Rendering Script in AutoCAD

[alexinfla]

Hi All,

I have a number of products I want to create renderings for and to automate the process I'm hoping to create a script in AutoCad that will basically do the following...

Insert block

Render

Save image

Delete

Render

etc...

Does anyone have any input or tips?

Thank you!

Alex

[Roy Hirshkowitz]

I'm about to revisit the nXt AutoLisp stuff-- what you need may already exist but I also may add a little functionality.  I'll let you know in a couple of days.

[alexinfla]

Wow!  That would be awesome!!

Much appreciated Roy.

Since nXt doesn't send a message to AutoCAD that it's finished rendering I'm not sure if I can even use a simple AutoCAD script.

[Roy Hirshkowitz]

Are you comfortable with AutoLisp?  If not, I can probably make sure there's something scriptable available.

[alexinfla]

It's been a while (years) since I've programmed with AutoLisp.  Scriptable would be preferred but I'll try anything.

Thank you much.

A

[cadzia]

Hi Alex,

 if the 3Dmodels are similar themselves, might be an idea to put them all in one file and save a view for each one. Afterwords all views render with the "batch" renderer by nxt.

(sorry for my bad english,  I hope, You can understand, what I mean?)

Karin

[alexinfla]

Hi Cadzia,

That's a great idea but in my case I have specific lighting & light artifacts in my scene.  Just like a real studio, I have lights that are set up in very specific ways around the object I am rendering.  It would not be practical to copy the scene around every object.

Thank you for the great suggestion!

Regards,

Alex

ps your English is Perfect.

[Jim]

Hurray for nXt AutoLISP :)