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Running MW plugin for Rhino in 64 bit ?
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:24 pm
by Josephus Holt
I need to do a reinstall of my os (currently WinXP 32 bit Home Edition) to clean up some computer issues, and thought it might be a good time to upgrade to WinXP Pro 64. Assuming that Rhino runs fine in WinXP Pro 64, can I run Maxwell via the Rhino plugin so that it will render in 64 bit mode?
I'm staying clear of Vista and it looks like Windows7 is still a ways off.
ps I'm running currently on a AMD64 X2 Athlon computer...no screamer but is still getting the job done.
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:41 pm
by JDHill
On a 64bit OS, Rhino 4.0 will still run in 32bit, as will the plugin. If you install the 64bit version of Maxwell Render, then that is what will be started when you kick off a render from within Rhino. The reason why is that the two (Rhino/plugin & Maxwell Render) are completely separate things - when the plugin starts up the rendering in Maxwell, it is no different than if you had double-clicked on the MXS file yourself. I hope this makes things clear.
Cheers...
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:46 pm
by Josephus Holt
JD, that's what I thought...wanted to confirm.
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:49 pm
by ivox3
Josephus -- I and many others are setup this exact same way. Like JD said --- it works fine.
** You'll just notice that in XP 64 you will have 2 program folders :
32 bit: Programs Files(x86)
64 bit: is just listed as Program Files
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On other matters: If you need a 64 bit firewall for XP 64 --- I recommend Lavasoft's. There's not many others -- I 'think' AVG has one too...
FYI
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:35 pm
by Josephus Holt
ivox3 wrote:Josephus -- I and many others are setup this exact same way. Like JD said --- it works fine.
** You'll just notice that in XP 64 you will have 2 program folders :
32 bit: Programs Files(x86)
64 bit: is just listed as Program Files
_____
On other matters: If you need a 64 bit firewall for XP 64 --- I recommend Lavasoft's. There's not many others -- I 'think' AVG has one too...
FYI
Thanks...the fyi is appreciated too
