Review of Evermotion Archmodels

Review of Evermotion Archmodels
by Jeff Mottle - CGarchitect.com

I recently had the opportunity to review many of the model collections offered by Evermotion. I had access to volumes 1-12 for this evaluation and will look at model quality, ease of use, file setup, variety and overall usefulness.

The contents of the reviewed collections break down as follows:

Archmodels Vol 1: This collection contains 113 modern chairs, beds, tables, sofas and armchairs. [Link to PDF]

Archmodels Vol 2: This collection contains 116 gadgets to make your scenes more realistic including clocks, vases, candlesticks and various decorator objects. [Link to PDF]

Archmodels Vol 3: This collection contains 115 lights including table lamps, floor lamps, wall lights, handing lights and more. [Link to PDF]

Archmodels Vol 4: This collection contains 125 door, window, door lock, door handle and door knockers. [Link to PDF]

Archmodels Vol 5: This collection contains 43 highly details armchairs in various styles, including office chairs, massage chairs, designer chairs and loungers. [Link to PDF]

Archmodels Vol 6: This collection contains 115 plumbing fixtures including, sinks, toilets, bathtubs, storage, faucets and bathroom accessories. [Link to PDF]

Archmodels Vol 7: This collection contains 76 modern electronics models including printers, stereo equipment, office equipment, speakers, laptops, televisions, phones and more. [Link to PDF]

Archmodels Vol 8: This collection contains 115 office furniture pieces including, chairs, desk, tables, and storage. [Link to PDF]

Archmodels Vol 9: This collection contains 115 coffee tables, desks, credenzas, hutches, armoires, dressers, bookshelves and entertainment centers. [Link to PDF]

Archmodels Vol 10: This collection contains 134 kitchen appliances including hood fans, fridges, stoves, cooktops, islands, tables, sinks with counters, seating, small appliances, and storage. [Link to PDF]

Archmodels Vol 11: This collection contains 115 beds and cradles complete with sheets and pillows. [Link to PDF]

Archmodels Vol 12: This collection contains 117 light fixtures. [Link to PDF]
 

 

There is no question that the Evermotion model collections offer up one of the best variety of current and up to date models anywhere on the internet. With two new collections every month, they are doing a wonderful job at ensuring the architectural visualization community has access to many cost effective and high quality models.

Each collection is available in either a downloadable or box version for only 99 Euro, so they are extremely economical. All collection come with 3dsmax and OBJ formats and most in 3DS and DXF format as well. The models come un-textured.
 

 

In reviewing many of the models I did find some definite areas for improvement. Overall I would say most of the models could be optimized for a bit better polygon efficiency, but given that some might require shots that have the models much closer to the camera I could concede this point, however, there are several objects I found that are meshed far too much for any circumstance. As long as you don’t mind crunching the models through your renderer a bit longer, I think most will find the model resolutions acceptable, for others there may need to be some optimization in advance.

While the models are divided into objects based on likely material finishes, the decision not to name any of the pieces in any of the collections is something that really bothered me. Call me a bit picky about how I like my scenes set up, but I for one hate seeing obj01, obj02, obj03 anywhere in my scene. This might be ok in a small scene, but in a large commercial project it does not take long before it becomes completely unmanageable. Not to mention the problems that arise when the same part is named the same for many different models. The decision not to group or attach the objects also makes importing the models and then selecting them a very unwieldy task. I also found several of the earlier collections contained a camera, ground plane and light, which really should not be there.
 

 

Consistency between models and collections is also lacking and although the model parts are not named intelligently or uniquely for that matter, there appears not to be any consistency with how they are named or set up. Some models group parts, some attach them, some do neither.

If you are willing to overlook the poor model setup and naming structures or spend a bit of time cleaning them up yourself, then the collections themselves are quite impressive. Model detail and general quality is quite high and as I mentioned earlier the variety and overall usefulness in most commercial scenes is excellent.

If Evermotion improves the critiques above in future collections, I think they will have an incredibly solid products that should be in everyone’s model collection.

For more information about their model collections, to review new collections released since this review and to purchase model collections, please go to: http://www.evermotion.org

 

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