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Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600

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julien@nospam.com (julien) — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:08:59 -0500

Baker is a texture baking tool. It's still WIP, but it should be available very soon.
Using the UV mapping of an object, it can extract flat texture map from any Carrara shader, giving then the possibility to rework it in other traditional 2D software.

Baker can also bake lightmap and normal map. See its documentation for a complete tools and features description:

http://julien.chaplier.free.fr/Baker/BakerDocumentation.htm

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julien@nospam.com (julien) — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 17:21:33 -0600

Here are some test renders from the beta version of the volume primitives plugin I'm working on. They illustrate the 4 primitives currently present in the plug: a smog/fog primitive, a fire, a cloud and a rising smoke.

Julien

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julien@nospam.com (julien) — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 22:20:17 -0600

Here's a first test with the animation:

http://julien.chaplier.free.fr/DownloadLink/Movies/BigFireLowRes2.avi

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noauthor@nospam.com (DAIGORO) — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 13:06:13 -0600

thanks for this great plugin,it is so easy to use and it makes a lot of fun to work with it.together with veloute it is a kick a.. combo.

next on my list is replica,primivol and maybe deeper and swap.

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noauthor@nospam.com (Chris Dordoni) — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 06:14:07 -0600

Hi Julien,

I purchased Veloute from DCG. Do I need to send you any info?

Regards,
Chris

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noauthor@nospam.com (Chris Dordoni) — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 09:27:31 -0600

Perhaps I've overlooked the login button somewhere? I did register and I see login is mentioned next to register, so I expected to find "login" somewhere ....

Chris

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dordoni@nospam.com (chrisd) — Sat, 22 Jan 2005 20:30:12 -0600

Hi Julien,

I'm trying to get a normal map, using Baker, from an object with Anything Grooves applied. It seems like the only way I can get Baker to create the normal map (or any type of map for that matter ) is to export my object as an OBJ and then reimport it. Using "convert deformed object to mesh" and then trying to open it in the vertex modeler crashes Carrara. The base object is the primitive sphere in Carrara, and it has only 250,000 polys after its converted to a mesh, so I don't think the crash is a memory problem.

When I import my OBJ back into Carrara, I can then open it in the vertex modeler, apply UV coordinates, and extract a map using Baker.

As for my crashing Carrara, I'll have to try "convert deformed object to mesh" with a few different types of objects after using Grooves to see if there is any pattern.

I originally posted this issue over on the Carrara Yahoo Group, and received a reply back from Eric at DCG, (see below).

I'm using Carrara4Pro 4.0.3 on WinXP SP2, 1Gb Ram

Regards,
Chris

>>From: Eric Winemiller >>Date: Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:31 pm
>>Subject: Re: [Carrara] Anything Grooves and Baker
--- In Carrara@yahoogroups.com, Eric Winemiller wrote:
> Chris,
>> I played around a bit and here's what I found. Looks like Baker goes
> against a the base object (no modifiers) so that is why you can't get
> the Grooves version with the Anything Grooves modifier applied. Not much
> I can do about that, but perhaps Julien can help.
>> I was able to take a sphere, apply grooves, convert to mesh, and then
> convert that to a vertex object without any errors. If you're still
> having problems with that, please make sure you've got the latest and
> greatest Anything Grooves. If that's not it, can you send me exact steps
> to recreate including the settings you've got on your Anything Grooves
> modifier.
>> Once in the vertex modeler, you're right, Baker wouldn't generate
> anything at!!! A quick peek into the UV mapping tool showed what the
> problem was though, the conversion to a vertex object threw away the UV
> coordinates. I had reported a bug a while back that it would always
> apply spherical mapping on conversion to a vertex object, that has
> apparently changed to "throw away the UV coordinates", which I think is
> just as bad. I selected everything and change the mapping mode to
> spherical. After that Baker worked fine on my grooved sphere imported
> into the vertex modeler, including generating normal maps, which BTW is
> a great way to use Grooves and a modeling tool and still get really fast
> render times from using Baker.
>> Good luck,
> Eric Winemiller
> Digital Carvers Guild
> 3D plug-ins for Carrara
> http://digitalcarversguild.com

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noauthor@nospam.com (Steven) — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 23:37:32 -0600

Hi,

Architools is a great plugin, but now at random times when I'm trying to move a point, wall, room, etc. it completely crashes Carrara 4.0.3. it is happening about every 5 minutes which is making it unusable. I've tried opengl and eovia software render. Same issue. I'm using Mac OS 10.3.7 on a G4. Please help?

-Steven

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dordoni@nospam.com (chrisd) — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:42:08 -0600

Hello All,

I think I don't quite understand how a normal map can simulate geometry.

I created a normal map from the original mesh object on the left with Baker. The middle object is a primitive sphere with the normal map from the original object applied with Baker. The right object is a primitive sphere converted to a mesh, with the same normal map applied with Baker.

Should the normal map make the edges of the spheres wrinkled like the original? Also, should the normal map modify the terminator of the shadow area so that it is irregular, as in the original object? Finally, the terminator on the right object is like a sawtooth. Note that the shadow cast from the middle sphere onto the right sphere is smooth. Any thoughts as to what is causing these shadow differences?

Chris
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dordoni@nospam.com (chrisd) — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 23:09:16 -0600

Hi Julien,

I had some trouble posting the image so that it showed in my thread as an image. I pasted in the url and clicked the "img" button while the url was highlighted. When I previewed the post, the image was there; however, after I submitted the thread the image showed up as a link.

