Enable Fire by clicking on the checkbox in the Fire palette.Ģ. To help us investigate your problem, please send us your plugin Log after activating Fire. I have not previosly heard of the problem you are describing, so we'll have to take it from the top. If it did, I don't think you would hear users call it "well-integrated", etc. The Maxwell Plugin does not slow down or otherwise degrade performance in formZ in any way (except in your case, where something is clearly wrong). The program has some very impressive results to show for it but as of now I just don't see it happening for me.Too slow.
Obviously there are many people out there who have figured out how to properly integrate Form.z and Maxwell into their work flow. This add on really kills the base modeling program in Form.z making it perform very poorly. Click once too many and the program crashes. Slow painful process as Form.z often displays the "not responding" death threat as I repeatedly try to click on lighting options to edit my lights.
made by XI computers.Įven with an activated demo license there is no ability to edit materials to maxwell materials to see how they perform.įorm.z lights are disabled so I need to re light my scene with Maxwell lights. Does everyone have this problem with this program or is it something with my system? I am running an intel core i7 4930K six core at 4.0 Ghz. I feel like my computer is an old Mac II with this program. Edit properties of light, wait, wait wait wait, properties changed, click Okay, wait wait wait wait, accepted. Wait, wait, wait, wait, panel comes up and properties are displayed. I am trying to do a speed test on my computers to see if I need to purchase another $5000 machine to just run your program.Īctivated license and started the same project as a test.
Is there anyone out there that has successfully used the demo version to evaluate this software with FMZ.8?Īnd to Pylon: please don't tell me that I just need to buy the program and all will be well.
Painful! At first I thought that Fire was taking all the system resources but it is not. If I make any adjustments to the light it takes another 10 seconds. If I click on a Maxwell light it takes another 10 seconds. But what I find even more interesting is that when I do try to create a Maxwell light my machine all but freezes up. Maxwell Fire is so slow to show results that it is all but useless. I have no ability to try out Maxwell materials (disabled) and the lights in FMZ do not work in Maxwell render. Currently I have a simple room set up that I opened in FMZ.8. I would love to try out Maxwell on my computer but the demo version seems to be extremely limited and more than a little buggy.