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Elliot · December 22nd, 2007

PRECISION
During the last few years I have drifted to photography. My partners convinced me that it was easier to manufacture a real product and then take photos rather than drawing it up on an imprecise program.

LONGEVITY
A program that will not require constant up-dates to a new version already obsolete when it comes to the market.

COMPATIBILITY
I am still doing 3D but not in Viz or Max, mainly on SolidWORKS. The I bring the images to Viz to render them because Viz has better rendering capabilities. This conversions from SW to Viz are very tedious and sometimes complex. Over the years I have developed several workflows to bring them to VIZ in spite of all the marketing efforts of these companies to allow integration of the different import filters. There is a fellow in India that has develop a plugin for MAX that will allow the importation of SW, Inventor and other similar programs into VIZ or MAX.

During the last 12 years that I have been doing 3D the industry has come a long way. But, this is still half an artistic endeavor. My need for precise images pushed me to 70% SolidWORKS.

December 22nd, 2007	#15 (permalink)
Elliot Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 459 Name: Elliot Correa	Re: READ ME FIRST: Autodesk 3ds max Wish List Q & A PRECISION During the last few years I have drifted to photography. My partners convinced me that it was easier to manufacture a real product and then take photos rather than drawing it up on an imprecise program. LONGEVITY A program that will not require constant up-dates to a new version already obsolete when it comes to the market. COMPATIBILITY I am still doing 3D but not in Viz or Max, mainly on SolidWORKS. The I bring the images to Viz to render them because Viz has better rendering capabilities. This conversions from SW to Viz are very tedious and sometimes complex. Over the years I have developed several workflows to bring them to VIZ in spite of all the marketing efforts of these companies to allow integration of the different import filters. There is a fellow in India that has develop a plugin for MAX that will allow the importation of SW, Inventor and other similar programs into VIZ or MAX. During the last 12 years that I have been doing 3D the industry has come a long way. But, this is still half an artistic endeavor. My need for precise images pushed me to 70% SolidWORKS. __________________ Elliot Last edited by Elliot; December 22nd, 2007 at 09:00 AM.