Also, I could not figure out how to upload an image to a thread (although I do see this option in the Gallery section), so I hosted the image on my website.

Regards,
Chris

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noauthor@nospam.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 01:07:38 -0600

Julien,

I am about ready to buy Velouté shader plug-in for Carrara. I tried the "trial". Still have a few questions....

1. As a user, can I develop a new "shape" to add to the basics of Velouté shader shapes ....like a new shape of a tile or stone or ??? or am I "stuck" with the styles/designs you have pre-programmed?

see next question.

2, I am planning to use Velouté for architectural rendering. I'm looking for 3 specific design types of roofing/siding but did not find them in Velouté nor in the downloaded Velouté shaders. How would I generate a Velouté image for a typical cedar shake shingle and for a semi-circle bottom edge siding shingle as often found on Victorian houses or for simple lap siding? Below are a few picture from a web search to give you a better idea of the type of shingles/sidings I'm looking to create.

3. I may be too premature to ask this question as I have downloaded but not explored the free Velouté roof/tile/etc. shader downloads from your site....but do these .cbr files add new "forms" to the dialog box for Velouté or are they more like .jpg pictures and used like typical mapped textures? If just mapped photos, what does Velouté add as an advantage?

4. I can generate textured images with color and bump maps...I'm still trying to find out the advantages of Velouté other than its easy to adjust size, noise, and bump mapping is "automatic"....Can Velouté do something I can't do manually? And does that mean Velouté just makes it easier and less likely to forget something or make an error? or does Velouté add something CS cannot do alone?

5. Are stone and rock textures also available/creatable? Something like these pictures for foundation/sidings/fireplace?

Thanks,
Doug Schafer

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noauthor@nospam.com (Steven) — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 22:05:02 -0600

Hi,

Is there anyway to have different ceiling heights on the same level? Is there anyway to have different style ceilings such as cathedral, tray, etc? If not, then please consider this for the next version.

By the way, ArchiTools is a great plugin. I hope you will continue to enhance it.

-Steven

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noauthor@nospam.com (Steven) — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 22:07:26 -0600

Hi,

I was thinking of buying Replica. What types of objects can replica by used on. Will it work on grouped objects? Will it replicate the whole group?

-Steven

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cschou@nospam.com (CarlS) — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:07:01 -0600

Hi,

I was arranging a group of Primivol objects to form a circle of clouds, and noticed that the volume clouds disappeared where the bounding boxes intersected.
Is there any way to get around this? I know there are similar problems with volume clouds in other apps like Bryce.

Thanks,
--Carl

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noauthor@nospam.com (Roman) — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 13:13:58 -0600

Hello:

CAn I make walls curved (nonstraight) with Architools? Similar to Bezier curves, to be able to generate
buildings with curved forms, balconies, etc...

Thanks.

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noauthor@nospam.com (Bluetone) — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:10:02 -0600

I just used replica for the 1st time and I can't understand why it took a simple group and made it -65000 (something like that) in size. I can't make it large enough to see again!

What I'm trying to do is replicate chairs around a table. And then replicate the group of table and chairs to make a bunch of them in a hotel room space.

HELP!

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cschou@nospam.com (CarlS) — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 12:04:49 -0600

The PrimiVol Fire primitive looks great, and I’d like to use it in some animations to produce the spherically radiating fireball that would result from a mid-air explosion. Are there any easy ways to do this with the current version of PrimiVol, or would a software update be needed to get this effect?

--Carl

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julien@nospam.com (julien) — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 02:47:42 -0500

This is just a note for users working with Carrara network rendering. Plug-ins like Veloute can be used in network rendering, but they need to be installed on each node of the network. Installation on a rendering node is similar to installation on the main application: you just need to copy the extension files in the extension folder.

Regards,
Julien

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noauthor@nospam.com (rj) — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 03:06:59 -0500

Replica has cube and cylindrical replication. Is there a way to replicate spherically using the cylindrical parameters, or would that require a new shape?

Regards,

rj

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noauthor@nospam.com (Brian) — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:46:06 -0500

Julien I love the words you use to describe the various parts of your programmes. I rush to the dictionary and have deep ponders. But "Velvet Sauce" is the best I can get for Veloute! True?

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cschou@nospam.com (CarlS) — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 20:38:37 -0500

Here's an image done with the Primivol and Veloute plug-ins in Carrara 4.

http://www.carls-corner.com/pages/gallery_pages/The_Crucible_of_Adamant_640.htm

The scene started out with a bright blue sky, but that was at odds with the mass of the model, so I switched to something a bit mroe oppressive instead.

--Carl

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noauthor@nospam.com (Brian) — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 22:47:27 -0500

Perhaps I am having one of those days, but I can't work out how to get the replication around the ball as shown in the example. Help!

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noauthor@nospam.com (crag_dolomite) — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 07:31:20 -0500

Hi y'all
as a user of Carrara 3d basics 2 that is also a draftsman, I was wondering if it is worthwhile to get the ArchiTools plugin for potential architectural usage since Carrara 3d basics 2 does not have all the features of the pro version like the Vertex Modeler.

Will there be limited results?

Thanks
Craig

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noauthor@nospam.com (Hoof) — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 02:09:48 -0600

Is inagoni planning Carra5 updates for them great plugins? (though Replica might be considered a tad redundant now... :-]

Or do you think they will work anyway?
I am waiting for Veloute the most (displacement mapping!)

