CGarchitect.com in partnership with 3D world Magazine, have put together the 2nd architectural visualization industry survey. This survey will help us analyze current market trends that affect the growth of our industry.

This is by far the most encompassing survey ever created for our industry and will be published in the Architectural Visualization supplement of 3D World magazine (Issue 79 - May).

We encourage everyone in our industry to complete the survey, so that we can ensure you, your business and your opinions on the industry are represented. Please pass this survey link to your friends and colleagues in the industry.

If that was not incentive enough to complete our survey 3D world has arranged some outstanding prizes for select survey participants who fully complete the survey.

Sponsor: mental images

PRIZES:

A mental ray® renderfarm consisting of ten mental ray 3.4 64-bit licenses and one license of mental queue™ for process management. Also included is the two volume set of the 3rd edition of the mental ray handbooks published by Springer Verlag

mental ray® is the world leading, Academy Award® winning, high performance, photorealistic rendering software. It produces images of unsurpassed realism for digital content creation and design in the areas of entertainment, product design and data visualization, including such applications as visual effects for motion pictures, full-length feature animations, content creation for computer games, Computer Aided Design (CAD), product design and styling, architectural design, lighting design, fluid flow simulation, seismic data studies and medical imaging.

mental queue™ is a distributed process management system that can control all tasks of an entire production or computing service pipeline. It efficiently distributes large and varying numbers of possibly highly interdependent rendering and other tasks. Even the largest networks of machines and any number of users are supported. The unique architecture of mental queue enables node management across different operating systems and across interconnected production networks in different locations. Resources and tasks are dynamically allocated in the most efficient way possible at all times.

Total value: $17,500

www.mentalimages.com

Sponsor: ATI

PRIZES:

FireGL V5100 workstation 3D graphics accelerators (two available)

The FireGL™ Visualization series of workstation graphics accelerators is designed specifically for the new high-bandwidth PCI Express® bus, and is architected to deliver unprecedented speed and image quality for real-time visualization. True cinematic quality rendering of complex geometry is now available for compelling animation and visual effects.

FireGL cards are fully certified for use on the leading computer aided design (CAD), architecture/engineering/construction (AEC) and digital content creation (DCC) applications.

Features:
• Built on ATI’s native PCI Express x16 lane architecture
• Outstanding mid-range workstation performance and quality utilizing 12 pixel pipelines and 6 geometry engines
• 128 MB DDR unified graphics memory
• Dual display support via two DVI connectors
• Stereo 3D connector with quad-buffered support
• Optimized and certified for professional workstation applications based on OpenGL® and Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0
• Windows® and Linux® support

Total value: $1,600

www.ati.com

Sponsor: 3D World

PRIZES:

An annual subscription to 3D World magazine (five subscriptions available from Future Publishing)

3D World is the essential monthly read for anyone with a serious interest in 3D art, animation and visualisation. Each issue provides analysis of the latest trends in the market, artistic and technical advice, impartial product reviews, and behind-the-scenes articles on the making of key projects. In-depth tutorials, tips and step-by-step guides cover every major 3D software package and every issue comes with an accompanying CD packed with useful resources.

Total value: $703

www.3dworldmag.com

The Survey is now closed, The results will be published in the May Issue of 3D World Magazine.