#Lumenrt 2016 for mac#
#Lumenrt 2016 mac os x#
#Lumenrt 2016 update#

LumenRT takes your SketchUP model and after a short (or long, depends on you) calculation process outputs what is called a LiveCube that you can explore and see your model rendered in a real-time fashion with sunlight, reflections, refractions and extra cool stuff like great looking water! the added wording “Review” is important and helps in understanding what LumenRT really is. Most of you will recognize that as an abbreviation of real-time, similar to V-Ray RT for example, but this is not the same thing in this case.

#Lumenrt 2016 for mac#

Version 1.2 was released today and it is available for Mac & Windows.īefore I get into more detail about LumenRT, I must say a little thing about the “RT” in its name. So… LumenRT is e-on software’s revolutionary new product for the visualization of architectural projects in real-time 3D with accurately simulated lighting. I’ve played with it for some time now and we actually use it the studio for real work, like Villa W in the image above. This is how I found out about E-On Software’s new real-time 3d tool named LumenRT Review for SketchUP.

#Lumenrt 2016 update#

Again, the update is free to registered users, while new licences of the software cost between $199 and $1,995, depending on edition.Being a distributor of software via Polytown has its perks.

#Lumenrt 2016 mac os x#

PlantFactory 2016 R6 is available for Windows XP+ and Mac OS X 10.7+. Prices for lower-end editions can be found here. New licences of Vue Infinite cost $1,295 new licences of Vue xStream, which integrates Vue with 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, LightWave, Maya and Softimage, cost $1,695. Vue 2016 R6 is available now for Windows 7+ and Mac OS X 10.7+. Vue xStream can also now load scenes created with Carbon Scatter, Vue’s now-defunct sister plugin, as EcoSystem populations. If you’re using Vue xStream, the top-of-the-range edition, you can now populate EcoSystems onto native instances in three of the DCC applications it integrates with: 3ds Max, Cinema 4D and Maya. New features include importance sampling when using image-based lighting with atmospheric effects, generating better visual quality for a given computation time and gamma correction for environment maps. UI speed and responsiveness has also been “vastly improved”, although the press material doesn’t put a figure on that one and there is a new multi-object selection display.

Vue 2016 R6 is largely a performance update: most notably, e-on claims that EcoSystem cache generation is now up to 6x faster, and that “very large” EcoSystem populations render 10% faster. New in Vue 2016 R6: performance and workflow improvements

There is also a new gravitropism parameter to mimic the effects of gravity on flower growth.įinally, users of the Producer edition get a new seasonal material editor, designed for use with sister tool LumenRT, when creating real-time visualisations. The higher-end editions of the software – Designer, Studio and Producer – get a new 2D profile filter editor, designed to help create more complex flower geometry, such as the trumpet form shown in the video above. There are subdivision boost, mid rib angle and curvature parameters to adjust the look of the leaves and the option to use either regular texture maps or a dedicated new diamond UV mode. In terms of new features, PlantFactory 2016 R6 is the more substantial update, adding a new diamond leaves mode intended to reduce polygon count for vegetation that will only be seen at a distance. New in PlantFactory 2016 R6: new diamond leaf mode, advanced flower controls Both are free updates for existing users of the 2016 editions, hence the unusual version numbering. The company has also released Vue 2016 R6, a performance-focused update to its environment creation software. E-on software has released PlantFactory 2016 R6, the latest version of its plant-generation software, adding a new lower-polygon diamond mode for leaves, and new advanced flower controls.