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msamuels@nospam.com (Aussie Artist) — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 16:05:15 -0600

i was trying to create a mansion with Architools

i only got as far as making part of the firist level.

But when i tryed to make a door hole, i got an error message
saying something about nil pointer error message.

I have screen captured it and put in my website so you can see it.

See Link below

My Operating system is Windows XP Pro, I have 1 Gb of Ram

i use Carrara Studio Pro 4.

http://msamuels.bravepages.com/Architools_Problem.html

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karl.littardi@nospam.com (karl.littardi) — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 03:07:51 -0600

Firstly may I thank Inagoni for a superb product in Architools, which we recently purchased. This package has provided genuine and considerable benefits to our company's offering, and it's so easy to use.

We have been using Carrara Basics II with Architools very successfully on Mac OS X 10.3.9, but we do have one important problem we simply must solve.

The buildings created using the Architools plug-in are very limited in size. We would very much like to produce buildings using a scale that matches real buildings in dimensions. This is especially noticeable when we place (Carrara library) objects in a scene or room - they are simply huge compared to the building created automatically from Architools. We are having to scale our ideas, objects and so on to match the limited sized buildings.

Is this correct or are we missing a trick when creating our buildings and setting up parameters?

The problem seems to be a combination of the size of the default 3D canvas (as it were) provided by Carrara Basics and the object size parameter adjustments possible in Architools (input is restricted to upper limits not congruous with real world scales or sizes).

Does this problem exist when using Architools with Carrara 3 or 4 fuller versions?

I very much look forward to hearing your feedback on the only problem to spoil an otherwise brilliant partnership between two exceptional software components.

Kind regards,

Karl

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noauthor@nospam.com (philip) — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 03:45:49 -0600

Hi, I wonder if there is going to be a new version of deeper for C5, I
have just upgraded from C3.

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david@nospam.com (dew) — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 11:26:32 -0600

Hi, I'm new to the forum but I've owned Architool for quite some time now. It's a wonderful plug-in. My question is: How do I import a backdrop (blue print) into Architools, I tried using "Import" but that's just for 3D files and not related to Architools; I've also tried setting the backdrop before going into Architools but nothing shows up when I enter the "Architools Room".
I also purchased Replica and SWAP and they rock too!!

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noauthor@nospam.com (bwtr) — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 16:13:59 -0600

Julien, the Swap seems to be a failure as before.Also,the Replica does not show up in in the Insert dropdown?

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noauthor@nospam.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 06:05:23 -0600

The level display functions are missing from the General tab in assembly.

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msamuels@nospam.com (Aussie Artist) — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:52:09 -0600

I am posting this here in case you - Julian , can't get my email as you mentioned you have problems at times.

just curious, is there any word / new developement as the group problem with Architool for CS Pro 5

this being where architools doesn't like groups objects and crashs with an error message if one does use them.

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gpro@nospam.com (gpro) — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:21:53 -0600

Hello-

I'm using C5Pro with the SWAP plugin. I'm using the latest update installed in the extensions folder. Everytime I try to use it I get "An unknown error has occured". Am I doing something wrong?

G.

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sfb@nospam.com (sfb) — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 14:29:38 -0600

I just wondered if the default parameters were based on an approximate scale formula. I have no idea what standard heights are, so I guessed at 1:28 and then 1:35 working to get a 2.1" door to seem right. Inches don't help me much (Canadian).

Part two of the question - if it does work off of an approximate scale, is it possible to bring backdrops in to fit the scale reasonably well?

Thanks,

Scott

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fabio@nospam.com (niphredil) — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:11:25 -0500

Hi,
I've recently buyed Carrara 5 with Architools.

I've tried to make a roof like the one described in the image linked, but I'm not able to reproduce it.

Is it possibile to build a roof like these with Architools?

link: http://www.alternanze.it/roof.jpg

Thanks

EDIT:Just buyed veloutè and deeper.....GREAT WORK!

Fabio
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tragan62@nospam.com (tragan62) — Thu, 25 May 2006 18:24:35 -0500

Hi,

I have downloaded the Architools upgrade 1.1 and I see no difference with the prvious version .
I have no Edition handle item in the view menu.
In the zip file I have downloaded all the files date are 14/01/06. Is it right ?

Thank you for your great job

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jr.reg@nospam.com (jr.reg) — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:24:01 -0500

The instructions for installing Architools on a Mac OSX say:
"On the Mac OS X, copy the files to your Carrara 5.0 Pro:Extensions folder. If you installed Carrara to the default location, this is Applications:Carrara 5.0 Pro:Extensions." However I can't find the Extensions folder anywhere.
Please help!

Also how can I build a 3D model out of a simple architectural floor plan?

Thanks!
Javier

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fabio@nospam.com (niphredil) — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:34:05 -0500

Hi,
I'm playing with Architools and I find it very useful and well done.

My background (doing primarily architectural modeling) is with 3dsmax. For my new activity the licenses are too expensive so I've switched to Carrara and found Architools (thanks god).

The only (so far) feature that i miss from Max is the railing tool. If I'm not overllooking something (which is very possible!) such a tool is not present in this plugin. Do you plan to implement this feature?

If it is present than...sorry! Point me in the right direction....

Thank you!

