- Sat Apr 07, 2012 4:50 pm
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It's only a general enquiry. Is it just me, or is Maxwell for SketchUp standalone is not suited for interior design? I don't see any options to create lighting, other than to create emissive material and the new IES material from Maxwell. I do interior designs and how I must say, I am practically putting Maxwell aside when doing fully enclosed interior design (shops in mall, enclosed interiors, KTVs, etc) and using other renderers instead.
I know that someone would just post a reply and tell me to use main Maxwell Engine 2.0 to create the interior design, though that is not the point I want to bring up in this thread. It's about the product "Maxwell for Google SketchUp Standalone", which you guys have marketed "it contains its own render engine designed for and fully integrated into SketchUp" in the product page. Doesn't that mean MxfSU should be having its own built-in lighting options instead of relying on interior lighting on the main Maxwell Engine 2.0?
Yep that is the main concern here, it costs $95 to get the MxfSU standalone and I be very sure no interior designers would even consider it after trial. It pains me to know that Maxwell didn't consider the market needs of interior design when it came to developing the SU version.
Not trying to complain here, but just voicing my opinion. I think next MxfSU should focus more on lighting options development (omni lights, point lights, spot lights, rectangle lights, etc).
I know that someone would just post a reply and tell me to use main Maxwell Engine 2.0 to create the interior design, though that is not the point I want to bring up in this thread. It's about the product "Maxwell for Google SketchUp Standalone", which you guys have marketed "it contains its own render engine designed for and fully integrated into SketchUp" in the product page. Doesn't that mean MxfSU should be having its own built-in lighting options instead of relying on interior lighting on the main Maxwell Engine 2.0?
Yep that is the main concern here, it costs $95 to get the MxfSU standalone and I be very sure no interior designers would even consider it after trial. It pains me to know that Maxwell didn't consider the market needs of interior design when it came to developing the SU version.
Not trying to complain here, but just voicing my opinion. I think next MxfSU should focus more on lighting options development (omni lights, point lights, spot lights, rectangle lights, etc).
Last edited by DiditzZz on Sat Apr 07, 2012 5:20 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Google SketchUp Pro 8
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Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 2600K @3.4 GHz
RAM 16.00 GB
Windows 7 64-bit OS
Program
Google SketchUp Pro 8
Maxwell Render Suite (latest)