Beiträge von Thorvald

I have seen this option, but I definetely would prefer to communicate over e-mail! For a few reasons: I don't like much to talk on phone. With e-mail you can easily remember what have been asked and answered. If they had a chat option that would be ok also. But the possible lack of e-mail is a little minus on the service side.

Zitat von Wil Dancey

Hi Thorvald,

First I would recommend a workstation computer or laptop they are very durable.

Second I would recommend any computer that has a NVIDIA Graphics( Nvidia Quadro )card

Below is a link for Nvidia partners.

I have had very good experience with Dell Workstation but it doesn't have to be a Dell. ) (See second Link)

Alles anzeigen

I like the Dell M6500 Covet version very much. But the self configurator on the Danish website does not leave the possibility to for example choose a SSD + 2 harddrives. Shouldn't that be possible?

Is there no e-mail to Dell?? I'd like to correspond with them via e-mail about the product, questions and about features, what includes, what not. For example I don't need the Microsoft Office, as I have Office 2000, that I expect can run also on the 64 bit Windows 7. I don't want the new versions of Office, and I also don't really need it. Also other software that is included, like antivirus, is not interesting as I have antivirus software (MSE), that I use. All such I'd like to exclude and in stead get more HDD capacity, orange/red cabinet, lower price and such, for example.

That sounds like a plus to Dell. Also here it is 3 years next day service. This also replies to what I say: It may be better than each 3 years to buy a "medium" quality computer (high end home use computer), to buy a workstation with very good specifications - that can last perhaps 8 years, as you say. Also because it costs perhaps 1 work day, each time you change computer - it is not something you want to do too often.

Hmmm, I must admit that the Dell Precision M6500's looks very interesting. I think that in this case support and warranty is much better than if you just buy a laptop computer, in much the same way as if you bought it as a private computer. On such a Dell Precision, is there 3 years waranty and 3 years support, as standard??

Just 2 things annoyed me a bit, when I was making different configurations on these Dell mobile workstations: Why I could not choose more harddrive capacity than 500 GB? Is it only the "advanced" model, I can get with the orange/red cabinet? I'd like that.

So, is Dell a good buy? Durable, very good build quality inside out, good service etc? It seems to me that you get more for the money with Dell than HP and Lenovo.

Below is some computers I have looked at - in Danish and prices in Danish. I tend to go towards Dell, perhaps "B" or "C". If I choose such one, I would assume that both the computer itself and the configuration would last longer than for example the Toshiba Qosmio. The Qosmio could perhaps last 3 years, but the Dell could perhaps last minimum 5 years?

Zitat von doug

Hello, I prefer notebooks from Acer. At the end of last year I bought an Acer- Aspire notebook with WIN7, Nvidia- graphic card, 18,4 Screen and also a number pad in the keyboard

Hmm, that one looked very interesting. But when I look at it in Denmark, it is not available with Nvidia graphics... In general it seems like most of the computers from Acer has ATI.

What is the definition of a workstation laptop? When is a laptop a workstation laptop?

Is it by the way still so that Dietrichs does not recommend ATI graphic cards for use with Dietrichs? I am using version 7.03 and my next computer will probably be with Windows 7 or as I have now Windows Vista.

And by the way, under requirements for new laptop computer I forgot to mention number pad in the keyboard.

Hi.

What is the most powerful laptop today at max. price 2685 euro?

Demands: Min. 16-17" screen, min. 500 Gb HDD (1000 Gb would be nice), and Nvidia graphics.

My thoughts is that Toshiba Qosmio X500-135, takes the prize. Other suggestions??

Zitat von Der_Planer

I'm sure, it's just the other way. Bmp is used by the program, and png for export.

Thorvald:
You can use pictures with other sizes than 512x512. At least, the width and height must be even, not odd, otherwise pictures may appear strange on some faces.

Stretched pictures are used to integrate real building photos onto a wall. But: Do not use too large pictures direct from your digicam.
Before using a photo, you have to straighten and cut it in a photo software.

If you use own photos for patterns or tiles, the pictures must fit seamless. You can send me one of your pictures, and I try to make it suitable...

Alles anzeigen

Thanks but for now it seems to work very ok. The size also seems very good, even though I just cropped out a piece of 512x512 from a picture of the facade made in Dietrichs with real facadeboards. Vertical there should be I think 23 boards and here is 21 - no-one will notice.

Ok that's great - it seems to be working surprisingly well. I mean, I made a facade of "real" wood boards, with section made in material database etc. But if I make a large building with a lot of m2 of this wooden facade, the computer can't handle it in OpenGL - it gets too heavy + from distant view the lines are getting together, and the facade is just black lines. But using this texture with panels, that covers a whole wall, will make the model significant less heavy. And it actually looks very much as the "real" wooden facade boards.

Ok, it seems to work to some extend. I have saved a copy of the picture as all possible files, with the same number (2) in that Gif / fritext database. But for some reason the picture is turned 90 degrees. Aaaahhhh could be because the panel is inserted 90 degrees.

But I still wonder what file it was correct to save it as - it might be the "tiled" that was correct, but what file in the library it corresponds to, I don't know.

Hmm, is it the bmp files or the png files that should be replaced??

It looks like the files named something with "textur" are for example "tiled_1_1x1m" in the Dietrich software and files with names something like "vollbild" are those called "strech..." in the Dietrichs software. So wich one would be better to use for a texture of horizontal wood boards facade?

I want to do this, but I don't find anything Str_*.png. I have version 7.03, by the way. I find these "textur" files. Is it one of these I should exchange with a 512x512 picture of the texture I want??

Aaah, I actually think I did it correct. But I just forgot that the panels would now be D-Cam panels and not ceiling panels. That was why I couldn't see them, because D-Cam objects was not "on". But now it is as it should be, and I have moved the items to correct ceilings elements and layers.

Hi working in a position I deleted to layers of gypsum in ceiling design - that I should not have deleted. Was thinking this was the next floor with no floor gypsum - think twice... ](*,) Well but this position I am working on is a copy of another position so I could copy the gypsum from that position and into the new position. But I don't remember how - long time since Í did that...

I think it is in D-Cam and I think it is under file/position (1-1). But there are so many save options to choose from...

Well, maybe it's not worth it. Maybe I'll just try and see how far I can get in Dietrichs. I can make the roundings by making molds of straight pieces that are copied and rotated and intersecting volumes. This would give a near rounding shape. If it is made on a CNC machine - I think - it would still need some handcrafting afterwards for finishing.

It's just that I saw Markus once make one of these double curved roofs - it seemed like he had a net, where he could drag single points to change the form.

I have also, I think, seen people here talking about making bended wood pieces. Is that possible? That could be for the bow limbs.

Hmmm., maybe worth to look at. Basically - to make the extrutions in the 2, perhaps 3 directions with intersecting volumes and such, should be quite ok to do. Then basically I just need to take that and round off some of the forms. Maybe this last step could be done easily in Blender.

Wonder if I could also do all this in ProgeCad - a cheap ACad software.

Well I am not using Dietrichs to build bows, I am using it to build buildings. Archery and designing a bow is a free time thing. I just thought it could be interesting to see, if I could make the bow I have designed, in 3D in Dietrichs. I don't have a AutoCad software, so I can't make the drawing you suggest.

Cinema4D - looks good, but looks expensive. Do you know what it costs? For example Engineering Edition?