Revit: Rendering

Course details

Want to create photorealistic renders of your Revit projects? You don't have to go anywhere else. In this course, learn how to create high-quality output directly from Revit. Instructor Paul F. Aubin starts the rendering process by showing how to create a detailed 3D view of an existing architectural model. Then he demonstrates how to add sweeps, fascia, and other details, and explains how to work with the Material Browser to customize finishes and surfaces. Paul also reviews the natural and artificial lighting features of Revit, including sunlight and artificial lights, and the rendering settings that ensure you get the best quality output—from your computer or the cloud. Plus, learn how to create dynamic animated walkthroughs and experiment with additional render types, such as realistic shading.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Presentation quality visualization from Revit
02 - What you should know

1. Creating 3D Views

03 - Overall rendering procedure
04 - Creating 3D views
05 - Working with axonometric view settings
06 - Understanding camera settings
07 - Navigating with the 3D steering wheel and ViewCube
08 - Creating cutaway 3D views

2. Modeling

09 - Understanding approaches to modeling
10 - Working with wall layers
11 - Applying sweeps to wall types
12 - Using the Wall Sweep tool
13 - Adding gutters and fascia
14 - Constructing wall profiles
15 - Working with slanted walls
16 - Understanding site and entourage components
17 - Using imported geometry
18 - Building custom components

3. Materials

19 - Introducing materials
20 - Physically based rendering (PBR) materials
21 - Creating a new material
22 - Duplicate an existing material
23 - Aligning textures to geometry
24 - Editing a material texture
25 - Creating seamless material textures
26 - Creating a material from custom image files
27 - Aligning wood textures
28 - Overriding material assignments with paint
29 - Creating a material library

4. Sunlight

30 - Setting your location
31 - Understanding sun settings
32 - Working with the sun path

5. Artificial Lighting

33 - Inserting artificial lights
34 - Inserting cove lights
35 - Understanding light fixture families
36 - Working with lighting groups

6. Rendering

37 - Understanding the rendering process
38 - Defining quality settings
39 - Performing test renders
40 - Configuring the resolution
41 - Choosing a lighting scheme
42 - Applying background settings
43 - Adding a background using Photoshop
44 - Adjusting the exposure controls
45 - Saving rendered output
46 - Issue with high-resolution renderings

7. Cloud Rendering

47 - Understanding cloud rendering
48 - Preparing a cloud render
49 - Cloud render types
50 - Panoramic rendering

8. Walkthroughs

51 - Creating a walkthrough
52 - Editing walkthrough camera direction
53 - Editing a walkthrough path
54 - Fine-tuning walkthrough frames
55 - Preparing for output
56 - Outputting a walkthrough

9. Experimenting with Additional Render Types

57 - Rendering a plan
58 - Hidden line presentation views
59 - Shaded presentation views
60 - New realistic shading
61 - Exporting some example projects
62 - Exporting a solar study

Conclusion

63 - Next steps