Is autocad rendering anygood ?

[necros]

Autocad 2008 came out with MentalRay 3.5 and new UVW mapping system, so you can do Very good renders with it, BTW I feel something like unconfortable working with AutoCAD ion 3D cos it's a little painfull with viewport movements...
But if you don't take 2008 and enjoy rendering.
Cheers

[smudgee]

hmm thanks for all yur replies ,my project has been held up but its still all very interesting . Im still using carrara mostly for 3d stuff. My max skills are still low. Havnt touched mental ray yet. Autocad too i still havnt explored ,too much other stuff going on .Had a play with maxwell render , which i kinda liked for its simplicity. Oh saw that blue cherry plugin that helps simplify mental ray, interesting. Carrara is long over due a big update , but since Daz 3d bought it out, no one seems to know if thats gonna happen, shame its a pleasure to use. ..and now cs3 is here, and soon the new AE and premiere, blimey theres not enuff hours in the day.

smudgee