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Posted by sree.arun.kr at Oct 31, 2013, 6:26:03 PM

Can I customize the render settings
Sir,I wish to customize the default render preset quality settings, the properties like anti-aliasing,texture filtering,caustic shadow.
Because this image takes 2 minute to render in 3rd quality render setting
http://s21.postimg.org/jnkz2tetj/002.jpg
But its shadow biasing is not good.
And this image taken 48 minute to render in 4th(Best) quality render
http://s13.postimg.org/se2d8qepz/003.jpg
If I can control over it then it is possible to adjust lights,texture resolution,objects snapping...
So Is it possible to inject a new code or edit any current code table?.
Thx in advance.
& Thanks SWEET Home 3D team for the new version
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Posted by okh at Oct 31, 2013, 8:16:21 PM

Re: Can I customize the render settings
That sounds strange. Even my totally non-graphically minded machine works faster. A lot faster. Could there be another issue?

ok

Posted by Puybaret at Nov 1, 2013, 1:16:07 AM

Re: Can I customize the render settings
Please read this thread and this one. It won't let you change all the parameters you wish but it's a nice start.
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Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator

Posted by sree.arun.kr at Nov 4, 2013, 7:41:24 PM

Re: Can I customize the render settings
Thanks, Emmanuel Puybaret
Here is my trial Render-1 in HQ & it takes 6 minutes

with default settings,
-Xms1024m
-Xmx1536m
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.globalIllumination=default
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.diffusedBounces=1
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.causticsPhotons=0
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.shininessShader=silk
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.antiAliasing.min=1
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.antiAliasing.max=2
,
Here is my trial Render-2 in HQ & it takes 1 Hr.3minutes

with High settings,
-Xms1024m
-Xmx1536m
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.globalIllumination=path
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.diffusedBounces=3
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.causticsPhotons=1000000
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.shininessShader=default
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.antiAliasing.min=1
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.antiAliasing.max=2

& Here is my trial Render-3 in HQ & it takes 3minute.20Sec

with Optimize settings,
-Xms1024m
-Xmx1536m
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.globalIllumination=path
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.diffusedBounces=0
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.causticsPhotons=0
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.shininessShader=silk
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.antiAliasing.min=1
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.antiAliasing.max=1

It give me a lots of work experience in all the way
Thank you once again for posting information's. applause

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Posted by sree.arun.kr at Nov 4, 2013, 8:00:00 PM

Re: Can I customize the render settings
I have a simple question that which keyboard shortcut used to visitor's head angle movement, in guide it shows a striken Up/down arrow which means shift+up/down arrow?. Not worked for me. 8(
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Posted by hansmex at Nov 5, 2013, 9:34:21 AM

Re: Can I customize the render settings
Emmanuel,

Would it be possible to create a Q5 for better rendering, or use Q4 for this?
I tried several times to make a "bat"-file to have better results, but I don't succeed in getting it to work.

If that's not possible, could someone make a small file that I can use, without me having to program anything?

Hans
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Hans

new website - under constuction
hansdirkse.info

Posted by sree.arun.kr at Nov 5, 2013, 6:16:31 PM

Re: Can I customize the render settings
Hans download this file which has default settings
http://www.mediafire.com/?9vmlx54x3zv90nh
Then copy, paste to the location "C:\Program Files\Sweet Home 3D\SweetHome3D.exe" or the location where the "SweetHome3D.exe" located.
&
Here is the description for the commands
http://www.mediafire.com/?1hbx7495ki2iu7y

Edit the values or delete the lines if you want to customize.
Then save SweetHome3D.l4j.ini & start application "SweetHome3D.exe"

Improper or null value makes application crash then delete SweetHome3D.l4j.ini from the directory

To see Available Graphics memory Go to Win > Start > Run (or press Win-key+R),then type "DxDiag" & click display tab > Total memory=
Memory Values must be a multiple of 32.

Here is the file I uses to Exterior rendering
http://www.mediafire.com/?76y5jukvyqthgkl

Sorry for my bad .English.
peace

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Posted by hansmex at Nov 5, 2013, 8:15:56 PM

Re: Can I customize the render settings
Sree,

Thanks for the information.

