Thanks rappet for the feedback.
You have hit the nail on the head as the counter looks like it is outside in the carpark,
not in the shopping centre. I will try setting up a studio with walls, ceiling and lighting, as I have done in the past with Maxwell.
I am a little disappointed in the image, as it seems time consuming to model in AutoCAD, export to 3dmax ( I do have 3dmax plug-in but am a novice), export to octane.
I can achieve acceptable image (nowhere near octane quality) by rendering within AutoCAD or Revit. Bring on the plug-in to AutoCAd and Revit
I use these images as a "catalogue" of fixtures and fittings to relay concept to shopfitters (a picture is worth a thousand words)
I normally put a rider on documents stating that colours and textures are indicative only, and normally I supply a physical finishes board.
I take on board your comment re the materials...i have a long way to go.
Further to this (probably for another post) I have been looking at getting an extra graphics card, as my Quadro600 (96 cudas) struggles with Octane.
Being an old B..., and not up to the latest tech, it took a while to discover that none of my computers (I have 10+) motherboards support 2 gpu's
Being a hoarder of computers, I still have the first one I bought in 1986 (NEC Powermate SX) cost me AUD $16,000 with Licensed AutoCAD and DRCauto
paid extra $1000 for maths co-processor chip as this (from memory) was required to run AutoCAD 14
Puts me in a dilemma as my "old" cad machine does have GTX260 (192 cudas) with 750w supply ....do I use it for Octane, and then either upgrade the card or my system
My "old" cad machine is a Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz 8 GB of ram
My current cad machine is i7
[email protected] GHz 12 GB ram
sorry about the waffle, its been a long day
Once again, I thank you for your time to respond to my post
Regards