[HN Gopher] Show HN: ReRender AI - Realistic Architectural Rende... ___________________________________________________________________ Show HN: ReRender AI - Realistic Architectural Renders for AutoCAD/Blender Users Author : eddieweng Score : 48 points Date : 2023-05-06 09:15 UTC (13 hours ago) (HTM) web link (rerenderai.com) (TXT) w3m dump (rerenderai.com) | seu wrote: | None of the renders from their examples look "photorealistic" to | me, rather "sci-fi/cyberpunk themed, high contrasted, high- | quality videogame renderer". | seu wrote: | (I mean, their title is "Photorealistic Renders for Buildings") | dangond wrote: | What's the use case here? I assume a render with entirely | different materials than will be present in the actual building | is near useless for architects, but maybe I'm missing something? | rapiz wrote: | Agree.Maybe users with sketch in their hand are more interested | in using this tool. I'm not a designer but I suppose people | using Blender/AutoCAD already know what material/style they | want. | jsheard wrote: | There's bigger problems than just materials, the renders invent | whole architectural features that don't exist in the source | material. Windows and doors appear out of nothing, ambiguous | features are guessed arbitrarily, and some features that do | exist in the source are ignored and smoothed over. | | It's the usual story with AI image generation where it's easy | to get something vaguely presentable with a loose set of vibes, | but the more specific you want the details to be the more of an | uphill struggle it becomes to get what you want. And in this | case the user probably already has a 3D model they can feed | into a conventional renderer with the exact parameters they | want. | | Another issue is that the user will probably want to produce | multiple renders of the same building, but with AI it's | extremely difficult to get consistent results. Again, not an | issue with conventional approaches to rendering. | [deleted] | TonyBagODonuts wrote: | Can we get this as an autocad addon? | eddieweng wrote: | Perhaps later on. At the moment, we're focused on enhancing the | product. | KidComputer wrote: | What additional benefit do you bring over just running ControlNet | myself? | speedgoose wrote: | It looks like it uses a neat custom model and it's probably | easier to setup. | westurner wrote: | Different but the same problem: "Generate a heat sink heat | exchanger with maximum efficiency, shaped like a passive solar | home" | | TIL from off-gridders and homesteaders about passive solar design | so that the air moves through the home without HVAC (compared | with high rise buildings where it is necessary to pump water up | like a gravitational potential water tower.) | | Does ReRender AI have features for _sustainable_ architecture? | | Prompt: "Design a passive solar high-rise building with maximal | energy storage and production" | | Notes from "Zero energy ready homes are coming" (2023) | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35064493 | eddieweng wrote: | ReRender AI focuses on rendering, not sustainable design | features. Architects must incorporate sustainability | themselves. However, the AI can visually represent a passive | solar high-rise if provided with the necessary design elements. | villgax wrote: | FreeCAD is in dire need of a UI overhaul. | | Either merge into blender or take up some RTX rendering chops | from them! | canadiantim wrote: | Can I take floor plans and get renders from just that? | | I'm just trying to design a home right now actually. Played with | sketchup to assist, but I'm prly going to try and so sketches and | use ai to render for me if that's viable. | | But being able to get realistic renders from just floor plans is | the holy grail. Please let me know if this is viable at all with | rerednerai | | Looks great tho, congrats | reckless wrote: | I'd recommend Sweethome3D to trace the floorplan and then you | can export it as a .obj to a program like Twinmotion to do | visualisation and lighting with pathtracing etc. | canadiantim wrote: | That's a really awesome recommendation, thank you! I'll give | that a go ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-05-06 23:01 UTC)