OctaneRender 2020 for ArchiCAD [OBSOLETE]

[Daniel_Ward]

Hi Paul,

would it be possible to get a 20.1.3 Build for the Plug-in and Version for AC24 please?

Cheers, Dan.

[face_off]

Hi Dan

2020.1.3 is crashing on old CPU's. So I am waiting on 2020.1.4, which I understand will be available shortly.

Paul

[Daniel_Ward]

Hi Paul,

now that 2020.1.4 is out, if we could even just start with a build for AC23 would be great.
I'm okay in 2020.1.0 on my 3x GTX1070 Gpu's, but one of our users with 2x RTX2070 Super's has all sorts of stability issues that I'm hopeful 2020.1.4 will have resolved.

Cheers, Dan.

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I have updated the installers at the top of this thread with:

2020.1.4.104
- Compiled with Octane 2020.1.4
- Added support for .DDS image files
- Added support for ArchiCAD 24, and removed support of ArchiCAD 21

Thanks

Paul

[face_off]

Hi have updated the installers at the top of this thread with:

2020.1.5.104
- Compiled with Octane 2020.1.5

Make sure to use a NVIDIA Studio driver with version at least 451 to use this version.

Thanks

Paul

[Daniel_Ward]

Hi Paul,

any thoughts on when an ArchiCAD plug-in for Octane 2020.2 is likely to be ready?
Very keen to start using the new Octane Surface Scatter tools. What testing I've been able to do in standalone so far looks like it will transform using scatters on "Landscape Surfaces". Being able to use masks to control object selection and distribution seems to be really powerful and the speed and almost instant feedback of changing scatter distributions is awesome.

Cheers, Dan.

[face_off]

Hi Paul,

any thoughts on when an ArchiCAD plug-in for Octane 2020.2 is likely to be ready?
Very keen to start using the new Octane Surface Scatter tools. What testing I've been able to do in standalone so far looks like it will transform using scatters on "Landscape Surfaces". Being able to use masks to control object selection and distribution seems to be really powerful and the speed and almost instant feedback of changing scatter distributions is awesome.

Cheers, Dan.

Hi Dan

I would not expect to see the surface scatter tools in the plugin, as I don't think there is really anyway to integrate the nodes into the ArchiCAD geometry system (ie. where would the scatter nodes be? How would you plug an ArchiCAD mesh into them?). The only possibility could be inside the current plugin proxy/scatter system, but a) how would all the Octane "Scatter on Surface" pins be exposed to the user, and b) as the Octane Scatter nodes require the "surface" mesh to be a separate Octane Mesh node, and that is not how the current Octane plugin works (it puts all geometry into a single Mesh node). So a major reworking on the plugin geometry system would be needed, and I don't think the current userbase size of the plugin would support this level of effort.

As an idea of the functionality to expect, please see the release notes for Rhino 2020.2.0.124 at viewtopic.php?f=41&t=73466.

I will do a build of the plugin with Octane 2020.2 in the next week or so.

Thanks

Paul

[Daniel_Ward]

Hi Paul,

It would be great to find a solution as the speed and flexibility of the new Octane Scatter System is excellent.

Just a thought, could you set it up so that you select the mesh to perform the scatter on along with a proxy object and the plug-in sends that mesh and proxy (seed) into standalone (a bit like the 'edit proxy' used to work), then the user could use the standalone interface to generate the scatter using the Octane Scatter Tools, then save the Octane Scatter as an ORBX(?) back to the ArchiCAD scene as proxy link to the mesh?

When I've been testing it I've been selecting the ArchiCAD Landscape 'mesh', opening it in the 2020.1.5 plug-in view port and saving it out as an OCS to test scattering in 2020.2. I could then in turn save these out as an ORBX, but of course without a 2020.2 plug-in build haven't been able to test putting the result back into AC. So it may be a case of finding a way of streamlining/automating this process through the plug-in. Just a theory.

Cheers, Dan.

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I have updated the installers at the top of this thread with:

2020.2.0.105
- Compiled with Octane 2020.2
- Fixed issue where the Global Illumination Mode could not be set on the Direct Lighting Kernel
- Added the following Octane 2020.2 nodes: Null Material, Chaos Texture, Channel Inverter, Channel Merger, Channel Mapper, Channel Picker
- The following Octane 2020.2 features are implemented: Nested Dielectrics,
- The following Octane 2020.2 features are NOT implemented: OCIO, AOV/compositing nodes, Multi-scatter tools, Composite Texture
- FIxed issue where clicking the CSV button would crash ArchiCAD
- The Select Material from Selected Item combobox now works correctly for stairs and other elements with sub-elements

Thanks

Paul

[Jasonr]

The expanded functionality now of the select material" is a great improvement.
Now the subelements of beams,columns, curtain walls etc are finally there.
This improves the workflow.

Thanks Paul.