I am able to produce a video by selecting "preview - do not render" in the render window. Albeit, the realism is not there, but at least I can show the customer something... for now.
I am trialing 3ds max design as you can import inventor parts and assemblies. To my disapointment I am not able to bring in my animation timelines. Ultimately 3ds has no usefull render capabilities for what I need, like animating parameters. With inventor I can produce exact motions observing the mechanics of my design, but 3ds does not give you the same precision for motion (I wasn't able to find anyhow). Great animations are probably possible, with 3ds, but are not as straight forward/simple as Inventor Studio.
I think it would be an excellent idea if Autodesk would allow importing of the animation scripts, created in Inventor, into 3ds Max Design. This way we can render using 3ds and take avantage of the comprehensive capabilities of 3ds and render farms(using backburner). The render farm aspect alone would be worth while for me.
Or maybe I am misinformed... Maybe I wasn't patient enough with 3ds Max Design to see the Invetor Studio like capabilities... If I am wrong, someone please let me know as I would really like to be able to render quality video as that seems to be the deal clencher with my customers.
FYI: Solidworks can use render farms.
Last note: I am able to render images with no problem on 3ds Max design. I noticed that after each image is produced, 3ds Max Design releases the memory and after multiple renders my workstation still has the same amount of available memory. The inventor studio team should talk with the 3ds team... or for that matter Inventor should use the 3ds render engine.
Just some rambling thoughts but ultimately would like to see this bug fixed sooner than later.
Edited by: calaco on May 25, 2010 2:39 AM
