the illusion of having artistic skills and not be able to produce the same in person during a client charrette.

    I hear you there @Jeff Prince - however  recently in a zoom mtg client asked for a major scenic addition and after the smoke cleared from the ask, the scenic designer built the piece in 3D in moments in the zoom. That was pretty cool. Definitely still not as fast nor as attractive as a good hand sketch.

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    iMac M1 8Gb

    in Hardware

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    2 hours ago, VIRTUALENVIRONS said:

    It would be much better going to the M3, but I would just wait a few months for the M4 chip.  I would also suggest getting a MacBook Pro 16" and a second monitor.  I don't have details on this, but it seems the iMac is no longer considered a professional machine the same as the MacBook Pro or the new Studio.  

     

    Although RAM is always a consideration, unified RAM is different.  You can get away with less, but keep in mind, you can't add anymore once you have made your decision.  I have 18 MB RAM and it works fine for me, but if I was still working, I would have gone to at least 32 MB.

    Just gonna add I have a an M1 32gB MBP and I'd recommend 64 gB minimum.

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    Shaded view does not match Final Interior Rendering with brick

    in Troubleshooting

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    46 minutes ago, MGuilfoile said:

    In VW2024, Windows 10, latest version.

    Please refer to the attached images. Note that the brick shader that comes with VW--Brick Stnd Running 01 <Brick Shader> RT-- does not look the same in Shaded mode (where I align the courses) and in Final Interior Rendering mode. I find this pretty disappointing that I can't set the texture maps in Shaded anymore. Please do not ask for my file.

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    Nurbs surface to walls??

    in Solids Modeling

    Posted

    If I may @Miss, try doing exactly as @Tom W. suggests as in below. Once you've located the PDF in LH corner by running "select all" then choosing "Fit to Objects", as suggested.

    Then deselect all, click on the PDF, zooming in as necessary and then hit delete.

     

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    PDF Import file issues

    in Troubleshooting

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    10 hours ago, Dubman said:

    When importing a 24x36 PDF created by others by Autocad it take a long time to load in & then makes VW2024 very slow. The PDF file is only 767 kb size. I can not even ungroup it to a line drawing. It keeps locking up VW2024 & the only other thing I can do is force VW to end the task & close.

    Does anyone else have lagging issues when importing a large page size PDF?

     

    I just did another import & de-selected Snap to Geometry, now it imported much faster & I can zoom in & out. 

    Sounds about right from my experience. d=De-selecting Snap to Geometry always make the vwx perform markedly better

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    Wow VWX crash upon opening a document

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by mjm

    Woo—things are not improving with this file. It jumped in one File…Save operation to double it's size from 624 MB to 1.35 GB.

    Ok, so, at least I can rescue the thing by File…New, then Layer import, don't forget to check Import Layer Objects, right>

    Did that, to find not all the layer objects came over, missing things from many layers.  

    Huge bummer.

     

    I'm thinking to go back several backups and re-build from there.

    Dreaming Futuristic Metropolis

    in AI Visualizer

    Posted

    @Jesse Cogswell—"…the day that a scenic designer presents a rendering of their set made with this tool with all kinds of crazy lighting, and the director turning to me and saying, "I want that.  Make it look like that."  And I know that day is coming.…" It has already come for me.

    And it was as unpleasant as I expected.

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    Is this an AI uh oh?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    15 hours ago, Jeff Prince said:


    yeah, I noticed if you use the name of an artist to mimic their style, it sometimes adds a stylized signature too.

     

    It’s very disturbing how well it can mimic well known artists just by typing their name into the prompt.  Lawyers are gonna love this.  It might be like the recording industry suing artists for snaking a baseline and such.

    @Jeff Prince—ya, that's in part why I included the prompts, none of which indicate a specific artist. And wowzer, lawyers guns n money.

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