CADence magazine, a periodical for mechanical engineers and CAD designers, published a product review for Bryce 5 in their Jan, 2002 issue. One thing that makes it important is that the reviewer seems to be saying that Bryce is destined to change their industry: "Up until now, for most of our 3D building visualizations, we have used 2D images as the background to add the context to our designs. With Bryce, we can actually model these environments just as we model our buildings. Software like this should enable us to extend our design thinking beyond the building structure to include the site as well." It is quite a glowing review. I jumped over from the Photography forum to post this. It's excellent of you rendermeisters to have included photographers into your well established and respected online community. I'll always keep an eye out for anything that I can find that might help you. Well -- back to the Photo Forum with me! Thanks, Finder

I take it nobody cares?..

Hey Finder. Read what you type, this is very good, so there is someone out there using Bryce power to give customer an idea of exterior design. Thank's alot. Pleiades

I've been doing drawing board drawings for years, and now I do computer drawings for customers. Untill this post though(why not I'll never know) I never even thought of using byrce for my site plan, let alone even a 2d image. Guess that's my lack of schooling. Thanks for opening my eye's Finder. Learning more everyday. In Him

i downloaded the 30 day demo awhile ago and have been waiting to install it...after reading that review in cadence...i took the plunge...installed it and imported a model (.3ds)...played with the materials...terrain, clouds. etc... the interface was easy enough to understand, although i am hung up right now on creating an animation.... had problems lining up my imported models floor level with the newly created terrain... (house is on a cliff) and had to "manually" raise/lower the terrain until it was close enuff... our office has been using acad with accurender but i am seriously considering talking the boss into purchasing this bryce program... setting the 3dviews was fast/easy. ummm are there any locations for "architectural" materials..? i see alot of fantasy and twigs and misty scenes...we're more interested in bricks/stone/glass/etc.. :) thanks and i;m glad i found this place wish me luck for the next 30 days :)