What is Maxwell Fire?
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Is Maxwell Fire GPU-based or CPU-based?
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| It is CPU-basedsupports both CPU and GPU separately. Maxwell Fire works on standard CPUs within your existing machine, it does not essentially require specific hardware or GPU technology. While GPU hardware has become more capable of handling some of the calculations a complex render engine requires, they are still not ready to efficiently accommodate all Maxwell Render features. |
Do I need any specific graphic hardware to run Maxwell Fire?
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| No. Any system capable of running Maxwell Render v2 can run Maxwell Fire. While other interactive render solutions providing GPU- based interactive rendering force you to buy expensive graphics cards to achieve the desired results, Maxwell Fire is CPU based, and no special hardware is needed. |
Will Maxwell Fire use all of the CPUs on my computer?
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| Yes, in the same way that the core render engine inside Maxwell Render v2 is optimized to use all of the cores available on your computer, Maxwell Fire will use all of the cores available, and scales linearly so will be even faster on machines with more cores. |
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| No, it is NOT a separate application and it does NOT require a special Maxwell scene file to work. One thing is clear to us: the main point of an interactive preview tool is to provide the user a way of tweaking the scene quickly, getting an immediate response when a parameter is changed. We do not see the point of making it a separate/standalone application because it would completely break the interactivity it is designed to provide. This way users wanting to change something in their host platform will immediately see the changes reflected in the viewer. The power of this feature would be dramatically reduced if you have to re-export the scene from your favorite platform every time a geometry changes. Maxwell Fire is a truly interactive workflow, available in both Maxwell Studio, AND is integrated in plug-ins for those that wish to continue to work inside their host 3D application. Having to re-export and re-import can hardly be called an interactive workflow, that's why we have completely integrated Maxwell Fire into Maxwell Studio and also into Maxwell Render plug-ins. |
Will it be integrated inside Maxwell Render's existing suite of free plug-ins?
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| Yes. Our aim is to have Maxwell Fire inside all of the plug-ins we support BUT we cannot guarantee this due to specific limitations of each platform. The first release of Maxwell Fire will be integrated inside updated plug-ins for 3DS Max, Cinema4D, Houdini, LightWave, Maya, Modo, Rhino, SketchUp, Softimage and SolidWorks, and other plug-ins will have Maxwell Fire soon. |
What plug-ins does Maxwell Fire support?
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| Maxwell Fire is currently integrated inside plug-ins for 3DS Max, Cinema4D, Houdini, LightWave, Maya, Modo, Rhino, SketchUp, Softimage , ArchiCAD, Revit, Form Z and SolidWorks. Other plug-ins will also soon have Maxwell Fire. |
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| Yes, Educational users will also benefit from this new feature. Anyone with educational licenses of Maxwell Render 2 will get full functionality of Maxwell Fire. Unlike others, we're not blocking this feature from you - we want you to be able to preview your scenes equally as fast as commercial users. |
Is there are demo version of Maxwell Fire?
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The free demo version of Maxwell Render 2.6 and relevant plug-ins will also include Maxwell Fire. So anybody wanting to road-test Maxwell Render will also be able to take advantage of this new interactive technology. Like the free demo version of Maxwell Render itself, Maxwell Fire inside the free demo version will have the following necessary restrictions: - Image resolution restricted to 720x720
This restriction still means you can quickly and easily check how Maxwell Fire can significantly boost your rendering workflow - and this restriction is much less "restrictive" than those placed on other demo versions of interactive style renderers. |
Do I need to be an existing Maxwell Render client to use Maxwell Fire?
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| No, the beauty of including Maxwell Fire inside our free Demo version of Maxwell Render 2.6 and plug-ins is anybody can use Maxwell Fire. The Demo version has necessary resolution restrictions but apart from that, non-Maxwell Render users will be able to road-test Maxwell Fire for free simply by registering for our free demo version. |
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