DaveVT

Working on a response but with the holidays coming it will be a few weeks. I want to document live problems and not from memory. By the way I renewed my Family Plan. Thank you for the quick and unexpected response.

I have used Form Z from version 2 forward after meeting Chris Yessios as a fellow panelist on AIA National Roundtables. I was an original author in the late 70's of RTKL's 3D modeler/imager for architectural design, hiring one of Chris's graduates to extend our system to surfaces and solids. I always liked the interface and the quality of the product. However with each new release and lengthening periods between releases, I am now 10 years into retirement, considering no longer maintaining my license. Why? the number of crashes, problems with file opens and saves, older working functions that now fail and the ever present flakey Component functionality, A core function in my mind of any modeler. All the additions over the years look great and make it a better and better general modeler but as an architect I need an application that is bullet proof. Finally, thank you for V-Ray it was long overdue and the integration while not perfect is seamless in FZ, something I value greatly.

First image is Twinmotion second is V-ray not the same but Twinmotion is realtime and there is motion in the foliage needs tweeking but not bad for about an hour after installation.

Just tried Twinmotion with FZ 9.1. No problems with the 9.1 upgrade. Very easy install of the FZ plug-ins for Twinmotion. The exports are very quick and effortless however some texture maps do not come over accurately. Had a couple that did not export or exported as a different material and a couple that exported as glossy when that is not the case when rendered as smooth shaded or in V-Ray. Install of Twinmotion and Unreal Engine required a few tries but after that it is a very short learning curve. Adding landscape is fantastic and adds much to the image quality. Wish their vegetation library was available in FZ. Tried 2 different architectural models (.fmz) with detailed interiors and furniture one at 37Mb and one at 351 Mb

+1 I'd like to see a tutorial on creating V-Ray materials. At a minimum add a mirror material.