First feedback from François Gilliot on 1.1.0 alpha-3

September 17, 2010

Date: Sept. 17th, 2010

Scenario: creating some simple geometry in 3ds max (3 teapots and a box), importing the geometry into appleseed and visualizing it using diagnostic modes.

  1. Can't create light or EDF (not yet supported).
  2. Can't find the Import button, thought it would logically reside in the File menu.
  3. Confused about what exactly an assembly is.
  4. Confused about how assemblies and .obj file importing interact.
  5. Can't find the geometry, once rendering has started.
  6. Once switched to diagnostic modes: "it's all white".
  7. It works, and it's nice! Much better than writing XML by hand :)
  8. Tries Ambient Occlusion diagnostic mode. Can't change the maximum distance of occlusion, as a result AO is barely visible.
  9. Can't scale the scene down within appleseed.studio.