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As most of you guys know, I always question guys that use the 3D studio Max program in their respective threads & would like to say a big thanks to them who have helped me, but Im still not getting it right. :bash:

I use Auto CAD to draw the object & try to render it with 3DS release 9.
At first I took it simple with just different materials.

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Then I thought I'd be adventurous & add some lights, but it went horribly wrong.

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Then asked some you guys for advice with the lighting & shadows etc... some one told me to use the Skylight & an Omni light, which worked brilliantly!

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Then I did some changes to the drawing & added a few more things, imported it to 3DS, created all the materials & added to the layers, put in the skylight with the right intensity, & omni light ect.., but all I got was a DARK versoin of the building, I did some changes to the lighting, then I ended up with a black screen. Then I thought I mess around with some settings in the Render Box, with the mental ray high setting, it took about 3 hours to render with 3 different windows opening, 1 showing atmosphere, etc, etc, & all were black!

Then I cancelled that, & tried something else, & it just took forever to render, I left it over night to render, but I checked & the status bar did not move, at first I thought it might have froze, but the PC was fine.

Then I tried rendering somthing esle, & now all the edges seem to be unsmooth.

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Please can some one just give a simple A,B,C of rendering with 3DS, & using lights, also how to set back grounds with the sky etc. Also if I can add other elements to the render such as trees, etc.

Also an estimate on how long your renders take to be done. Its not like my pc is slow, I got a AMD Turion x 2 , 2ghz ; 1,5 gig RAM, & a 512Mb Ati Graphics card.

Please again, your help will be gratefull.
 
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Section1
P1 - *Pro*
P2 - ///Office Center "A" class/// -*U/C* construction of diaphragm wall / excavation works
///M Tower "A+" class/// -*U/C* construction of diaphragm wall / excavation works

Section2
P1-P2 - ///WTC M IBC/// -*on hold*

Section3
P0 - *Pro*

Section4
P1 - ///wave hotel ECG/// -*U/C* construction of diaphragm wall
P2 - ///IBC Tower/// -*Pro*
P3 - ///Tower/// - *Pro*
P4 - *Pro*
P5 - *Pro*
P6 - *Pro*


Need a name for the new tower - I don't have idea. :)



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#611 ·
Section1
P1 - *Pro*
P2 - ///Office Center "A" class/// -*U/C* excavation works/ piling works
///M Tower "A+" class/// -*U/C* construction of diaphragm wall / excavation works

Section2
P1-P2 - ///WTC M IBC/// -*U/C* construction of diaphragm wall

Section3
P0 - *Pro*

Section4
P1 - ///wave hotel ECG/// -*U/C* construction of diaphragm wall
P2 - ///IBC Tower/// -*Pro*
P3 - ///Tower/// - *Pro*
P4 - *Pro*
P5 - *Pro*
P6 - *Pro*











 
#612 ·
Section1
P1 - *Pro*
P2 - ///Office Center "A" class/// -*U/C* excavation works/ piling works
///M Tower "A+" class/// -*U/C* construction of diaphragm wall / excavation works

Section2
P1-P2 - ///WTC M IBC/// -*U/C* construction of diaphragm wall

Section3
P0 - *Pro*

Section4
P1 - ///wave hotel ECG/// -*U/C* construction of diaphragm wall
P2 - ///IBC Tower/// -*Pro*
P3 - ///Tower/// - *Pro*
P4 - *Pro*
P5 - *Pro*
P6 - *Pro*













 
#617 ·
Section1
P1 - *Pro*
P2 - ///Office Center "A" class/// -*U/C* piling works
///M Tower "A+" class/// -*U/C* excavation works

Section2
P1-P2 - ///WTC M IBC/// -*U/C* construction of diaphragm wall

Section3
P0 - *Pro*

Section4
P1 - ///wave hotel ECG/// -*U/C* excavation works
P2 - ///IBC Tower/// -*Pro*
P3 - ///Tower/// - *Pro*
P4 - *Pro*
P5 - *Pro*
P6 - *Pro*









 
#622 ·
Section1
P1 - *Pro*
P2 - ///Office Center "A" class/// -*U/C* piling works
///M Tower "A+" class/// -*U/C* excavation works

Section2
P1-P2 - ///WTC M IBC/// -*U/C* construction of diaphragm wall

Section3
P0 - *Pro*

Section4
P1 - ///wave hotel ECG/// -*U/C* excavation works
P2 - ///IBC Tower/// -*Pro*
P3 - ///Tower/// - *Pro*
P4 - *Pro*
P5 - *Pro*
P6 - *Pro*















 
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