Alias, Rhyno or Wildfire 3.0?

[Leonello]

Hi! My name is Leonello, and I'm working with pro/E since 2003. I used for a long time the Photorendering extension (Photolux) to render my models. The light setting for me has always been a bit tedious and difficult. I watched some pictures realized with Alias and Rhyno and I have to say that the realistic effect is really impressive, especially about the use of the light setting. I would like to buy Alias or Rhyno, but before, I would like to listen some opinions from people who use these software to realize texturing on models IMPORTED FROM PRO/E.


Is it possible to renderize models imported from Pro/E? And which one of these two sw is more user friendly?


Thank you very much in advance for your attention and patience.


Best regards, Leonello.

 

[magneplanar]

Leonello,

Rhino should be used with their add on for rendering called flamingo, which is worth the additional cost. If cost is not an issue then I suggest alias. If cost is an issue then I suggest rhino with flamingo which is less than the alias price. WF3 has improved their rendering and if your primary cad is pro-e then you can just add the module to pro-e. However, I think the surfacing and rendering in rhino and alias is far superior to pro-e.(try and catch up isdx...)

You can export models from pro-e to alias and rhino. There are some recommendations in each software or you can simply make a step file of your part/assembly. The model can then be colored or textured as you wish. In some cases you might want to improve the quality of a surface while in alias or rhino by rebuilding or replacing. It is then possible to send that revised model back to pro-e.

cheers,

M




Edited by: magneplanar

 

[Leonello]

Thank you very much!


Leonello