Which binary to link with FreeCad to render?
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Which binary to link with FreeCad to render?
After I installed the precompiled LuxCoreRender binaries, I found 4 binaries: luxcoreui, luxcoreconsole, luxcoredemo, luxcorescenedemo. But when I went to FreeCad, it asked for Luxrender binary. When I pointed it to luxcoreui, I couldn't save my renders in a .png format. Which binary do I link it to and how do I save my render as an image?
Re: Which binary to link with FreeCad to render?
There is no addon to work with Freecad currently. you must import your Model to blender and work with Blendluxcore addon.
Re: Which binary to link with FreeCad to render?
I gave it a try and it seems that LuxCoreUI crashes for some reason when selecting "Save Outputs" command after it was started from within FreeCAD.ChintusTheGreat wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 7:08 am When I pointed it to luxcoreui, I couldn't save my renders in a .png format.
As a workaround, you could export the raytracing project and then separately run LuxCoreUI to render it. In that case "Save Outputs" works fine.
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Re: Which binary to link with FreeCad to render?
Thanks! Now it works nicely.acasta69 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 1:17 pmI gave it a try and it seems that LuxCoreUI crashes for some reason when selecting "Save Outputs" command after it was started from within FreeCAD.ChintusTheGreat wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 7:08 am When I pointed it to luxcoreui, I couldn't save my renders in a .png format.
As a workaround, you could export the raytracing project and then separately run LuxCoreUI to render it. In that case "Save Outputs" works fine.
Re: Which binary to link with FreeCad to render?
Sorry misreading again
Re: Which binary to link with FreeCad to render?
Well, the FreeCAD exporter is indeed very old, it was built for Luxrender and the lxs format, and using it with Luxcore is probably far from ideal.
I am not sure if every Luxcore option is available with that format, but it is always possible to export everything in Luxcore format from LuxCoreUI, from menu Rendering --> Export.
I am not sure if every Luxcore option is available with that format, but it is always possible to export everything in Luxcore format from LuxCoreUI, from menu Rendering --> Export.
Re: Which binary to link with FreeCad to render?
No, definitely nothing of the new stuff, and only a subset of the features in LuxRender 1.6.