Hello all,

I am new to Rendorsity, but have been purusing the site recently to try to find some answers to some questions I have.  I am currently using the latest edition of Rhino and vray as my rendering engine.  I work for an architectural firm and am going back to school in the fall.  I am really interested in learning the best option for terrain modeling, vegetation modeling, etc. for the platform I am using.  I know Vue is compatible with Rhino models via exporting as .obj, but that would take the place of vray for my rendering?  I am reluctant in that I have an extensive material list for vray and am really happy with how vray works and the results I get with the two working together, but am limited with setting up a whole environment.  I would also definitely like to be able to import data from USGS maps and be able to make terrain from that as well.  Does Vue do that? 

Also, is it common, for example, to render a building in rhino using vray, then render the scene in vue and then photoshop them together?  How good is vue at rendering buildings, I guess that is a material database question.  Are there accesible materials in vue or something that allows flexibility in rendering architectural constructs? Thanks all!