

This becomes even more important if cloud credits are involved. Try to set up the image correctly from the very beginning. The shadows should look good and the lux, luminous or wattage should be correct on the artificial lights you are using.Īlthough you can adjust the exposure afterward rendering you don’t want to be spending all your time doing adjustments. Everything should look like it works and is meant to be together.

The lighting of your building should match the lighting of your surrounding. Light is the most important aspects of a rendered image.

Real pictures are never perfect and a hundred percent clean so neither should your render be. As in photos – trees, people, and other outdoor elements – create the scale and real-life feel. The more detail you are able to add to your render, the more more realism there is to your images especially when you work with real-life details. It is the details that make a render feel realistic. Remember that you can also experiment with attributes like reflectivity and transparency to get the textures looking just right. Look in Revit’s image library or Google JPEG’s or PNG’s with your desired texture. Luckily you can easily change this by adding texture to the material. Leave the materials on their default setting and when you hit the render button, you will get a series of grey blobs with no information or appeal. They are part of the scene and should be adjusted accordingly. They are what gives an element in Revit its color, context, and texture. Materials are the foundation of every Revit render. I’ve wrapped them all up in a short video at the bottom of this post. Here are a few thoughts on how to start making more beautiful, detailed renders in Revit. It is in the nuance of the materials you select, the lighting, the details you choose to include, and any post-production editing.

What makes a beautiful render? Like many things, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. However, it is possible to make high quality renders in-house using Revit or through the cloud. This is an expensive but usually necessary process. This is why models or drawings are often sent out to be professionally rendered. Renders allow you to communicate your vision and intent to clients and colleagues. 3D visualization is an essential part of architectural illustration today.