Bye

---niphredil---

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paintingworks53@nospam.com (Flyboy53) — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 22:48:16 -0500

]Hello, the plug-ins are great.I think I brought most of them now through DAZ.I'm having a problem though with the deformer noise not animating.I followed the primivol tutorial plus downloaded the Carrara file.In his setup for the fire.The deformer noise ramps from 0 to
-40.00 on the z axis.when you snub the 4 second timeline.The problem is when I follow the tutorial.I cannot get the setting to ramp up or down over the timeline.The setting for the noise is 0.00 at the beinging of the timeline.After moving in the timeline to the 4 second mark. and resetting it to -40.00 the whole timeline then is change to -40.00. When I play the animation the flames move ofcouse [that part works.] but the noise is static.Setting a keyframe and trying to change the setting is a no go too.This is also true for the smoke primivol.Any help or if doing I'm doing something wrong let me know , thanks[undefined

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fabio@nospam.com (niphredil) — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 03:09:20 -0500

Hi,
me again. This time for Veloutè.

I need to obtain a very specific effect that I have almost achieved.

In the image attached you see what I have on the right (actually you see a plane but is mapped on a cylinder in the final work) and what I NEED on the left (the result shown here is made in Photoshop).

Is it possible? I've managed to almost reach the objective by adding a 2d gradient in the color channel but it's not working right.

http://www.alternanze.it/3.jpg

The shader so far

http://www.alternanze.it/shader.car

Bye!

-- niphredil --

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cebrooks@nospam.com (ceba) — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:07:49 -0500

Is this possible with this great tool?

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gtoy@nospam.com (gtoy) — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:07:05 -0500

Has anyone built an industrial factory they'd like to share with ArchiTools for Carrara 5 Pro?

Please let me know, thanks!

-Greg

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ioweno1@nospam.com (Perony) — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 11:54:51 -0600

Several months ago I purchased Architools in hopes of making a mini city. After making 15 buildings or so, Carrara starts to really bog down and takes forever to "load" each frame for rendering. Is there any way to fix this.

Note: changing view to minimal helps a little but then I can't see much and rendering is still extremely lengthy.

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st3v3nvand3rw3rf@nospam.com (Jan Rosencrantz) — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 14:21:02 -0600

Can't find an answer to this anywhere else: how does one install the extra doors etc in ArchiTools? I'm using Carrara 5.1 Pro on a Mac.

AT seems to be a very useful tool which I hope to use a lot, though this site seems to be the only support I can find anywhere... I suppose direct from the author has to be a good thing.. Thanks

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Mike@nospam.com (MikeO) — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 23:53:01 -0500

Hello Julian-

I use a Carrara 5 Pro network across PC and Mac platforms. I have purchased some of your plugins for the PC only (Veloute2, Baker, Swap) Is there a way to obtain the plugins to get the Mac involved?

Or is the only way to purchase separate licenses?

Thanks!

MikeO

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mihaita_hromiuc@nospam.com (mihasai) — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:03:07 -0500

I HAVE A PLAN OF A HOUSE ON A JPG AND I WANT TO BUILD A HOUSE AFTER THIS PLAN. IT IS POSIBLE TO IMPORT THE JPG END DROW THE WALLS IN ARHITOLL?
IF YES, HOW CAN I DO IT.
I USE CARARA 5 PRO AND EVALUETION COPY ON ARHI TOOL.
THANKS

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ioweno1@nospam.com (Perony) — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:44:11 -0500

Julien,

First i want to say that i love your products.
Secondly, with Carrara 6 about ready to be released, i was wondering if you were planning on upgrading any of your plug-ins for C6.
If you are, will i have to buy them again, or will you let those of us who have already purchased your products have a free upgrade?

P.S. Anyone who reads this post should definitle check out C6!!! It's SWEET!

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mykyl@nospam.com (mykyl1966) — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:47:27 -0500

Hi,

I tried installing Architools and Baker into Carrara 6 Pro and it seems they are not compatable.

A message comes up saying "Extention 'Building' is too old." etc.

Thank you

Mike R

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da@nospam.com (vnomad) — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:29:47 -0500

I don't understand why these appear so small: The default level height is 0.25 ft, and the wall 0.02 ft.

The program does not accept entry of larger default values, and scaling the building breaks doors and windows, etc.

I'm running the latest version of April 6, 2008. Same problem with the earlier version.

Any ideas? I have tried setting both Carrara and Architools to metric, but that does not help.

Otherwise, thanks for a very useful program!

Oh, while I'm at it: it would be nice to have the possibility to put molding at the corners outside. This adds considerable realism. Without this accent wooden houses especially appear too "flat"

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myibook@nospam.com (Sarvis) — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:40:33 -0500

I use Primvol a lot and recently have put together a server to add another couple of processors and speed up rendering. I installed Primvol into Carrara Render Node and did a test render of a file with several Primvol objects. The plug in asked for registration on the render node so it obviously loaded OK, but when the network render tiles reached a Primvol object, they stuck and would not render. The other processors rendered the rest of the frame, just leaving the network ones and the Primvols hanging. Has anyone else seen this, or could I have done something wrong (like not noticing that Primvol registration doesn't include a render node licence).

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dhall@nospam.com (manny) — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:32:23 -0500

Hi

I keep getting an error when I try to build a stairway. The error freezes Carrara and I have to do a force quit.
I am following the steps but must be doing something wrong.

Shawn

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creauturearcoaren@nospam.com (Torkuda) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:47:14 -0500

Well it's that simple, How does one make a chimney in architools?

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richard.ward80@nospam.com (casper410) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:18:43 -0500

Can someone please explain how to get these shaders to work. i have tried various directries, but it still dont want to know. Surely whomever made them can explain.

