Adrean Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Ric Howe started a thread long ago encouraging others to share their Chief Architect creations (usually rendering scenes). http://www.chieftalk.com/showthread.php?36571-Time-to-Show-YOUR-GOODIES!!!!!! I wanted to help continue this tradition by recreating the thread here, but with a twist... If you haven't explored it yet, this forum allows users to create image Albums. You can allow others to comment and rate your images, just click on the Gallery tab on the top of the page to see what others have posted or start your own album. I've thrown myself in the ring with this album so that we have an example to start from: https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/gallery/album/9-1-bathroom-6-ways/ Share yours too, we are always excited to see what users are creating. Just set up your Album, and then post a link on this thread to share with the rest of us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkClemons Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Here's one! KirkClemons 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwclassen Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 I really like the new forum look and feel, but especially the gallery section! I'm adding a few of my own renderings that I done for our brochure recently. Rosebud Services Brochure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raltd9245 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 I really like the new forum look and feel, but especially the gallery section! I'm adding a few of my own renderings that I done for our brochure recently. Rosebud Services Brochure I must admit it is growing on me. My only concern is the archive information. I do visit from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raltd9245 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Here's one! KirkClemons A little dark for me. I find this a problem with generic chief renderings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzira Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I am looking at these two images and wondering if it is really worth it for a quick ray trace vs. just using the standard view with shadows. https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/gallery/album/20-comparing-renders/ The Ray Trace only cooked for about 6 passes in 3 minutes. Fairly small size image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portrait Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Hello everyone, Here's my latest design, and the first post on the new forum. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefer Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Hi Ozgur, What grass plugin are you using? They look good. I like the 4th rendering the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portrait Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Hi Ozgur, What grass plugin are you using? They look good. I like the 4th rendering the most. Hi Jintu, Following your recommendation, i switched to Forest Pack Pro. Very useful and fast. Also used Groundwiz for distributing people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefer Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 It's very fast indeed. Glad you are using it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrean Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 I am looking at these two images and wondering if it is really worth it for a quick ray trace vs. just using the standard view with shadows. https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/gallery/album/20-comparing-renders/ The Ray Trace only cooked for about 6 passes in 3 minutes. Fairly small size image. Wow, they are definitely similar! The ray trace is visibly "softer" looking, but if you are providing the images in a relatively small resolution, maybe the final view render works in this case. Interesting test, thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrean Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 Here's a tip that might be relevant to this thread... maybe you all know about it, but I stumbled across it recently. You can obviously click on any of the gallery images to see them at a larger scale, but this view is limited to your browser window size. Did you know that you can right-click on that image, and choose "Open image in new tab", to access a full scale version of the image and see it as the poster intended? In the new tab, you may even be able to zoom in a little closer for more detail. The cursor should indicate if it is full zoom or not. This functionality might be browser specific... I use Chrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 You can also drag the thumbnail view up to a new tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seafield Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Hello. These images are from my first substantial project packaged into CA as one file for presentation purposes to our local jurisdiction for approval. I designed 6 house models, purged them of as many faces as I could, introduced some warm lights where they would come through in an elevation, then dropped them randomly into a 3 acre terrain as 35 symbols, w. road, 3D trees,shrubs, and (3D) flower boxes. I have also adapted textures and materials. I enjoyed playing with the sun, its angle, compass bearing, and colour. Very nice. I have a long way to go on my essential learning curve----even after a year of lurking here, many, many, pockets of ignorance are left to address....., but I am more than delighted with what I am beginning to sense is the real power and deep intelligence of this great program. Kudos to everyone at CA......! Critiques would indeed be helpful. David Sorensen PS. My many thanks to Jim Lawes, Kathleen Moore, Aaron ****, and Val Florio: they are as generous with their knowledge as they have been with their time. I am most appreciative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamlinBC Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Reviving a long dead thread Here's the latest I'm working on...nothing fancy. I still have lots of work to do, but I think it's looking alright so far. Modeled in Chief X6 and rendered in Thea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_Gavin Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Jonathan - have you tried to RT in CHief X6? I bet you could get pretty close results to what you have in Thea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamlinBC Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Yes I've tried...and I don't think you can (that's just my thought). There's so much light leakage, and other issues that I just gave up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_Gavin Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Jonathan - it looks like the settings in Chief are totally different than in Thea. You have no sun coming in through the window, a polished floor versus a reflective one, higher ambient light etc. You may not be able to match Thea but I think it is possible to do better. Light leakage is a real problem though! ;o( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamlinBC Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I didn't take the time to setup materials in the Chief one. I mostly was trying to see how it handled lighting. If I was impressed, then I would have continued. I wasn't...so I stopped. It's ok, though. I'll still use Chief for modeling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Winsor Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Forgive me while I indulge in some shameless self-promotion. Here is my entry in Chief’s Custom Ceiling Design Contest. I have been playing around with a lot of different concepts lately (round structures, cupolas, curved roof planes, sun light angles, etc.) and I had this crazy idea to combine them all into a custom ceiling design. Since we are in the period between Memorial Day and the 4th of July I settled on a patriotic theme I call “Hail to the Red White & Blue”. Initially I had circular exterior walls for the structure but the roof became too complex and the time it took to redraw after every edit or change of view became prohibitive so I went with an octagonal exterior which rendered much faster. The design features an oculus in the top of a cupola set on top of a domed roof. The dome is pierced in eight locations by star and bar openings which accent the cupola and cast striking sun light images on the inside of the structure. Since the contest rules limit the entries to a single image file it is hard to effectively do justice to everything that is going on so I have attached some additional images. Check out the contest submissions here: facebook.com/ChiefArchitect If you “like” it enough I could get a free memory stick out of the deal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamlinBC Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Maybe instead of an Octagon, you can do a 13 sided room. That would give you 13 stars on the floor...and would add another level of patriotism. Good idea though, looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcaffee Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 This is the ceiling I submitted for the CA contest. An Asian-esque bedroom. jon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Winsor Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Jonathan, I had some grandiose goals when I set out.I was initially working with a circular exterior wall anda hemispherical dome on top but when I started pokingholes in that roof rendering it brought my rig to its knees.So in the interest of expediency I stripped it down to anoctagon which rendered quite acceptably. The real kickeris that I still have this new GTX 780 Ti video card sittinghere on my shelf because up til now I just haven't hadthe time or real need to install it. It will be interesting tosee what kind of improvement the new card will give me. Jon, I like the "flavah", although I didn't realize that ice hockey was all that prevalent in the Asian culture. I'd give ya a "like" in the contest but unfortunately I don't have nor do I intend to get a Facebook account so I can't vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonParsons Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Here is my shot. A bathroom that was fun to design! All raytraced in chief, each image took about 6-7 minutes Is there a way to upload multiple images? I could only do one at a time. https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/gallery/album/56-master-bathroom/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefer Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Here is my shot. A bathroom that was fun to design! All raytraced in chief, each image took about 6-7 minutes Is there a way to upload multiple images? I could only do one at a time. https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/gallery/album/56-master-bathroom/ Very Nice! I also like the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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