A look at the technology behind producing 3d rendering and animations. By Denice Ramharrack and Brian Williams
“show me what it looks like”
“show me what it looks like”
educating “The Millennials”
Traditional architectural representation
From Idea to Details
The capabilities of the internet
Understanding the architect’s intentions
Animation from Powell Dubson Architects
Caribbean School of Architecture
1%
99% of students utilize 3D Modelling 99%
Use 3D modelling to show ideas Do not use 3D Modelling
3D Models are processed as Renderings
Printing
Rendering
What is rendering?
Rendering in visual art is the process of adding color, shading, and texture to an image.
10 Hrs Render Time!
What is Computer Rendering
4 Hr Render Time!
CSA student presentations.
A render farm combines the computing power of many computers
A render farm is a group of networked computers devoted to rendering computer generated images and animations.
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The Render Process and the Central Processing Unit (CPU)
How the CPU works
STORAGE
RAM
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Birth of the render farm (1990)
Compaq 386 computers
The First Animation produced by a render farm (1990)
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All of the animation on this tape was produced in three weeks using Autodesk 3D Studio software
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Render farm essentials.
a group of networked computers devoted to rendering computer generated images and animations.
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+ 40 Cores!
Rendering images using multiple workstations (CPUs)
1 Hr Render Time!
Animation Frames
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Frame 2
Frame 3
Frame 4
Frame 5
Frame 6
Brian’s first render farm (CSA 2005)
Rendering animations using multiple workstations
Limited tools = Frustration
NEW Workstations at CSA CAD lab
1 Min animation by CSA student
No of Computers used 1
Student PC (4 cores)
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x CPU (8 cores)
2
x CPUs (16 cores)
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x CPUs (24 cores)
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x CPUs (32 cores)
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x CPUs (40 cores)
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x CPUs (48 cores)
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x CPUs (56 cores)
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x CPUs (64 cores)
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x CPUs (72 cores)
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x CPUs (80 cores)
A NI RENDER TIME FOR 1 Min M Animation AT
MINUTES
HOURS
4500 mins 2250 mins 1125 mins 750 mins 563 mins 450 mins 375 mins 321 mins 281 mins 250 mins 225 mins
75.0 hrs 37.5 hrs 18.8 hrs 12.5 hrs 9.4 hrs 7.5 hrs 6.3 hrs 5.4 hrs 4.7 hrs 4.2 hrs 3.8 hrs
Animation created in 4hrs using current render fame
The future of the render farm at CSA
References: • Student work 3D Animation: Imani Lawrence • Images of student work from CSA End of Year exhibition and critiques 2015/16. • Stock Images and animations taken from Fotolia.com, Vimeo.com youtube.com • Render farm history research • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_3ds_Max • 3ds max 5 Bible (Kelly L. Murdock) • Renderfarm.fi • Autodesk 3ds Max 9 for Dummies by Shamms Morte. • Landscape Modeling: Digital Techniques for Landscape Visualization 1st Edition by Stephen Ervin
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