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djtn@nospam.com (DJTN) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:21:46 -0500

I'm trying to use Architools to create 3d buildings for a video game. Architools overlaps the ceiling or top of the building with the walls so it makes jagged edges when rendered in the game. The engine is rendering the roof and then the top of the wall because the intersection of the two reside in the same space in the world. This causes all the models made in ArchiTools to have blinking lines at all the intersections in the model. Roof/wall - wall/floor - etc...

Is there anyway I can get around this? I looked and didnt see a way to change the X, Y, or Z cords for a wall, roof, ceiling, etc...

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myibook@nospam.com (Sarvis) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:26:40 -0600

I just noticed something strange. I have an animated scene which consists of a single large Primivol object, nothing else. I found it was rendering more slowly than I expected and when I checked I discovered that it was using only the equivalent of a single processor on my quad processor machine, ie: a maximum of 25% of each core. I tried it on my quad core machine and it used around 50% of each core. It seems to actually render slightly faster on the dual core than the quad. I have multi threading turned on and other scenes seem to be maxing out on all cores, even when they contain small Primivols
Has anybody else seen this or could there be something wrong with either my Carrara installs or my scene.

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spirekin@nospam.com (iluxa7k) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:03:51 -0600

Hello Julien!
Thank you for plugins

I downloaded December version of baker from http://julien.chaplier.free.fr/DownloadLink/C6/Baker_C6Win.zip
But after baking, i got SphereLightMap0.jpg and 1 map in carrara 6.2
I checkout 2 modes of baking, sometimes is happen
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Also any plans to plugins updates fo 7-n version of carrara?

Thanks again!
ilya

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brimar@nospam.com (bwtr) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:15:31 -0600

Happy New Year Julien.
Thanks for the regular upddates during the year.
C7 looks a bit naked yet though!

Keep well

Brian

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ChynnaDoll850@nospam.com (Mscheveous1) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:29:20 -0600

I was wondering if I could possably pick someones brain about how to specifically use Baker. I kinda get the basics as stated on the website, but either I am doing something wrong, or it just can't do what I need it to.

Typically I load my model into Carrara, this is an import of a .obj file and is split into 3 sections, the Head, Upper Body and Lower Body, each contain it's own special UV MAP. Then I apply just a plain black color directly onto the model itself, I set up all my lights around it, and in the render room I make sure sky light and indirect lighting is off. Basically I am trying to simulate a black latex skin, directly on the model.

Now, I might be mistaken but I had thought that by using Baker, it would bake the texture on the object I have selected and return a 2d version of that texture, based off of the UV Map, and it does to a point, I see the UV Maps when I try it, but I see no detail all I seem to get are black images with a white background where the alpha would be, or plain white textures, or grey textures.

What am I doing wrong here, OR..did I misunderstand what Baker could do?

Basically, I want to bake the texture onto the object, Where I could then see the texture on a flat surface 'unfolded' if you would, the texture placed on the flat image where it would appear if the UV MAP were rewrapped in 3D again.

Hope I explained myself correctly. I apprecite any help in this matter.
Thank you!!

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elsiget@nospam.com (Sardtok) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:39:38 -0600

Hi,
although I've had the advance pack since the Daz merger, I haven't really done much in 3D since Hex 1 came out.
But I decided to do a piece for CGSphere now, and I'm going to be using primivol and probably replica for a bunch of spaceships invading earth.
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However, taper is nowhere to be found, I have:
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In the old flame tutorials from 3DXtract and here on the site, it says to use taper. What happened to it?

Also, I'm looking forward to seeing a multi-processor-enabled version of PrimiVol. (Could it perhaps be done by caching, similar to physics and particles being calculated prior to rendering?)

EDIT:
Using negative bulge and having the Z+ distance ramp off set up, I could get a decent taper effect.
And come to think of it, I've been rendering PrimiVol fog for the earth's atmosphere on three processors over a network and it seems to have been working fine, so I'm guessing you've already synchronised it?
[ Edited ]

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mykyl@nospam.com (mykyl1966) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:34:06 -0500

Hi,
Is there a tutorial on building things to scale in Architools? I think I must be thick as no matter what I try and do I always seem to have to zoom right out a huge amount to fit everything into the Architools modeler. This causes issues with the 3d viewport where zooming out gets very slow.

I am not sure if I have made myself clear here but I hope someone can understand what I am talking about.

Cheers

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cal@nospam.com (megacal) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:28:45 -0500

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when creating an array using Replica, I would like to be able to edit the
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teddy@nospam.com (keithml) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:44:13 -0600

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Here is my problem. I want to be able to create buildings in Carrara and then export them to Poser. Unfortunately, even a simple room with a door and a window, when exported via the OBJ export to Poser does not work. The problem appears to be with the irregular polygons that are formed from cutting doors and windows into a wall face. Is there a way to correct this problem?

Thanks,
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malveka@nospam.com (Malveka) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:13:14 -0600

Hi!

I'm using Baker (very handy tool!) and have some trouble with applying the baked texture back to the model. I have a model I created in the vertex modeler and it is simply a hollow tube. I created it by removing the ends of a Constructed 3D cylinder and then Added Thickness.

I texture it in the texture room using the Checkers preset texture. To make it align properly with the model I apply a cylindrical projection mapping. At this point the texture maps perfectly to the model.

