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[Max] I need help! / Re: Animation not rendering on some systems

« on: 2024-03-20, 10:56:18 »

jfyi, problem seems to be fixed with the latest integration.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Animation not rendering on some systems

« on: 2024-03-15, 16:11:20 »

That's really interesting

How did you determine this?

Connecter 6 has been updating recently and I have had a 'successful integration' message on my system.

We'll likely be losing Connecter before August due to the free teams change (going to subscription)

It seems that the more advanced it gets, the more features, the more issues

well, I had one node that did not have any errors when rendering, so we just compared what was different to the other nodes.

The guys from dc already confirmed the issue btw, so we should have a fix soon hopefully. In the mean time you can just remove the integration from the machines with the error.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Animation not rendering on some systems

« on: 2024-03-15, 13:49:18 »

we finally found out what is causing this:

it's the connecter integration. You can now conveniently uninstall it directly from the connecter app.

After uninstalling everything works as expected. I already notified the guys over at dc.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Animation not rendering on some systems

« on: 2024-03-15, 12:25:52 »

it is definitely a max problem.

The thing is I have 3 machines with the same max2024 & corona setup but only 2 are throwing the error.
Guess it's time to find the difference...

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Animation not rendering on some systems

« on: 2024-03-15, 09:35:54 »

had the exact same error yesterday when trying to render with backburner.

its very strange, we also could not get rid of it. what render manager are you using?

I tested with pulze render manager just to see if that changes anything and it rendered fine. One node had the error but still rendered normally.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: How to create this parametric object in 3ds max

« on: 2024-01-22, 15:40:40 »

Just cool to see that video, I worked on the design of that real-world architecture project in Paris back in the day :D

very cool!

Can you send me the 3d model of this please ?
I tried to install adv array modifier but I use Autodesk 3ds max 2024 and didn't find it

the latest version of AdvArray (1.2.6) works fine with max2024.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: How to create this parametric object in 3ds max

« on: 2024-01-19, 10:20:49 »

the first example, the calatrave wave, is actually very easy to do.

fastest way would be with AdvancedArray and its built in Oscillate: https://apps.autodesk.com/3DSMAX/en/Detail/Index?id=7221085778557027350&appLang=en&os=Win64

quick tutorial:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7jpqhg3k9hgcvco0ro480/2024-01-19-10-07-39.mkv?rlkey=3kt45h5x6ggh4drs8g7bnyvdp&dl=0

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Problem (bug?) with corona slice material

« on: 2024-01-17, 18:35:40 »

I think I had the same issue today.
A simple electrical socket with a box & slicer material for slicing the geometry behind it.The socket model itslef is exluded obviously.
Please see attached video.

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Hardware / Re: Very noisy new ryzen build

« on: 2024-01-10, 15:07:36 »

In the Armory Crate dashboard I've activated Power Saving and that does help a bit actually. Good idea!
Its still certainly louder than the old machine - but bearable....

Armory Crate is Asus Software I have no experience with. I also don't think Power Saving = Eco Mode
Try to change the setting in the bios, you should have MUCH lower temperatures then.

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Hardware / Re: Very noisy new ryzen build

« on: 2024-01-10, 15:01:26 »

Where do you search for this eco mode? In the BIOS, or in the Ryzen master? I have 5950X and i'm not super happy to hear fans ramping up on the load. It's not very bad, the fans are only blasting in full speed when there's sudden spike in load on one or two cores, which doesn't happen too often in my workflow, especially in winter time when the ambient temp is relatively low, but i think it wouldn't hurt to try that eco mode and if performance penalty is not very noticeable it might be worth tradeoff.

we have an 5950x here too and see quite a dropoff with ECO-mode enabled, so don't do that, instead just try changing the fan curves (those are quite agressive) - our system is completely silent also under full load.
Also I recommend you to do this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfkrp25dpQ0
we had about a 8-10% performance gain with negligable change in temperature/noise.

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Hardware / Re: Very noisy new ryzen build

« on: 2024-01-10, 11:26:34 »

you could tweak the fan curves manually, 75-80 is not very high for the 7950x.
I personally would even turn on AMD's eco mode (105W) - you loose a little bit of performance but have a much cooler and quieter cpu.

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Hardware / Re: Cooling down the i9-14900K

« on: 2024-01-05, 11:25:54 »

look into undervolting, you will loose a little bit of performance but have a much cooler cpu.
you should be fine with a good air-cooler then. (noctua for example)

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Hardware / Re: New PC Build AMD v Intel

« on: 2023-12-20, 11:36:58 »

Intel is no competition for the new Threadrippers right now, so I would definitely go down that route.

Both the 7975WX and the 7985WX are good choices.

My take is the same as Jame's. The 7975WX, with the higher baseclock will be better for basically all tasks that don't take advantage of all cores, which are still a lot.

If its pureley rendering performance you need, then the 7985WX is a no brainer. 

Also keep in mind the 7985WX runs much cooler than the 7975WX.   

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[Max] Resolved Feature Requests / Re: Physical camera to corona camera

« on: 2023-11-20, 11:26:14 »

quick and dirty for those who don't want to use the paid script:
(please do a scene hold before running this)

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phyCams = for i in cameras where isKindOf i Physical_Camera collect i

for c in phyCams do
(
cc = CoronaCam()
cc.name = c.name + "_converted"
cc.pos = c.pos
if c.targeted == true then
cc.target.pos = c.target.pos
else
cc.targeted = off
cc.transform = c.transform
cc.fov = c.fov
cc.fstop = c.f_number
cc.verticalShift = c.vertical_shift/100
cc.horizontalShift = c.horizontal_shift/100
cc.horizontalTilt = c.horizontal_tilt_correction
cc.verticalTilt = c.vertical_tilt_correction
)
--delete phyCams -- enable this to delete the original cameras


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[Max] General Discussion / Re: Create own Default folder structure

« on: 2023-10-21, 12:46:52 »

I think the script you are looking for is in the comments of your link:

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fn createCustomProjectFolder dir: subdirs: =
(
if (makeDir dir) do
(
local sioFile = dotnetclass "System.IO.File"
local dirstrings = #("[Directories]",("ProjectFolder="+dir))
local mxp = pathConfig.appendPath dir ((pathConfig.stripPathToLeaf dir)+".mxp")
for n in subdirs do
(
makeDir (pathConfig.appendPath dir n)
case n of
(
"maps": append dirstrings @"Images=.\maps"
"ies": append dirstrings @"Photometric=.\ies"
"proxy": join dirstrings #(@"Export=.\proxy",@"Import=.\proxy")
"scenes": append dirstrings @"Scenes=.\scenes"
"render": append dirstrings @"RenderOutput=.\render"
)
if finditem subdirs "xrefs" != 0 do join dirstrings #(@"[XReferenceDirs]", @"Dir1=.\xrefs")
if finditem subdirs "maps" != 0 do join dirstrings #(@"[BitmapDirs]",@"Dir1=.\maps")
sioFile.WriteAllLines mxp dirstrings ; pathConfig.setCurrentProjectFolder dir
)
)
)
createCustomProjectFolder dir:@"C:\temp\dussiaProject" subdirs:#("maps", "ies", "proxy", "scenes", "xrefs", "render")
works just fine.