[cad-linux] Re: Fwd: AECCafe News September 13
- From: "Jeffrey McGrew" <JMcGrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 09:47:23 -0700
> IMO if a company doesn't port rendering from NT they're dead.
At least in the Architectural fields, most people use 3DStudio or =
Form-Z, and it's really uncommon to see someone with a renderfarm =
set-up- unless they just do graphics work. However, there is more and =
more interest from people about using the spare cycles of their =
network's machines for rendering as well as the desire for better =
realism in the renderings.
I'm trying to learn how to use Radiance, and when I was talking to the =
upper management and the IT director here at this firm they were all =
amazed to learn that we could set up a renderfarm for Radiance, using =
Linux, for just the cost of labor of set-up. Seeing that we have a =
couple of lower-end computers sitting around, we have everything we need =
except the 'know-how' :).
Most Architects are only familiar with the expensive solutions because =
of the marketing backing them up; however more and more architects I =
talk to (thinking of me as their computer-savvy friend, how's also an =
architect) are looking for cheaper solutions for their CAD and rendering =
software. If you add together AutoDesk's current 'vision' of how one is =
supposed to work with their products, which is design in Studio ($1000), =
port to ADT/Revit ($4,000), Render in VIZ ($3,000), and hold it all =
together with Buzzsaw (monthly fee) the costs add up so fast it makes =
your head spin.
Now I know that you don't need all of those packages to work, but still; =
once a Linux version, or better yet, a open-source version of at least =
something like AutoCAD/IntelliCAD or at best something like Revit, I =
think a lot of Architects will start to migrate to Linux; for most of us =
are poor. :)
But I think the more people hear about the benefits of Linux/BSD/OSX =
whatever, and see the money they can save, we'll see a lot more =
architects using Linux.
Jeffrey McGrew=20
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