Posts by Crow T. Robot

Quote from Demian Gutberlet

Dear Forum Community,

We're proud to tell you that we've supported the biggest online user ArchiCAD event ARCHINTENSIVE 21 this year as platinum sponsor. This session is called

"Visualisation and VR made easy for Archicad users through Enscape" and is now ready to watch!

Click here to get to the article and video itself!

Video Agenda:

- 0:00 - Part 1: introduction, overview, view as an ArchiCAD user

- 15:00 – Part 2: live demo

- 39:00 – Part 3: conclusion

Enjoy and feel free to leave your thoughts below.

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Very cool! Thank you Demian!

Quote from MyrtleHayes

Hello everyone,

archiCAD is an extremely convenient and familiar software for technical people, especially those working in the mechanical field. This is really a very useful tool to assist in their work, I wonder if this software is easy to use? Hope everyone let me know.

Thanks everyone.

Hello,

I've been using ArchiCAD for about 4 years, and I was the first person in the office to learn it. I was already familiar with Revit, so I understood many of the core mechanics, but many of my co-workers who work primarily in AutoCAD were not able to make the leap. The learning curve is a bit steep at first, but there is a helpful community of ArchiCAD users that I reach out to regularly. Check out this link when you get a chance!

https://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/index.php

Quote from Rudeboy

Hi there!

Thanks for sharing this!

I played around with different settings and this is what I found out. Virtual Desktop DOES support VR stream from Enscape directly into your Oculus Quest 2. What you need is to SIDELOAD Virtual Desktop via Sidequest after purchase and normal installation. You also need to activate developer mode in the Oculus menu and install the streamer app on your PC.

You might need to uninstall your Steam VR app from your PC, as it seems to conflict with the Enscape app while streaming. Overall, the solution works, however, the stream, and especially the popup menu above the left controller is glitchy and some movement modes are unavailable. You can still teleport using your light-beam under the right controller.

We do have a 5 GHz router and PC attached via LAN cable, however, the network setup might still be far from ideal and cause the issue described above.

Seems like we need to wait for the official stable version of Virtual Desktop that should eventually be able to replace Oculus Link... until then Oculus Link is good enough

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Thanks for sharing this info Rudeboy!

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Quote from Demian Gutberlet

_nique , thanks a lot for your request! We're aware of its release and evaluating Enscape support as soon as possible. No concrete ETA at the moment, but I'll get back to you once I have any further news.

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Quote from Pete Chamberlain

Crow T. Robot - This is actually a known bug in the latest version of Enscape.

You have two options:

Roll back to the previous version of Enscape.

Stay with the current version and observe the following procedure:

Set your resolution you want to render out at.

Restart ArchiCAD

Do not open the Visual Settings window before a Render, but if you do open it, don't close the window. You can make adjustments int he Visual Settings window which will take affect. If you close the Visual Settings window, that is when the bug becomes active, and you have to restart ArchiCAD.

Developers are fixing THIS

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Sounds good Pete. Thanks for your help.

Quote from Pete Chamberlain

Crow T. Robot - can you please submit some logfiles to us via the Enscape Feedback button, making sure to include the URL of this thread so I can link it up.

Hi Pete,

I just sent feedback with log files. Sorry it took me so long. I noticed this problem occurs after I make an adjustment in visual settings. After I change something in visual settings, I must save my project, exit ArchiCAD, then reopen the project. Enscape will then work properly again, and it will render images. But when I change the visual settings again, I have to repeat this process to render an image.

Quote from Demian Gutberlet

So far, judging by all the feedback our customers have submitted, it seems to work perfectly fine with Enscape actually, the controllers should be working fine as well, since they're the same as the ones shipped with the Rift S (which is officially 100% supported by Enscape). But, we haven't tried it ourselves just yet, but again, judging by the threads and posts so far it seems to be all working as intended.

Great to hear! Thanks Demian!

Hello everyone,

I am considering purchasing an oculus quest and using the new Oculus link cable to use it with enscape. However, before I purchase the quest, I was hoping you could give me some feedback on your experience using Oculus Link with enscape. Have you had a positive experience using the Oculus Link with Enscape? Does the quest controller work with enscape? What are your overall thoughts? Thank you very much.

Quote from Santiago_Rivera

As soon I received Anker cable I tested it and... It runs fine!!!! From Revit to Quest in less than 20 seconds. My dreams came true. Doing presentations to customers with a portable workstation and Quest in their facilities now is possible without the need of coding APKs in Unreal Engine! No sensors! All inside a trolley for flying!

If somebody wants to see a recorded gameplay, take a look at this post, at the end it is. Sorry, it is in spanish language but I think you can undertand the steps to carry on.

https://vriverity.com/2019/11/30/oculus-link-beta/

I am really excited to hear that the oculus link works with enscape! I know Demian wrote earlier that the quest controller may not work 100% with enscape, so I am curious about how well the quest controller worked for you? Did the controller give you any problems while using enscape?

Hello,

For some reason, enscape will not begin the rendering process when I click render. This problem only started today. I restarted ArchiCAD and tried again, but I still had the same problem. Any idea why this would be happening?

Thanks for your help.

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Quote from Pete Chamberlain

Crow T. Robot - there is also a new Knowledgebase article regarding enabling Enscape in ArchiCAD.

Great! I will make sure to read through it. It looks like its filled with great information.

Quote from Tikos

window > palettes > Enscape

Thank you Tikos. That worked perfectly. I should have known to look there.

Hello, I saw on escapes blog post that with the latest version, there is now a visual settings dialogue box and a general settings dialogue box. However, I can not seem to find the general settings dialogue box while using archiCAD. Furthermore, I don't have the material editor showing up for me. Am I missing something? I have attached a photo of all the options I am given when I select enscape while in ArchiCAD. Thank you.

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Quote from Demian Gutberlet

Our next version Enscape 2.6, which will also include the ArchiCAD material editor, will be released in about 2-3 months.

Great to hear!