Why Everyone is Switching to D5 Render

[@patata4799]

As a long time Lumion user, I find it D5 does not only produce better results with less effort but is also not as device demanding as Lumion

[@MauroMan_]

..but you have to pay.. Twinmotion Rules ! 💪

[@catsven1973]

The last update is 2.9 with the new flagship tool called terrain …they literally made a monster !!

[@thearchitecturegrind]

@@catsven1973 I love using that tool now

[@m.w.j.m]

Beautiful, but a bad design will still be a bad design, just more realistic 😂

[@thearchitecturegrind]

That is so true

[@jdickey3]

I am interested if D5 can keep up the momentum with all their recent updates and progress

[@thearchitecturegrind]

great point we will have to see

[@nicolasa.6789]

why is the voice not synchron with the video? It looks strange :D

[@thearchitecturegrind]

It should be, but that’s for pointing that out

[@TheZain9]

All these in free version?

[@danyg8069]

I used Lumion at first, I tried enscape and I was hesitating to switch to D5. But it has everything it’s cheap compared to the others and has a huge potential. There is one feature maybe missing. In lumion we have that feature that allows you to arrange your model with perspective grids I thinks it’s the only thing missing in D5. But I am really satisfied with D5 the only concern is you have to get a good computer 😅.

[@thearchitecturegrind]

Yes the quality of computer makes a big difference

[@JoelWagler-x5p]

just a tip - stop jumping to your face so often - it's kind of harsh (the constant jumping, not your face) and I'd rather keeping seeing architecture videos - great video btw!

[@thearchitecturegrind]

@@JoelWagler-x5p thank you for the feedback. Can you be more specific what type of architecture videos you want to see more of?

[@fyhhun]

Agree to all, and also the speed of the rendering and the fact that you no need to have a monster GPU to use it. D5 works very well with my laptop 6gb GPU and 16 GB ram. And i beleve the best is yet to come!

[@thearchitecturegrind]

Love that it doesn’t require a huge pc

[@Paulklampeeps]

Does d5 have a low resolution mode for the viewport so that it will save some gpu power? Thanks!

[@ElenaRocanlover]

I use lumion, I will switch to D5. Thank you 😊

[@thearchitecturegrind]

What about D5 did you like the most?

[@AshtonAime3D]

I switched a year and half ago from lumion to D5. I will never go back!! It’s awesome

[@zafir7007]

​@@thearchitecturegrind USD 38 a month. It doesn't break the bank.

[@anthonymendola2108]

Do you know of any AI that shows dimension markup on the render? For example rendering a kitchen that is 10 Feet Length and the render shows the measurements

[@thearchitecturegrind]

@@anthonymendola2108 you can use the distance tool in twinmotion. Otherwise you would just have to manually put in it.

[@shashank_d_a]

Are all the features you mentioned in this video available in the free version? Please respond.

[@thearchitecturegrind]

@@shashank_d_a yes laiout. www.laiout.co

[@yamhyamh]

I purchased the top version of TM a couple months ago, i havent been using, cause i used corona render. Im gonna switch to real time rendering, but im having a really hard time pickig over TM or D5.. i like some features of TM like megascan, Sketchafab assets, that is owned by epic, and is getting some Unreal engine stuff.. pathracing etc, but d5 assets are great and now the scatter feature and ai enhacement really cought me... wich software do you think is better in the long run!??

[@thearchitecturegrind]

I would say both options are good long term. It is so hard to pick just one software because each year it can change depending on the software updates. I will say D5 has done a great job recently of being ahead of the game with updates.

[@zafir7007]

I use both but often gravitate towards D5. It is much easier to reach good lighting. And it renders faster than TM

[@boriszlatkovdesign]

@@thearchitecturegrind Lumion insted, what you think??

[@TakRoYu]

Twinmotion 2025 or D5

[@thearchitecturegrind]

@@TakRoYu good question, I’ll have to make an updated video on that

[@chrisk8z]

is it compatible with autocad?

[@thearchitecturegrind]

No, but they are looking into in the future

[@minnu2285]

can I run D5 on macbook M1 pro?

[@thearchitecturegrind]

No not at the moment because there are some technical issues. Here is the specs page: www.d5render.com/post/system-requirements-for-d5-render#:~:text=Apart%20from%20support%20for%20ray,with%20Apple's%20macOS%20operating%20system.

[@phasedesign2079]

Been a Lumion user for many years and am seriously considering a jump to D5. Exterior raytracing in Lumion just does not look good. The material workflow is also frustratingly limited.

[@thearchitecturegrind]

Interesting to hear since lumion is so popular

[@AshtonAime3D]

I recommend switching . I switched from lumion to d5 a year and half ago and will never go back ! The quality increase is crazy and you can work on much bigger files

[@minnu2285]

cool vid, is it possible to use D5 render on macbook pro M1 ?

[@ProTipsh]

any update on making fur and carpet?

[@thearchitecturegrind]

In what way, do you mean new materials or if that have existing materials like fur and carpet because they do

[@ProTipsh]

@@thearchitecturegrind what i mean is there is no dedicated hair material. what is in d5 render is just flat carpet material which is not sustainable option.

[@thearchitecturegrind]

@@ProTipsh ok, they have not added that yet unfortunately. If you go to the d5 website and click on Products > roadmap you can click on a link that says vote now and it will allow you to vote on features they should add. Fur is one of them

[@AshtonAime3D]

Currently there is no fur. You have to either import a 3d mesh or use the grass scatter tool and change the base color to mimic fur . I’m sure in the next updates they will add it

[@NenekTerbang1]

The only reason i tried d5 is speed. I tried chaos vantage before because i am using vray and corona. But bruh.. 200 frames will takes an hour with 4070 ti super in vantage meaning any mistake in sequence rendering then you are done. With d5 only takes 10-20 minutes.

[@thearchitecturegrind]

That is definitely an improvement is speed

[@P07AT0]

but vantage looks a lot better though

[@NenekTerbang1]

@@P07AT0 for sure. But in my case I can't have a mistake even if just a little bit, because animation render takes hours. While in D5 render is 4-5 times faster

[@P07AT0]

@@NenekTerbang1 well you can see in real time in vantage too so its not a problem I think.

[@NenekTerbang1]

@P07AT0 yeah right. Only sometimes I want to achieve better results after seeing the animation.

[@nepwarriorff4939]

can you make video on D5 vs enscape

[@thearchitecturegrind]

I will put that in the list of future videos to potentially explore

[@povilaslondon]

when comparing engines use the same scene at least. Otherwise you can't call it comparison.

[@thearchitecturegrind]

you are right, I will do that next time👍

[@carvingtheway]

Super nice

[@thearchitecturegrind]

thank you

[@george_davituri]

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