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General CG Discussion / Help filling large (1m x 1m x 1m) with small cabon pellets

« on: 2020-05-11, 06:12:07 »

I need to create the geometry for a large box filled with small carbon pellets.
I've tried a few pflow tutorials but it seems that the number of pellets required to fill the box is too large...

does anyone have any other suggestions?

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

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Hardware / Benchmark slowed down 3 secs over time... why

« on: 2020-04-29, 00:59:38 »

Hey all,

Just wondering what would/might cause my benchmark results to slow down over time? I know this is broad but any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

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Hardware / Adding another 64Gb Ram to machine with 64GB ram...

« on: 2020-04-02, 22:42:13 »

Is there any issue in just buying an additional 64GB ram of the same brand and type and adding it to the remaining 4 DDR4 slots?
the machine is a AMD TR 2950X/64GB Vengance LPX 3200/Gigabyte X399 AORUS XTREME

I've heard in the past that you should buy all the RAM at the same time...?

Any help is much appreciated.

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[Max] Bug Reporting / Is there a bug/issue when using "Limit to visibility" w/ Forest Pack Pro

« on: 2018-09-25, 06:33:34 »

Scene parsing and computing sec GI were taking forever, so after fishing around here there was an old post about turning off
"limit to visibility" on the forest pack pro objects... this seems to have helped... there's only 6 FPPro objects in my scene but
it definitely seems to be causing issues and making the scene drag and render slow... is there a known issue?

I've also changed the sec GI to path tracing... from UHD, so not sure if that has helped or not.

It would be good if there was a thread/sticky that listed some of the current limitations/issues and fixes when it comes to corona and FPPro...?

Im using 3dsMax 2019, Corona 2 (RC3), FPPro 6.1.2

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General CG Discussion / What's the verdict on 3ds Max 2019?

« on: 2018-08-16, 01:31:23 »

Currently on 2018 and wondering if it's worth the upgrade..?
Is it stable?

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[Max] Feature Requests / Saving Render Elements ala VRay

« on: 2018-08-14, 05:53:26 »

Hey all,

I'm new to Corona but I would really love to see an option to save render elements in the same way VRay/Deadline does, where by you can specify a separate path and naming and file extension.
Having to edit things in the asset tracker is laborious and painful, as is using scripts etc, it would be great to be able to just add the folder/directory where you'd like them saved and specify the naming and file type...

cheers

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Hardware / Advice: Upgrade current workstation to Xeon E5 2683 or buy new 1950x TR?

« on: 2018-06-27, 03:17:49 »

Looking for advice (pros/cons) on whether or not I should upgrade my current i7 5820K x99a WS to something like a Xeon E5 2683 and 64GB ram or bite the bullet and fork out
for a 1950x 64GB system?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Luke

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Hardware / GTX1050Ti vs Quadro P1000

« on: 2018-06-09, 13:31:01 »

Just wondering if there would be any benefit in going with a card like the quadro P1000 over a 1050Ti in a AMD TR 1950x/64Gb build.
The computer will serve as a render node for a while before becoming a workstation down the track...

any advice is greatly appreciated.