Autodesk Inventor

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I have a model of my companys faclitiy i drew up in inventor and want to import in 3ds max and render it. I have never used 3ds max and dont understand how to do it. Can someone explain to me how to take the model of the facility i drew up and import it in 3ds max and render it. Thanks Derek

[#2]

or depending on how good you want the visual, use inventor studio.  you dont have to learn a complete new package again

[#3]

Showcase is much easier and quicker to learn. 3dMax is incredibly in depth and has requires a lot to learn to get the most out of it. There are a number of videos on Youth as well as in the start-up panel of the program.

[#4]

I concur with Blair. Showcase will be easier to use. It does a good job. See attached.

[#5]

A quick ShowCase render

[#6]

Blair, nicely done!!

I did this one the other day...

 

[#7]

Nice as well.

With ShowCase, I guess that one would have to use the Split-Face too in Inventor to be able to apply two different material types to a single IPT within the ShowCase environment.

Good example, for the tires we use on our Inventor trailer models, it's a simple 360 deg revolve and to get a different tire materials for the side-wall and the tire face.

[#8]

Should I be looking at Showcase?

I'm routinely being asked to generate print quality marketing renders of machines with 16k total parts in 1k of open documents.

Using INV Studio is taking 1.5 hours to generate a single rendered image.

Inventor Routed Systems 2011
2 Duo CPU @ 2.4 GHZ
8 GB RAM
Quadro FX 4600 v310.9 768 MB dedicated/4351 MB available
Windows 7 - 64 bit

[#9]

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gsmith9810 wrote:

Should I be looking at Showcase?

I'm routinely being asked to generate print quality marketing renders of machines with 16k total parts in 1k of open documents.

Using INV Studio is taking 1.5 hours to generate a single rendered image.

Inventor Routed Systems 2011
2 Duo CPU @ 2.4 GHZ
8 GB RAM
Quadro FX 4600 v310.9 768 MB dedicated/4351 MB available
Windows 7 - 64 bit

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Showcase probably won't be any quicker in rendering, but it'll look a lot better.

[#10]

Thank-you sir!

In your opinion, what >>should<< I be looking at to kick my rendering performance up (several) notches?

I don't think that I can upgrade individual components of my h/w set-up however I may be able to make a case to dump this box and get something more performant.

Gary Smith

Inventor Routed Systems 2011
2 Duo CPU @ 2.4 GHZ
8 GB RAM
Quadro FX 4600 v310.9 768 MB dedicated/4351 MB available
Windows 7 - 64 bit