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    Where did you get the panamera from? 3dsketchup or?
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    First pass just finished, and I want to say thank you, thank you, and thank you again! Doubling the active window size in resolution solved the problem enabling to capture the scene the way I wanted to at a higher resolution! Once again everybody at chieftalk are the best!
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    Thank you everybody for the help! I was trying to increase resolution without the scene expanding, meaning if split my screen and the view I am going to ray trace is 1618*1181, I would increase the resolution, but at the same time it would increase the field of view...for example if the scene that I want to trace has a view of the fireplace/couches, and I don't want the side walls to be seen or the door or the window on the left, I focus the camera on the fireplace and so on, but I want the image at a higher resolution. I am currently trying the advice given by just doubling the resolution in accordance with the window size and hoping it won't include any extra areas of the living room.
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    I'm running at nearly 4k (3440*1440), and yeah it's frustrating, because I want a specific view point to come out at 4k, for example a detailed view from behind the couches...and when i run 4k suddenly I end up seeing the whole living room side to side....surely there has to be a solution
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    So simple I think question that I can't figure out, for example I split my 4k screen into two screens, in one 'screen' I have a ray trace scene ready, and let's say its 2000*1000 pixels, and I want to increase the pixel density, meaning make it a truly 4k image, but I don't want my scene view to expand? I've tried to figure this out and in the ray trace window I would put in new values, but in the end the ray trace scene view would expand... not sure if I made sense...Basically let's say I want to ray trace the view of a table, and when I increase the pixels to 4k it ends up including the neighboring cabinet that wasn't in the original window. I don't want the field of view to expand, rather pack more pixels in the current camera view/active window. Any and all help much appreciated!
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    Thanks again for your input, I am sure every user here appreciates the time you put in to help others and give advice! After having gone through the thread a few more times, and played around with lighting/ray trace settings/ and the whole shabang, decided to share two results I got yesterday over night of an apartment kitchen.
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    Interesting insights, never tried pbr. As for the settings thank you, I swear sometimes I use the same settings but chief gives me different results. Hell once I was finishing a house and when I got to the last room, the kids room, every ray trace I ran was filled with dots and black even.though all.settings remained the same and only chief objects were in the room. Out of curiosity ran new ray traces of other rooms and all was well but the kids room was black and spot filled....checked everything over.and over nothing helped.
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    Could maybe post your light settings for the lights and overall ray trace settings ? In my case I tend to you many furniture pieces from sketchup and realize the polygon count slows down the ray trace. So if you find the time let us all know your settings for such a nicely lit up scene.
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    Don't want to be repetitive but I don't see why the gigabyte aero 15x isn't your #1 choice. Yeah you cant draw on it but sure as he'll.will tackle all your 3d requirements
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    Well if he wants an all rounder that can handle CA and render and do more than why not? Beats paying 3k for a surface book. My desktop set me back 4k in 2015.
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    Just realized they released the gigabyte aero 15x. 1070 8gb card for 2200$. Can't go wrong with that imo
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    In my opinion go for the gigabyte aero 15. 1060 card at 7700hq for 1800. Bezeless screen, long lasting battery, 15 inches but comes off at 14. When I will be upgrading my laptop, it's what I'll be taking.
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    these went through i think 50 passes each in about an hour or so
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    A quick raytrace will never give you the look you need concerning things like stainless steel. First of, check that photo mapping is on, that would normally fix the black steel problem. Otherwise as said, for more details post the plan, I'm sure if it's in x9 others will take a look, if its x8 as said before ill also play around.
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    Throw the plan in and let us all see what is up and what needs to be changed. If it's X9 then i'm afraid I'm of no help, still haven't gotten around to the upgrade. if x8 or before, I'll gladly give it a look
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    Gosh darn it, you think you could save it as an X8 file as well? (Didn't upgrade to x9 yet and file won't open)
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    I second that (a video would be amazing but as said we all understand if time is tight).
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    When I said future proof I didn't mean for eternity. I think we just have different understandings of the same expression. When I say future proof I mean that it'll last him prob 2 to 4 years depending on what he will be doing. The example rig I posted would deff last 2 years with chief if not all 4. My rig is still going at it without any problems and it's been 2 years. Also considering that of his three examples the most pricey was 2300$, I suggested what I did.
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    Well Jay I don't know what to say except maybe explain your reasoning instead of just being plain sarcastic?
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    Concerning laptops, try sites like newegg, or xoticpc. My honest opinion is if you want to stick to around 1000$ not more, maybe a little more to increase ram go for this: http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np7850-clevo-n850hp6.html at 1k with a 7700hq quad core 8 threads, 1060 card should cover anyyyy needs you have including ray traces, and the rest is up to you.
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    From what I heard the new 7700, can be safely clocked to 4.5 and many get 4.7 even, but you would deff need an AIO. You can check from my signature what I'm using, it's a 2 year old system, 6 cores and 12 threads at 4.3 stable, the 980 gets the job done as well (running a 4k monitor basically). I agree with Graham that if you screw up the lights in a scene won't matter what you're running, as well material definitions and so on, something I came to realize in the early days when I began using chief (trial and error). Up until recently I was thinking of getting a laptop for on the road work or client demonstration, but came to the conclusion that putting out 2k for a good laptop wasn't worth it simply because I rarely have to do work in front of a client, and showing images and so on many mid level laptops that I have can do. I'm actually thinking of investing the money for the laptop, into a second system, to double work load ( have one system battling ray traces all day, line them up and watch them fall), and have a second desktop to keep working on and if need be ray trace as well. For what it's worth, pcpartpicker is deff a great site for anybody who doesn't fully understand how hardware compatibility works, and I personally love building my comps as much as houses, it's a form of art in some ways. Currently I have my heart set on an AMD ryzen 7 1800x, 8 cores 16 threads at 4.0 when overclocked and it'll be stable (not too far from my current cpu). As for gpu consider getting an MSI corsair hybrid 1070, it's water cooled and from what I read gets great results in any aspect. With memory 32gb should be what you aim for, there are always deals on packs of 4*8gb sticks, for speeds well as much as they might not affect chief, higher clocked ram will have your system in all aspects running smoother and faster. You're 3 build I saw was around 2299 Check the link below, same price, and I don't know what everybody else will say but from my perspective for the same money you get a much more powerful system that's future-proof. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kFRF6X
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    That is deff some out of the box thinking!!! Thank you Graham, you just gave me the solution!
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    Yeah here's a screenshot of the staircase that spirals up between three floors, and I've been losing my nerves over how to panel that wall. It's come down to me either drawing specifically this moment by hand or explaining it and using example photographs to the client. Or I need to update to X9 asap and give the wall niche tool a go.
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    Btw I just blanked out and realized that the wall niche tool I think is only available in X9? In X8 and 7 I don't see it or am I blind?
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    Thank you very much everybody! Always know that other chieftens are ready to help out whenever they can! I'm going to give it a try with the zip file, and see the results I can achieve, if it comes out the way I imagined it I'll post it for everybody to have a look, if it all goes wrong I'll be asking for some more help