PCon - Planner 7.3 Features
PCon - Planner 7.3 Features
PCon - Planner 7.3 Features
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1.2
1.3
2.2
Material Editor: Placing Textures and Normal Maps Independently of One Another ......................... 12
7.2
7.3
7.4
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Are you looking to get started without manual default settings? For image rendering, you can simply choose from
several prepared profiles.
Are you a rendering pro and would prefer to use your own
settings? You can save individual settings as your own profile. You can then select them from the Profile drop-down
menu.
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Video, also found under the Presentation tab, will open the dialog for video rendering. Here you will find all of
the necessary settings for generating a high-quality video sequence from your own animations.
1.3
The OSPRay Renderer did not just move to the Image dialog, it also has new settings as well.
NOTE: If you would like to use OSPRay in pCon.planner, please ensure that your CPU uses at least SSE4.1
An operating system of at least Windows 7 (64-Bit edition) is also required.
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For an even more realistic image, integrate a panorama into your rendering. In the area Background of the
improved OSPRay render settings, select the Panorama option and upload a panorama image into your plan.
This will give your rendering an appealing setting.
Note: In order to avoid perspective errors, please use a spherical panorama as background image.
For extra-realistic lighting, HDRI Light is available. When this option is enabled, upload an HDRI Image (High
Dynamic Range Image) in pCon.planner. This image will be used as an invisible background light source for the
scene and the lighting will be adjusted to the lighting conditions of the image.
pCon.planner Help: Creating Media
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PDF print using the new printing process (High Quality Printing activated)
The process is based on a combination of techniques: Visible lines, edges, points, hatches and texts are based
on vectors. In vector printing these elements are sharp, even when magnified, keeping unsightly jaggies out.
Detail from PDF print above using new printing process magnified to four hundred percent
Colors and textures are also included in the prints. This is important for images without enhanced edges (for
example in Realistic render mode).
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2.1
The new printing process is preset in pCon.planner and will automatically print in higher quality. If you would
like to avoid vector printing, you can simply disable it. The print will then be of conventional quality. This way,
the file size of the PDF will remain smaller and printing will save memory.
1. Open Print Preview.
2. Click on the viewport within
the preview page.
3. Find High Quality Printing in
the Properties Editor.
4. Remove the checkmark from
this option.
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For the lines and elements created in vector print, the settings Line width factor and Use fixed line width are
available. You can find both of these in the Layout Settings (Print Preview, Group Page, Options arrow):
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NOTE: With the increase in quality from the new printing process, the previously necessary Viewport
output optimization option has been removed.
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If youd like to display lines, colors and textures in the future, simply choose the Textured mode.
Altogether, pCon.planner 7.3 provides a total of 7 render modes. Since each Render Style is based on a standardized render mode, you also benefit from the wide range of choices.
pCon.planner Help: Render
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The last custom thickness values that you use will then be saved to the list.
You can still retrieve the most recent values from the context menu the next time you open pCon.planner, even
if you are working with a different plan.
pCon.planner Help: Walls
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You can also use the context menu field Connecting Disabled when moving polylines. If you have disabled this
option, two lines will not connect to one another even if you push them together.
pCon.planner Help: How to insert Drawing Elements
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You can expect an improvement when using the Material Editor. Width, Height and Rotation of textures and normal maps
of a material can be positioned individually, or can be edited
all together. The normal map is initially linked to the values of
the material texture:
Changes to the texture will be inherited. If you would like to
adjust the position of the normal map independently from the
texture, click on the pencil icon for the normal map. The input
fields will then be available for you to individually position the
normal map.
pCon.planner Help: Material Editor
7.2
pCon.planner 7.3 supports SketchUp 2016. When exporting geometrical objects in *.skp format, an additional
export dialog will be available. Here you can choose from the current or an older version of SketchUp for the
export of 3D objects.
pCon.planner Help: Supported File Formats
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7.3
The new program version improves your vector graphics. Through the use of a new procedure, the file size as
well as the amount of memory used during the export has also been reduced.
pCon.planner Help: Supported File Formats
7.4
From this point on, lighting your plans will be much simpler. Previous default lighting has been replaced with
global background lighting. This lighting is active by default and works to produce uniform illumination
throughout your plan.
Now, lighting fits to your needs much easier: with slide control (found under the Start tab, Room Elements
menu), you can determine how bright your plan is. You do no longer need to input light intensity for standard
lighting via the Properties Editor.
Setting Ambient Light Intensity: Lighting group, Room Elements menu, Start tab
With background light you will have the optimal lighting for your renderings. The new lighting affects the display in both Shaded and Realistic mode.
pCon.planner Help: Ambient Light
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