Quote from Demian Gutberlet

Thank you for your feedback which I'll forward accordingly - in this case though the dialogue did not hinder me to adjust the perspective in Enscape before taking the rendering, nor did it hinder me to move the Enscape window too. Pardon if I'm misunderstanding something but is this the case on your machine? As in, when the dialogue pops up you cannot adjust anything in Enscape nor can you move the window?

Thank you for your patience, this is a matter of sequence. If I start Enscape and then click Render Image directly, this moment this Confirm dialogue pops up and hinders to move Enscape window and adjust perspective.

Another uncomfortable thing is that I have to move the mouse to find this dialogue and click OK per mouse every time (cumulative: 1-2 hundred times a day) instead of directly pressing keyboard shortcuts to output the rendering. It is exhausting patience

Quote from Nuge

Thomas,

Thanks for your reply, but really slightly different!!!! come on do you really believe that. Since the archicad plugin was released it has been on the back foot regarding development and this 2.7 release is no different, we have been waiting months for reproducible renderings and now you deliver the news that all of the other plugins will have it but not Archicad. your logic is flawed if you think that this feature "does not make sense" for archicad. I think the issue is that your team don't have the skill set to implement it in Archicad.

I see from your website that your development team has swelled in numbers over the last couple of years, yet the pace and quality of your development have gone backwards, previously we would have preview/update versions every few days/weeks now we seem to wait months for half baked versions and poorly thought thru workflows.

I love what enscape could be but am frustrated that you dont seem to be able to deliver it any time soon.

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Yeah, I can also feel a little disappointed that the rhythm has been slow down and now there're more new problems to resolve. But we should put enough patience and keep positive contact with Enscape Teams

I use the RTX2070 graphics card. In many cases, I will show the renderings of A1 or even A0 (at least 150dpi) to customers or judges, and now I have to use the version without RTX SUPPORT to achieve the needs of large renderings.

But I still hope to get more shocking realism and reliability through RTX in large renderings. Can the release of 2.7 meet the maximum rendering size of 8192 pixels that Enscape has always allowed or at least meet the rendering size larger than 7000 pixels (on RTX2070 or more powerful graphics cards)?

The new Target Area Confirm window is difficult to use, at least in ArchiCAD, while I have to find it and click on it. But in 2.6 I just need to press the keyboard again to output. This means that Preview and Output are more coherent in 2.6 versions.

This Tip Window also leads to many little vulnerabilities in preview mode.

For instance:

1. Once you click the mouse in rendering scene, you will immediately fly to the click position (i don't know why, and it shall be done in principle by double-click);

2. Very often the rendering window is locked and Target Area cannot be adjusted due to front Confirm Tip Window;

3. This new Tip Window occupies places of other important windows e.g. Settings;

4. I can not even minimize or drag the CAD and rendering windows due to it.

All in all, this is a very strange modification in 2.7 preview, which destroys the interaction experience.

So very hope to cancel this Target Area Confirm Window and restore the preview mode like previous versions!

Thank you in advance.

Quote from rong19371

Reflection in mirror?

Version: 2.6.1+13260

Is this issue really appearing in 2.6.1 version? As known the newest version has attained good off-screen reflection algorithms so that this situation in principle can not happen again right now.

Quote from Alexander Devaykin

Crash possiblity depends on the current OS environment, other running applications and GPU usage, project contents, uptime and lots of other factors very much. Chances to get out of VRAM have grown with the introduction of RTX, but it does not mean it will crash directly. If it would crash directly by the first attempt to do a 4k screenshot on a typical scene, we would catch it immediately

It is known that the computational taxing is an obstacle fast unable to cross for the ray-tracing rendering. Nowadays Enscape 2.6.1 has solved it in the lead.

Though we hope that the GPU usage can be at least mitigated.

Is there any possibility to reduce the instant GPU usage through a longer wait time for the final image than now?

I also encountered a situation similar to yours.

I used the RTX2070 and installed the latest Nvidia driver. But if the length of the output is larger than 6000 pixels (even in extremely simple scenes), 2.6.1 will crash.

In contrast, the allowed maximum size picture can be output in 2.6.0.

As shown above, When I map the transparency channel and adjust it to be translucent, dense moire will appear in the rendered image. This is done in the Enscape 2.6 .

Parameters of the translucent material are as follows

Hoping to get more perfect material effect of Translucent Fabric in Enscape!

Thanks for your concern in advance.

Now Enscape can only output images with a maximum resolution of 8192*8192. But with NVIDA Ansel technology, you can achieve 60K rendering size.

This technique has been used in another instant Render, Mars, as shown below.

Click to view the gif.

While a city-level aerial view is enlarged, you can even see the pedestrians in the square.

https://www.sheencity.com/mars

For Chinese architects, the huge size image hanging on the partition wall of the construction site is a must, which is used to explain to the public the expected completion of urban design and buildings.

Can Enscape implement the Ansel technology?

Thanks for your concern in advance.

NVIDA Ansel: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/g…geforce-experience/ansel/

Quote from snowyweston

Unless I missed it, the OP doesn't mention the source software - but Revit materials' refraction index achieves this.

Enscape for SketchUp.

Could you show some instances of effect achieved through Revit materials' refraction index?

Quote from Micha

The problem is not so much to worry about refraction, it's more if a client need a solid object, he will ask you, why it looks hollow. For example a wine shop full of empty bottles doesn't looks well. But right, a shadow solution is needed too.

Thank you for your suggestion, the actual refraction effect with keyword water does not look very precise and ture.

You are right, the refraction and shadow of the glass are both problems that need to be solved.

Quote from Gadget

Personally I would rather that glass has an impact on the light passing through it (ie a shadow) before they worry about refraction.

Yes, Light passing through the glass leaves a shadow on the back of the glass, this effect is currently not possible.

The glass is now without shadows.

Fosted Glass Body rendering in C4D with cinerender

The above image is the result of rendering with cinerender.

It can be found that the scene on the back is deformed after passing through the frosted glass body (as shown by the yellow dotted line).

Enscape can also achieve the effect of frosted glass, BUT there is no Deformation. As shown below：

Fosted Glass Body rendering by Enscape for SketchUp

I think that this refraction deformation effect can be achieved by enscape with real-time ray tracing.

Hoping a new Version which can support this!

some reference photos of refraction deformation effect:

Thanks for your concern in advance!

Reiset