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General CG Discussion / Connecter users please help

« on: 2018-11-22, 14:15:10 »

Hey

I am unsucessfully trying to set up material export to connecter and was wondering what are your thoughts and workflows for this. I have set up the shader ball scene to which I would like to assign material to be rendered and there is also one camera. Now the first thing is when I choose "render studio" and link my render studio I just created, get from the camera in the file and assigned custom shaderball (geometry from studio scene) I am getting weird results between viewport and actual render window see below (this only happens when trying to export materials not assets)


Then I am getting this error when trying to export more than one material at a time from selection


And also when trying to bypass "from selection" with "all materials from scene" it works, but I can not assign materials from connecter to max afterwards and also the naming is not correct

Would love to hear what I am doing wrong

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General CG Discussion / Friendly Shade Fabrics recommendation

« on: 2018-10-19, 08:46:38 »

Hi

I would like to buy friendly shade fabric bundle but firstly I would like to know some experience from anybody who bought it and is using it. Please tell me if you would recommend it or not at all. I am doing archviz mainly

Thanks

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General CG Discussion / Maintenance2Subscription switch

« on: 2018-10-09, 10:46:04 »

So I have perpetual 3ds max license with maintenance paid annualy and my reseller offered me switch to subscription as maintenance price is going to rise in the next years. Now it is 830 euro, next year 990 and so on whereas subscription switch would cost 790 and then max +5% of the price each odd year

What do you guys think would be better choice? I still think when I do the math even in 10 years the difference between subscription and maintenance won´t cover my initial investment into perpetual license

Thanks a lot

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Hardware / Adding new SSD

« on: 2018-09-28, 11:47:23 »

Hey

I am planning to upgrade and add new ssd to my workstation. I have Asus Z9P8DE-WS board and would like to spend 150 euro maximum for that. So should I buy M2 SSD? seems like a huge difference in write and read speeds in comparison to regular SSDs

thanks for advice

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[Max] I need help! / [solved] Deadline and Corona issues

« on: 2018-09-15, 11:49:40 »

I´ve been using Deadline for couple of days with no problems at all, but after I upgraded my cpu on workstation it is not working anymore.

I am using Corona 2.0 (and later daily builds) and 3ds max 2016 and am submitting jobs via 3dsmax plugin

From what I see the problem is in Vray dll files, but they are present in slave 3dsmax plugin folder

After I tried to check “ignore missing dlls” I got it to work but I am getting crashes from max on slave

Also I tried to contact support and posted on thinkbox forums with no reply yet, if someone could shed a light on this it would be great

Any help appreciated, all job reports attached

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General CG Discussion / Quality vs time in production

« on: 2018-08-30, 09:48:19 »

Hi guys

I am wondering how do you approach final production quality in your workflow. I usually have to deliver 15 - 20 images per project , sometimes more, sometimes a bit less. I wanted to crank up my usual resolution to 3k but this in combination with 3% noise limit (which still is not very low) reults in +-3 hours per rendering. And that´s a lot when multiplied by number of images.
So what is your standard resolution you deliver your images in? Do you use render farms or in house computers? I have one WS with dual xeon setup (to be upgraded soon) and one node with 1950x build so not bad but simply not enough to be able to produce image in 5k or more. But my question is - is the resolution purely your choice? Unless it is going to be printed on some large billboards, does it make sense to render in more than 3k for example?
I have used rebus in the past but nowadays I try to render all work inhouse.

Will be happy if you share your thoughts on this

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Hardware / CPU upgrade

« on: 2018-08-24, 11:39:34 »

Hi guys I would like to know if it is good idea to upgrade from e5 2670 v0 (pair) to e5 2697 v2 which are the best cpu my board supports I guess (Asus z9pe d8)

according to corona benchmark I would gain around 35% of performance for around 700 euro

Thanks for advice

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[Max] I need help! / Forest Pack patches distribution

« on: 2018-08-14, 15:34:42 »

I am trying to create lawn via forest pack patches like in this tutorial

patches render fine but when I distribute them over a new surface they won´t render.



any advice appreciated

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Off-Topic / MICRON 64GB anyone interested?

« on: 2018-08-01, 09:00:54 »

Hi guys I have these RAM for sale MICRON 64GB (8X8GB) DDR3 ECC REG MT36JSZF1G72PZ-1G4D1DD

Used on build with ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS with two xeons with no problem.

Let me know if you are interested in buying these - price 150 euro + approximately 15 euro shipping depending on your location

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Hardware / Asus Z9PE D8 WS memory upgrade

« on: 2018-07-18, 21:49:37 »

Hi

I want to upgrade from 64gb to 128gb memory on this board with two xeons - would any registered ecc memory work? (8x16gb modules) Or is there anything to be aware of?

for example this one? https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Micron-128GB-8X16GB-PC3L-12800R-DDR3-1600-240Pin-ECC-Registered-Server-RAM/152713041932?hash=item238e68180c%3Ag%3AJnMAAOSwgiRZxh12&_sop=15&_sacat=0&_nkw=128gb+registered+micron&_from=R40&rt=nc&_trksid=m570.l1313&LH_TitleDesc=0

or even cheaper would work? https://www.ebay.com/itm/128gb-8x-16gb-Samsung-M393B2K70DMB-YH9-4Rx4-PC3L-10600R-ECC-Reg-Server-Memory/292621398695?epid=1001652468&hash=item44219832a7%3Ag%3AcUYAAOSw5HBbNQOC&_sop=15&_sacat=0&_nkw=128gb+registered&_from=R40&rt=nc&_trksid=m570.l1313&LH_TitleDesc=0%7C0

Thanks

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[Max] I need help! / Batch rendering and material duplicates

« on: 2018-06-25, 14:02:09 »

Hi

when using batch rendering combined with scene states after rendering finishes, I can no longer edit materials in slate material editor so they have impact on scene. I have to eyedrop the material from scene and altough it is the same as in slate it is not instance but copy.

Can this be solved somehow?

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Jobs / Modeller needed

« on: 2018-06-19, 10:43:03 »

Hi

I am seeking 3D modeller for long term cooperation. I would need modelling for augumented reality app. Output - .obj or .dae and texture file in png. Examples in attachment.

Thanks a lot

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Hardware / Threadripper workstation

« on: 2018-03-15, 08:39:42 »

So I decided to built a new WS and want to ask for advice here

CPU: Threadripper 1950x - 809 euro
MB:    MSI X399 SLI PLUS - 289 euro
GPU: Gtx 1060 - 275 euro
RAM: not sure here which frequency and amount to buy..
PSU: please advise

I would like to spend around 2k , the less the better :)

thanks

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Hardware / Graphic card upgrade

« on: 2018-01-25, 06:51:21 »

Hi guys

I am currently thinking of upgrading my graphic card, mainly because of sluggish 3dsmax viewport performance. Currently I am using older GTX660 . The question is if it is worth buying a new card for around 250 euro viewport performance-wise and if yes could you please recommend any?

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[Max] Bug Reporting / Ram usage increasing during rendering

« on: 2017-10-10, 15:48:31 »

I´ve encountered strange issue today. I´m working with quite a heavy scene (scatters, forestpack, lot of lights) and I wanted to use global volume mtl as well . However this is not possible because my ram usage would constantly grow during rendering with volume mtl enabled to a point where all my ram is consumed and rendering crashes. When turning the volume off everything renders fine at constant ram usage

Corona RC7 + Max 2016