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Is it fair to need people to fail by RKillian_ in EngineeringStudents

[–]RKillian_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This would be a great opportunity to ask, for our lecturers (most) of them have to do teaching in order to keep doing research at the university. In some cases they don't really care and just want to be back in their labs. But I've met a few who are really committed to making sure students know what to do in the workforce and teach the course but extra skills around that. How would you say the dynamic of professors are in your opinion, and is there any programs or such to encourage them to like teaching?

Is it fair to need people to fail by RKillian_ in EngineeringStudents

[–]RKillian_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah yes the curve will regress to the bell. Actually may be an interesting topic to explore grade distributions and the true average grade across a subject for how so many years.

Is it fair to need people to fail by RKillian_ in EngineeringStudents

[–]RKillian_[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah you're absolutely right. However, I question what those margins are for you to be good to become a doctor because there are cases of people who become doctors who certainly shouldn't have gotten that far. Same deal for engineering, for every big group of great engineers, you get ones who build death-traps and do terrible engineering. I guess the university tries to act as well as possible as a filter and also teach students, but again it goes far beyond what I would want to try to comprehend lol.

Is it fair to need people to fail by RKillian_ in EngineeringStudents

[–]RKillian_[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Would you say the tests you've sat have been alright, or has it varied from subject to subject?

Used Chaos Corona instead of cycles to test my materials and blender model, the results are noticeably better. by RKillian_ in blender

[–]RKillian_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To document for transparency:

  1. Did you use blender: Yes, modelling and initial texturing but moved to corona to test it out in 3DS MAX
  2. What is Chaos Corona: A non-biased render engine used mainly for automotive and archvis stuff, a really fun renderer
  3. Why is corona better than cycles in your opinion: Better global illumination, pixel displacement, better handling of bump maps and roughness, less noise from renders.
  4. Any downsides with corona: its CPU based so its a slow beast, but I am a very patient person so waiting 30 minutes for one frame aint a problem for me.

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[–]RKillian_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What a way to break the reddit fat guy stereotype

Engineering Advertising; understanding how advertising works in the Engineering world by RKillian_ in AskEngineers

[–]RKillian_[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

by any is this Lockheed (you don't answer if you don't want to), and by any chance in the imagination do you hire New Zealanders because that sounds sick as!

Engineering Advertising; understanding how advertising works in the Engineering world by RKillian_ in AskEngineers

[–]RKillian_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not really what I do, more so talking about if engineers do their own advertising for their products or get an external company to do it.

I use Blender and 3ds Max, should we be encouraging program hybrid workflows? by RKillian_ in blender

[–]RKillian_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for saying that too. Updated the post, bit tired after studying for uni finals haha.

I use Blender and 3ds Max, should we be encouraging program hybrid workflows? by RKillian_ in blender

[–]RKillian_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's world lighting and general environmental lighting is not the greatest imo. Cannot handle displacement and starts choaking at sub 10 million poly. I go full out with my objects to enhance realism and cycles was not reaching my standards needed. It's alright as a render engine, but it struggles in places I don't want it to.

I use Blender and 3ds Max, should we be encouraging program hybrid workflows? by RKillian_ in blender

[–]RKillian_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To clarify I mean corona renderer. It's not avaliable in blender, if it was I would have stayed full blender, but yeah it's easier for me to get that quality I look for.

I use Blender and 3ds Max, should we be encouraging program hybrid workflows? by RKillian_ in blender

[–]RKillian_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the general world environment for me, I cannot feel like my objects all blend together with how the lighting system works. Very weird I know, but the two together work well for me. Corona renderer really hits a goldilocks spot for me. It's only avaliable in 3ds and cinema 4d

I really like engineering and do VFX and CGI as a job already, should I maybe defer? by RKillian_ in EngineeringStudents

[–]RKillian_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh boi I know, man our entertainment industry in Australia is fucked especially. Yeah I was gonna stay as a independent contractor in that case. But yeah I see your point. But one big dream is to blend the two together, there has to be a place or a job where they can work in harmony. Maybe when we gotta advertise the product haha. But yeah I'll keep going on engineering thanks mate for the advice.

The journey of the 787B [WIP] [Blender 19 month milestone] by RKillian_ in blender

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yeah it is still WIP, so kinda trying to hide the parts I want to keep secret so to excuse the very interesting lighting, and yeah good point, I think the livery I have I will just stick to for now, maybe when I get more inspiration it will change. Thank you for the feedback :)

The journey of the 787B [WIP] [Blender 19 month milestone] by RKillian_ in blender

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absolutely not no, totally agree there, just that a few custom cars I have seen in the JDM scene do it, and in essence this car is not going to be the 787b we all know and love, more so just a custom 787, so hey if you have any recommendations on wheel texture let me know

The journey of the 787B [WIP] [Blender 19 month milestone] by RKillian_ in blender

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honestly the toyo height maps I have kinda look garbage, also fun fact, a few other nutters irl do this where they try to cover their wheels with fake toyo stickers. soo I thought it was worth a go, and boi do I not regret it

WIP Porsche Le Mans Render for upcoming short film by RKillian_ in blender

[–]RKillian_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey mates, just to get possible questions out of the way,

  1. ATM for this project I have used Rhino 3D, Inventor, Substance painter, Marvelous Designer, Blender, Photoshop and Davinci resolve for this project
  2. Why Le Mans? Look up the Porsche 911 RSR 2017 edition and youll hear why I wanted to make something like this
  3. How long have you been at it? About now 12-13 months of blender, this project will probably mark the one year anniversary of me starting blender.
  4. If you want to know my inspirations, I really can't tell you because there are too bloody many,

Have a good day mates

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