Design20 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 I am trying to export a pretty large walkthrough from a pretty large model (a small church). I cannot export more than about 10-20 frames at a time without my computer suddenly committing a thermal shutdown. CPU temp monitoring shows core temps can reach up to 85 celsius. Is this too demanding for my hardware (see CPU in signature), or am I doing something wrong with the software (using standard mode rendering with about 70 light fixtures)? It seems to me that if it can export 20 frames at a time, it should be able to handle any number of frames, but I'm no software expert. Does anybody have any thoughts on this issue? Workarounds? Devastating criticism? Anything is helpful, I'm at a complete loss. This is really putting a damper on my efficiency. Plan file is too large to upload, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 You may want to give it a try on another system just to be sure it is not a hardware configuration issue. Otherwise I think your setup should handle a standard render walkthrough. What is your surface count in the Layerset you are using ? Other options are Twinmotion and Lumion if it does not work out in Chief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Gia Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 Export to TwinMotion. You don’t need your lighting. Walkthroughs are so much simpler and straight forward on TM. For large projects with multiple buildings I will convert the buildings into symbols first then export into TM. I only have a MacBook and have no problem with large projects using this approach. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Design20 Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share Posted March 30, 2023 On 12/14/2021 at 8:40 PM, Michael_Gia said: Export to TwinMotion. You don’t need your lighting. Walkthroughs are so much simpler and straight forward on TM. Michael I gave an upvote simply to counteract the downvote. I guess you were downvoted by a fervent CA apologist? I have looked into TW and although I really appreciate the one-time-purchase, I don't think I can justify it with how rarely I do walkthroughs. I have played around a bit with the free version though and it seems like a great program. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzira Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 What rendering technique are you using (Standard, PBR)? How many lights are in the scene? Have you used imported symbols (Sketchup or other potentially high poly count models)? All critical factors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Gia Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 6 hours ago, Design20 said: I don't think I can justify it with how rarely I do walkthroughs I think TwinMotion is still free. Thanks for the upvote. I’ll take the karma, whenever I can, lol. I only use TM for exteriors, myself. No difference from Chief for interiors, really. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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