- Sun Aug 30, 2020 12:04 pm
#400061
First day of use, this version does not crash all the time, a big relief. I hope it allows industrial designers (Alias, Catia, Fusion 360, Siemens NX and SolidWorks users) to leave dreadful Keyshot behind. I will do a course for 30 with it this autumn.
Things I like:
Things I like:
- Higher speed than V4 on the same computer
FIRE does not crash when changing lights or making objects visible and invisible
SL displayed in FIRE window is a plus (why not also in the viewport when viewport rendering?)
Random UVs and high-res Arroway textures are an easy and great way to avoid visible repetition when showing multiple product copies
Pre-made very simple photo-studio lighting set-ups for novice designers a big plus
Keeping the easy to understand material and camera free from the popular but confusion "node everything madness" is a relief
Substance Painter workflow inclusion is very useful
- While FIRE is running, the mouse pointer lags substantially when using only the trackpad, unlike in V4 and V3
When FIRE is stopped, immediately appearing transparent coloured bands across the image render it not useful
After launching Studio, the Open MXM, Load (texture, layout, etc.) dialogues point to the main Maxwell folder, not the last folder the user used
Renaming of cameras, triangle groups and modifiers should be done with a double-click instead of having to use a dedicated "rename" button
Copypasting materials and objects should be renamed "copy", not "clone", which apparently much confuses novices
Input fields are small and the green highlight and border when active obscure the value or name to be changed
Unlike in Maya, when an object is selected "C" and mouse pointer over viewport does not "frame" or center the selected object
Ease-of use "match photo" functionality to get camera right much easier for backplate rendering; Keyshot and VRED do it right
Deselecting a material does not change material editor and materials panes, but deselecting an object in the attributes panel makes the object parameters pane disappear and the right hand side jumpy/jerky
Better material presets/library and more forum discussions would be a huge plus for novices