Off to the assembly room where I invoke Baker on just the Diffuse channel, get my checker skin and assign it to a file. Back to the texture room, where I assign a new multichannel shader to the model and load the baked texture into the color channel as a texture map.

Now the texture is distorted on the model, the checkers having wavy edges. I get the same result when I apply this texture in my game engine, which is what I'm really doing, but the problem is easily demonstrated just within Carrara.

Is there something I should do differently or is this a limitation of some kind?

Thanks!
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StephenG@nospam.com (S.Greenfield) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:58:50 -0500

I know the download link that says ArfchiTools is version 1.2 must be wrong, since I actually bought version 1.5.

However, the latest "bug fix" is also listed as version 1.5.

Shouldn't it have been incremented to 1.6?

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the3dcie@nospam.com (the3dcie) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:48:40 -0600

Hi, i'm interested by your Baker plug-in, but i can't seem to find the information on the product page so i thought i would ask here.
Is there a size limit for the baked map, and if yes, which one ?
The other question i have is : Is it possible to bake the color of a procedurally textured terrain ?

I ask this because i like a lot the way Carrara is doing its terrain and the capacity of the shader editor for terrain texturing, but i need to use these capacities with another render engine (LightWave...) because Carrara's one isn't powerful enough for archviz.
This is why i'd like to know the upper limit of the baked maps. ( i have seen 1024x1024 on a screencap, but as it seems you can enter the number you want, i wonder how much you can enter ?)
The OBJ exporter has the ability to export maps as well but the result is less than convincing, so...

Anyway, thanks for any answer you can give me.

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sullystuff@nospam.com (ptsulli) — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:47:21 -0500

All; I'm having a issue with the ArchiTools June 9 beta on Carrara 8, I can create structures in a new scene, but if I open a scene created in Carrara 7 with ArchiTools .1.3 I get a "File Open Error" and Carrara exits. I don't know if it's a error that you are aware of or not. This is not meant to be a complaint, as I love your products, and I am aware that this is a Beta. If I remove the ArchiTools folder from the extensions folder the file will open, without,of course, my buildings.

My configuration info is :
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April 9 build of all of my registered plugins (Everything except SWAP)

EDIT: OK I'm a moron, the 9 June build of all of the plugins, that's what I get for trying to get this in at the end of lunch...

Any additional info you require, I will be happy to supply

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nightg1@nospam.com (nightg1) — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:30:08 -0500

I am using the new C8 plug-in of Architools for Cararra 8 on a i7 iMac. For some reason, I can't get the doors and windows to fit in the openings I create for them. I am using the stock .obj files downloaded from the Inagoni web site.

Anyone else having problems?

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fabio@nospam.com (niphredil) — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:23:39 -0500

Hi,
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I'v just downloaded the 64bit versions for Windows and installed them in Carrara 8 Pro.

The only problem is that they (ArchiTools, Veloutè 2, Deeper) continue to ask for the serial numbers at every run of Carrara.

Can you help? thanks in advance!

Fabio

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mario.mcdonald@nospam.com (Mayito7777) — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 22:55:51 -0600

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mark@nospam.com (falconperigot) — Sat, 27 Nov 2004 03:40:43 -0600

Hi,
This is a feature I would really like to see in Carrara - the ability to take low poly models and add real geometry details to them during the render. It's not just useful for animation; scene handling in the Assembly Room would be a breeze and yet your scene could contain effectively millions of polygons. I use ZBrush for making detailed models [this software is used on feature films like LOTR for character creation] but at the moment Carrara (which I love for it's rendering) can't handle the really big meshes without slowing to a crawl.

Julien is looking into this idea [great!] but it would be useful if anybody else who's keen on this feature being added posts here so that he can gauge the interest. Thanks!

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Hi All,
Here are some comments relative to the posts you made on this website.

These are plugins that may be done with Carrara SDK (it would need some investigation to check that it’s really possible). But most of them would take quite some time to implement, and therefore would be a higher price than the current ones.
- cloth
- soft body dynamics
- hair/fur
- deformation lattice
- Another terrain modeler, with tools similar to the Sim City kind of game (a mountain brush, a river one,..)
- Fluids dynamics
- Subsurface scattering
- translucency

Now these are plugin that can’t be done or already exist:
- Tool in the Assemble Room: the SDK does not give access to that, it’s not possible currently to add a tool in the Assemble Room.
- There’s also no access to the vertex modeler, plugins can’t be added there.
- I don’t think there’s a way to do the blending between shading domain
- Displacement Map: a tool already exist, Anything Grooves, from Digital Carvers Guild
- Air system: isn’t the directional force already something like that ?
- particle system: somebody else is currently developing a particle system for Carrara

Now I still have many things to finish so I won’t start a new plugin before mid-january, so I’ll still read all the comments and propositions you make, and make my choice later based on them.

Thanks for all these suggestions

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noauthor@nospam.com (Brian) — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 07:46:28 -0600

I do think a very useful plugin would be a swap plugin. That would allow you to swap a camera pointing at an object with a spot light (thus positioning the spotlight accurately) or say you have a series of spheres (perhaps you used replica:) ) and you want to replace the sphere's with models of trees you have created, just let Swap do it!

Brian

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noauthor@nospam.com (Bluetone) — Tue, 07 Dec 2004 15:42:04 -0600

Hello Julien-

I was wondering if there was any thoughts to a 'Everything' pack, that would consist of all your plug-ins at a slightly cheaper rate then adding them up individualy.

As a hobbiest, it sure would make it easier to buy your great plug-ins.

