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Solid Iris Technologies provides its range of products across the globe through a network of resellers and supports renderer integration with its robust software development kit. Along with a wide range of integration plugins, Thea Render is used by professionals and industry experts in market segments such as architectural visualization, product design and automotive engineering.
Thea for Rhino currently supports 64-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems (Vistaonwards) and is compatible with 64-bit Windows edition of McNeel Rhino 5.Ībout Solid Iris Technologies Headquartered in Greece, Solid Iris Technologies is an industry expert in development of photorealistic physically based 3D rendering solutions. These models are designed to produce highly energy. In Thea Render, we have created a compact number of highly realistic materials using the most accurate physically based models. It is a unique renderer that is able to render using state-of-the-art techniques in Biased photorealistic, Unbiased and GPU modes.
New customers will be able to purchase the full bundle which is comprised of the standalone Thea Studio package as well as the integrated plugin. With advanced features such as interactive render, true physically-based materials, innovative material layering, IES & HDRI light support along with a. Thea Render is a physically-based global illumination renderer of high quality. Thea for Rhino is available now at /rhino and existing Thea Render customers can purchase the new integration plugin immediately. Exporter to Thea Studio for further staging and material/lighting adjustment.Physically based Camera and Light support.Physically based Environment support (Sun/Sky) A new library, the HDRI Studio IBL, which is a set of 20 high quality HDRI Studio Images for Image Based Lighting to illuminate your models, has just.set the diffused slot projection to frontal. open the thea dialog and double click on the image. add the previously rendered image to the plane. Hide everything and render the scene, save the image. Physically based material design (uniformmaterialcreationforallrendermodes) Setup you scene with the car on a plan add the hdri, scale the plane so it reaches the horizon.Interactive render mode for advanced real-time scene navigation.Download this model from the 3D Warehouse: Sample Exterior model I kept. For exteriors, this is easiest to see if the model has roof overhangs, porches, or other features which will benefit from subtle lighting effects. This will let you see the effects of the default lighting of IRender nXt. Production render modes (Biased/Unbiased) We are going to render it, using default HDRi Sky settings, without making any changes to the model.The new integration plugin provides direct access of Thea Render physically based rendering features within Rhino 5 including: Thea Render is a powerful physically based biased/unbiased rendering solution that supports GPU accelerated rendering through the use of NVIDIA CUDA technology. Solid Iris Technologies makers of Thea Render is proud to announce immediate availability of the new Thea for Rhino integrated plugin for industry leading platform McNeel Rhino 5.