Render workbench

[yorik]

I've been working on a new workbench, called Render, which is aimed at replacing the Raytracing WB with one that is easier to extend and modify
https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-render.git

Currently it supports both the engines of Raytracing, PovRay and LuxRender, plus a new one, Appleseed. It is very easy to add new ones now, so let's hope the list will grow bigger.

Also, this one should be much easier to extend, add new renderers and add new features that more advanced renders support, such as for ex. specifying/setting an HDR image for lighting, or adding some GUI stuff to edit the lights configuration, etc.

I'll try to produce some nice-looking images with it in the coming days that I'll post here.

[Jee-Bee]

Is the Open cascade one an option to add??

see: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=21339

[yorik]

Oh yeah, very good idea. I'll look into it.

[triplus]

Nice.

[zbigg]

Hello,

Would anybody consider Blender's Cycles as a rendering environment?

Cheers,

[Kunda1]

Would anybody consider Blender's Cycles as a rendering environment?

The thought has crossed our minds:
Integrate_Cycles_renderer

[zbigg]

Would anybody consider Blender's Cycles as a rendering environment?

The thought has crossed our minds:
Integrate_Cycles_renderer

Sounds not bad.
Cycles is:
-free
-efficient
-gpu&cpu
-well documented
-proven
-widely available, ready materials/nodes
-can be Python driven

[Eneen]

and now it has principal shader

[zbigg]

and now it has principal shader

Not to mention Eevee ))
https://www.patreon.com/posts/freecad-arch-15955026

[gntech]

It would be really awesome to have cycles as a render option. Right now I export my designs as .stl to import into blender for rendering with cycles.