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noauthor@nospam.com (Chris Smith) — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 12:39:38 -0600

Two things I'm really desiring is RPF support, its a G-Buffer that stores information like pixel velocity so I can do the motion blur and Depth of Field in post using Combution. I don't know if there is any kind of developing info for that or not. Another thing I would like is support for 10-bit Cineon files. I do know that the file structure is available online here: http://www.cineon.com/ff_draft.php
but I don't know if Carrara is capable of doing that or not. I know I'm probably reaching for the sky but I think its better to ask than not to.

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noauthor@nospam.com (Chris Smith) — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 17:53:08 -0600

Is it possible to have Replica also replicate the animation? Or does it already do it and I don't know how?
Thanks.

Chris Smith

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moonshadow_2@nospam.com (sailor_ed) — Sat, 18 Dec 2004 10:09:20 -0600

It would be nice if one could define a vetical offset for each replica so you could do things like spirals (staircases etc) and possibly a "function" ability . I want to do things it is so easy to do with Bryce.

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noauthor@nospam.com (Brian Rohde) — Mon, 20 Dec 2004 01:29:20 -0600

1.The upgrade (C4) does not seem to accept working with a grouped object as it did (does) in the original. 2. The Replication on surface shader seems a bit hit and miss. Query the possibility of eyedroppering from selected gradient shades ON the terrain into a Gradient Picker type thing. # Suggest many would like tutes/screen shots to better explain how to get effective working of the Peturbation Shading Box and your earlier response to the Spiral Gradient usage. A brilliant Plug In!

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noauthor@nospam.com (Giles) — Thu, 06 Jan 2005 04:35:08 -0600

Hi Julien,

Maybe I'm being too dumb to spot it, but is there any way that we could modify a replica operation after it's done? I can see (at least I think I can) that Replica is a one-time only operation, so unlike a modifier you can't adjust it afterwards, and neither can you preview it. This means (for me at least) a fair bit of trial and error doing numerous replica operations until I get the result I'm after.

What I'm wondering is, is there any way you could add a preset saver to the plugin, so one could build up a library of settings that worked well? Failing that, just letting Replica recall the settings that were last applies in a session would at least cut down on retyping...

Once again, sorry if this is already in and I'm just too dumb to have spotted it - but I have looked!

Thanks for your great plug-ins,

Giles

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noauthor@nospam.com (CarlS) — Thu, 06 Jan 2005 05:27:46 -0600

Something that would come in very handy to me would be a plug-in that could read in ASCII data containing Time, PositionX,Y,Z and RotationX,Y,Z.

At it’s most basic, a keyframe would be inserted into the Timeline, and an invisible helper object would be added to the hierarchy. Parenting a 3D model to this helper object would cause the model to translate and rotate to the values given by the imported ASCII file.

It would also be great to have the ability to redefine the major axes to account for instances where the imported data is using a different reference system than that used by Carrara. For instance, I would be driving the plug-in with simulation data with a North, East, Down (XYZ) reference, and the plug-in would be translating this to Carrara’s South, East, Up reference.

Another useful feature in this plug-in would be the option to choose the type of interpolation between samples, for those cases where the sample rate is different than the animation keyframe rate. Some options might be Linear, Bezier, Spline, and Discrete.

Thanks,
--Carl

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noauthor@nospam.com (Cresus_Digit) — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:34:57 -0600

It should be interesting to have option to creation round window, round wall, tunnel, round roof, pinion, gates, ...

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noauthor@nospam.com (Brian Rohde) — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:11:23 -0600

Would be VERY good to have open/create codecs giving JPEG 2000, MPEG-2, and MP3 compatability in Carrara. Like Yesterday!

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noauthor@nospam.com (francisco) — Tue, 31 May 2005 07:09:59 -0500

i would like to use carrara with my directx9 realtime shader graphic card. it will be nice and good for animation.
thank you

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noauthor@nospam.com (brian) — Sun, 05 Jun 2005 10:00:12 -0500

hi, maybe you see apossibility to make a plugin to expand the animation posibilities: -copy/paste keyframes to diferant objects.
-curve editor (like maya) to visualy see and modify keyframes.

thanks

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emchambliss@nospam.com (EMC) — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 15:39:34 -0500

I want to use a movie of water simulation rendered with the normal map renderer to create water effects that are cheaper than using surface deformation (add small detail to waves). Is it possible to implement animated normal maps? If there already is a way I can't seem to find it.

Thanks,
EMC

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shonner@nospam.com (Shonner) — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 23:55:58 -0600

When I apply previously saved Veloute 2 shaders to newly imported objects I don't see the pattern I should see. 2D Random Lines doesn't do anything no matter what brightness/contrast I use in the settings. Maybe I'm forgetting to do something first before I can use Veloute on an object?

