UDK work

The past week and a half or so my interest has returned to realtime environments, namely the UDK engine. I'm currently brushing up my skills and working (slowly) on a small environment to test some lighting ideas I've come up with. It's been slow going but images will be posted shortly!

Beginning a new UDK environment after a long hiatus. many thanks to these guys helping refresh my memory:

non-square texture maps & here

and of course the UDK King Hourences :)

and the ever inspiring Polycount forums for when I need some direction

ElumTools - Lighting Analysis Plugin for Revit

Well, before I even had a chance to delve into lighting analysis in 3ds Max Design, the makers of AGi32 lighting analysis software made my life a lot easier.

Currently in beta testing, ElumTools is an integrated solution to lighting analysis in Revit. That's right, no more exporting!

Check it out and sign up for the closed beta now so you'll be first in line for selection to test personally:

ElumTools

Lighting Analysis using Revit MEP & 3DS Max Design

Recently I've been researching lighting/daylighting analysis in 3ds max design and revit mep. I'll be posting my findings here.

First, a whitepaper describing the acuracy of daylighting/lighting analysis as determined by a comparison between Daysim 3.0 and 3ds max design by Christoph Reinhart and Pierre-Felix Breton.

original post.

whitepaper. (PDF)

also a brief Tutorial & Here

more to come!

-edit: putting this effort on hold for the time being. See ElumTools lighting analysis software for Revit MEP.