AccuRender nXt
AccuRender nXt is a new AccuRender rendering engine currently under development.
The next AccuRender is under development. It is completely new technology and we need feedback from a wide range of users. Both professional renderers and designers that need an occasional killer image.
Goals
The goals for the new AccuRender technology include:
- Substantially faster. Our long-term goal has always been to make our rendering technology fast enough to "Design with the lights on"™. We believe the new core makes that now possible for many users.
- Easier to use. The AccuRender technology should not burden designers with having to understand rendering technology. The new AR makes big steps in that direction.
- More accurate images. For a designer it is important to both understand how a space or building will actually look and feel, and also have the rendering tools needed to show off a design "in the best light". Our goal is to make both easy for the designer. The new core takes another big step in that direction.
New technology
The main differences are:
- Optimized core engine runs 4-5 faster
- handles models on large sites much better
- better thread scheduling for multi-core machines
- images are continually refined and updated until halted
- trade processing time for quality
- much better anti-aliasing
- better tone reproduction, more saturated colors
- Indirect lighting without radiosity
- can handle complex models with many polygons
- fewer artifacts
- no specialized modeling required
- New HDR sky source algorithm
- better analytical sky source
- Better interior day-lighting
- possible to do without special "daylight sources"
- new material editor w/lighting and anti-aliasing
Sample Images
See: Sample Images to view larger versions of each image.
Support in IRender
AccuRender nXt is currently in Beta Test mode for AutoCAD users. See: AccuRender nXt for more information.
We are implementing a test version into IRender and will make it available when we have something ready for testing.