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ioweno1@nospam.com (Perony) — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:57:03 -0500

Julien, I recently purchased ArchiTools (yesterday) and absolutely love it! I am trying to make a city for a movie I'm making but now my problem is roads. It would be extemly difficult and take far too long to try to create shaders with lines for lanes and intersections, and I also can't think of a way to create road that precisly follows terrain to simulate roads in the hills or mountains. So I think you should make a Plug-In that basicly creates roads on terrain and plains.
But the cool thing about this plug-in is that when you create an intersection the "road builder" automatically sets up the "lines" on the road to look like an intersection! You should also be able to choose between 2,4,6, or 8 lanes and how large(if any) amedian or shoulder on a highway/road. It should also work similar to the path system in Rollercoaster Tycoon 1,2, or 3. (they work the same) So if you want to create a bridge over another road you don't have to create an intersection you can just create road over the other road. Kind of like overpasses and such. In creating turns there should be presets. Obviously tight medium and loose, you sjould also be able to create your own turns to make them as wide or tight as you want. It should be set up similar to how you ould "round" a turn in the motion path system in Carrara(5 is my version). You would simply create two points (on each side of the turn) and use a tool similar to the convert tool in Carrara's motion path system, and "stretch" the turn to how you want it. One more feature that I can think of would be the ability to choose different typesof road, such as, grvel or dirt, new, old ,realltyold, one with cracks every where, another with patched cracks or a mix of both, and mybe you sloud be able to put in potholes like you put in doors on ArchiTools. I hope I explained my general idea in an understandable form, I tend to make no sense at times! LOL!

P.S. Anyone reading this who is wondering what ArchiTools is or is looking at buying it, ArchiTools is a must have building modeler that is more than worth the mere $89.00 you pay!!! I'm looking at buying Primivol very soon.(need more money LOL)

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ioweno1@nospam.com (Perony) — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:05:03 -0500

I think it would be really cool to be able too have modifiers in the ArchiTools modeler. So we could create ruins or holes in the wall. I also think we should be able to have rooms with no floor but still be able to have a ceiling, so I can create a better lobby for my hotel.

Just a quick note, I've had problems with ArchiTools regarding rooms. My problem is this, I'll create a room inside an existing room(such as acloset inside a bedroom) and ArchiTools doesn'y reconise it as a seperate room. I need this fixed because I've tried creating elevator shafts by creating small rooms the size of my elevator inside my hotel, but when Idelete the floor inside the elevator shaft ArchiTools deletes thefloor for my whole lobby!!! What am I doing wrong?

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xanderh72@nospam.com (HowieFarkes) — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:58:36 -0500

I would love to have my primivol fog objects receive shadows as well as cast them. Currently having an object between a primivol object and a light source has no effect on the primivol object - it is still lit it as if there was no obstruction.

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ronjurman@nospam.com (rj) — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 02:26:28 -0500

Julien,

I find Swap quite useful, but one very minor option would make it much more useful.

I'm doing most of my modeling in Hexagon, and then I construct my scenes (or complicated models) in Carrara. I imagine that a lot of people are now taking a similar approach (using Hexagon, or Poser, or whatever for modeling, and then using Carrara for scene assembly/layout and rendering).

It's often an iterative approach, replacing less refined parts (or placeholder parts) in the model or scene with more refined parts. .

Swap is handy in this scenario, allowing me to position the refined models (or parts) imported from Hexagon in the same place and rotation as the simplified models/parts in the Carrara scene (especially handy if you are refining, say a windshield wiper on a car, with the original already positioned correctly on the window), but Swap seems to depend simply on scaling for replacement size, and since objects always come in at 100% scaled, the sizes of the objects almost never match. So, as it stands, even with Swap, I still find myself writing down the xyz sizes of the simplified object, and after Swaping, modifying the xyz sizes of the refined object accordingly.

It seems that a simple Swap option allowing one to choose either 'by scale' or 'by xyz sizes' would make this extra manual work go away, and make Swap that much more useful. Any thoughts?

Thanks much for creating Swap,

rj
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craig.fuchs.mac@nospam.com (craig fuchs) — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:31:53 -0500

I love the plug in! I would like to see more options for buildings. I would like to be able to build all types of buildings to make an entire city, town.( Example gas staions, factories) Also would like to see building options according to a particular year. Example 1920s design, or modern buildings. Looking forward to the next version!

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craig.fuchs.mac@nospam.com (craig fuchs) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:45:50 -0500

I am building a space scene and was wondering if any one has used architools to design the floors of a ship? My idea to design the bridge , mess hall, ect and then skin the outside to make the ship as realistic as possible to actual size.

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david_moffatt@nospam.com (Davaris) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:05:17 -0500

This is something that is needed in Carrara and I think it would fit your product line.

I want to be able to render the image and shadow and not the background, just like it does it in Poser. I don't know why this functionality isn't already in Carrara, because Poser has had it for a long time (since at least version 5).

At the moment you can render to tiff, but getting the alpha channel doesn't always work, depending on the plugin you are using and sometimes you need to create animations.

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dn_res@nospam.com (3deed) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:45:08 -0500

I have 3 suggestions for Baker to make it really much more useful.
1. Save all maps automatically option. Pick the format option then it saves them.
2. Write new shader in open file, or a cbr or car file, if that is an issue for some reason. Should support both the seperate domain and merge domain option.
3. Please add alpha channel option

Thanks!
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ChynnaDoll850@nospam.com (Mscheveous1) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:41:23 -0600

I'm not even sure if this is at all possable, but if so, it would be nice to be able to pick up the HDRI/Sky Lighting/Indirect Lighting on the objects mesh when baking the texture.

If it isnt possable, then sorry for the post =/

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swordvisions@nospam.com (swordvisions) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:55:00 -0500

With C8 going 64 bit are you planing on updating your plug-ins to run in the 64 bit environment?

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ludo_si@nospam.com (ludo_si) — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 02:30:04 -0500

hello everybody.

What I would think useful, it is FFF boxes of distortion.
For animation with figures, it is very useful.

With the new physical motor of carrara, it would be very well to have blobs objects to simulate water.

Particle can't do this efficient.