The second part of the exercise was to do with 3D modelling and rendering. As always we’re working with Rhino. It’s a good 3D program, especially version 5 (you can see the ‘artistic’ line drawing mode images in the gallery below) and really works for us. When it came to rendering we started first with VRay. It’s really a very neat renderer, even though it can be sometimes quite tricky to get the materials and illumination right. There are, however, 2 drawbacks for us: First of all, VRay only works on PCs and secondly, it’s working like a plug-in to Rhino. Which means you need Rhino running on the same computer, which is likely to be your working computer, so unless you have a second copy of it, your productivity grinds to a standstill.