I use a PC with Ubuntu (Linux), not Windows. As far as I can see, there are no *.ini files on my computer, and I really don't know what to do with those files.

I start SH3D by double-clicking a file called SweetHome3D (881 bytes).

I have tried to modify that file, but without succes.

Hans
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Hans

new website - under constuction
hansdirkse.info

Posted by Puybaret at Nov 6, 2013, 3:37:19 PM

Re: Can I customize the render settings
Hans, it's really not complicated: simply add the -D... parameters one by one after

exec "$PROGRAM_DIR"/jre1.6.0_45/bin/java

in the SweetHome3D command file separating them with a space. Don't add line returns.
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Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator

Posted by hansmex at Nov 6, 2013, 5:33:03 PM

Re: Can I customize the render settings
Emmanuel,

I finally got it to work. I tried a few months ago, but I must have done something wrong.

The "Optimized settings" work OK under Q3 and Q4.
The "Default" settings work OK under Q3 and Q4.
When I insert the settings given as "High settings", it works OK under Q3, but under Q4 I get immediately a black picture. No calculation done. (Same file, same everything)

Best results always were obtained with Q3. Q4 consistently gives a lot of "speckling". (The infamous white artefacts)
My test renders were 1200x900 pixels, and the slowest finished in about 3 minutes on my quad core computer.
Seen (1) the rather large quality improvement and (2) the fact that increasingly people will use faster computers, maybe it is time to re-think the quality settings.

My suggestion would be something like this:
Q1 = current Q1 or Q2
Q2 = current Q3 or something similar
Q3 = "default" or "optimized" settings mentioned above (or something similar)
Q4 = Super high quality settings, lots of mirroring, ray tracing, bouncing, or whatever other settings you can think of, for a maximum result.

The tool tips for these settings could explain that Q1 is for older, slower computers, Q2 is for a better quality image, maybe duo core, Q3 is high quality, preferably quad core, etc.

This way you offer a greater flexibility without the need for lots of programming.

Hans
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Hans

new website - under constuction
hansdirkse.info

Posted by sree.arun.kr at Nov 7, 2013, 9:29:00 PM

Re: Can I customize the render settings
Its Happy to hear that you got the idea & works fine.
Here I mentioned about default settings Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 & my tweak settings.
Q1= Simple Anti-Aliasing,No Shadow,No Physics
Q2= Good AA,,Shadow, No Physics
Q3= Simple AA, Less Shadow bias,Less Physics(Sun-ray Effect)
Q4= Good AA, Shadow, Good Physics
But in my optimized settings
O= AA reduced than Good, Shadow ,Hidden physics (Object reflection Changed for
fast rendering).
This works better for exterior model rendering.

Add a good light & try this one also for interior rendering.
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.globalIllumination=path
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.diffusedBounces=0
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.causticsPhotons=0
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.shininessShader=glossy
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.antiAliasing.min=1
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.PhotoRenderer.highQuality.antiAliasing.max=2

Above mentioned -xms&-xmx values are graphic memory for my system so
please remove those lines from your settings. love struck

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Posted by HawkDawg at Nov 14, 2015, 8:35:58 AM

Re: Can I customize the render settings

To see Available Graphics memory Go to Win > Start > Run (or press Win-key+R),then type "DxDiag" & click display tab > Total memory=
Memory Values must be a multiple of 32.

Based on you saying to check the display tab you're talking about the memory for the graphics card and not the memory on the motherboard.
Does this mean that photo rendering relies on the graphics card as opposed to the memory on the motherboard?

In dxdiag, it says on the main page (System tab) that memory is 2814MB RAM but on any of the 3 display pages (I have 2 graphics cards and 3 monitors) it says Approx. Total Memory: 256 MB

I have 2 NVidea 7600 GT cards installed. Each with 256 MB RAM.

I have 4 1 GB sticks of RAM installed on the motherboard.
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Hawk

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