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Generating a cloud rendering - Revit Tutorial

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Generating a cloud rendering

of working in a model is that you can generate renderings anytime that you like. So at some point if you want to start communicating how things are shaping up in your design, a really nice way to do that can be to create a really nice rendering. So in this video, I'm going to walk through the process of creating specifically So there's basically three things you need to create a rendering. You need a 3D view. We've got one open on screen that I'm going to use. You're welcome to use any 3D view that you like. You need lighting. We're going to rely pretty much on sunlight for this rendering, and you need materials, and we're going to rely mostly on the materials that are already in here, but we will make one minor change. So we have our 3D view already. Let's move on to the lighting then. For this rendering, I'm going to use sunlight only. Now the north direction in this project is behind the camera, behind me. So those windows we're looking at are the south facing windows. Which means that just about any time of the year or any time of day, we should be getting sunlight into the space, but what we need to do is actually turn that on and configure it a little bit. So the way that we're going to do that is to come down here to the view control bar, click this visual styles popup menu, and at the top of that menu is Graphic Display Options. So I'll choose that command. Now in order to see the sunlight, it's a pretty good idea to turn on the shadows. So the first thing I want to do is turn on the shadows. So I'll expand this option here and I'll turn on cast shadows. Now you could also optionally turn on ambient shadows, if you like. These aren't really related to the sunlight, So I'm going to turn on both of those. Now lighting is right here. So I'll expand that next. Now, the sun setting is what I want to use, and you could see that it's currently set to this in-session setting. So I'm going to click that button. Let's move this out of the way here, and the default lighting scheme is not going to work in this case, because you're just sort of arbitrarily setting an altitude and azimuth. What I want to do instead is use the still rendering scheme. That has some presets over here. So I'll choose the summer solstice next. Now if we click Apply on that, you're going to see the space will lighten a bit. I'll click OK here and click Apply again, and that will actually turn on the shadows, and if you look down over here in the front of the dining room, you can see that we are getting a little bit of sunlight in this space, but not very much, because the summer solstice preset was set to noon time. Which means that the sun is very high in the sky. So let's click it again. Keep summer solstice selected, duplicate it with this icon right here, and change the name slightly. I'll just add morning to the end. I'll select the 12 right here on time, and just click the down arrow a couple times to set that to 10 AM, and then click OK, and notice that the shadows will shift now, and we're getting much more sunlight in the space. So you're welcome to fiddle with that some more and choose a different time of day, if you like, Now the last thing I want to do in this dialogue is put something in the background. So I'll expand background here, and there are a few options, and I'll choose the gradient option right here, and a gradient in the background, Now here's a list of all the materials that are currently in the project, and you could certainly scroll through the list and locate the one you want, but sometimes it's a little easier to search right here. If you search for the word floor, there's an oak flooring material right here. So select that, and then move your mouse back into the view window, and notice that you could highlight several of the surfaces of the existing geometry. So simply highlight the floor surface here and click to paint that material onto the floor surface. I'll click Done to dismiss that, and you can see by that dark brown color, that it's now putting that wood flooring on the surface of that material. If you want to preview that wood flooring right here in the view, you can go to the visual style popup, and choose Realistic shading instead of Shaded, on that floor. So this gives us a pretty good idea of what it's going to look like without actually clicking render. I think we're ready to do that. So let's go to the View tab, and we're going to use Render in Cloud for this example. So when I choose Render in Cloud, if you haven't logged into your Autodesk account, that's the first thing you'll see, is it will display a window asking you to log in. Now I've already logged in, so next it's showing us the welcome Which I can dismiss by simply clicking Continue. Now the cloud rendering service is not free. Some renderings are free if you choose lower quality settings, the more it will cost, the more it will cost, and they charge you in cloud credits. and they charge you in cloud credits. So if you want to do a test rendering So if you want to do a test rendering that doesn't cost anything, that doesn't cost anything, just pay attention to your cloud credits just pay attention to your cloud credits and make sure it says zero before you render. All right, so we're going to verify our 3D view. All right, so we're going to verify our 3D view. It's the 3D view from above. I want a still image but there are some other choices. I want a still image but there are some other choices. You're welcome to try those if you like. You're welcome to try those if you like. Render quality, standard tends to be free. I'm going to choose final. I'm going to choose final. Notice that will cost me one cloud credit. Notice that will cost me one cloud credit. And then for the image size, And then for the image size, the larger image you make, the more credits it will cost. the more credits it will cost. So it's up to you what size image you want to create. So it's up to you what size image you want to create. Now I'm going to make a fairly large one, Now I'm going to make a fairly large one, so I'll choose this extra large size here, so I'll choose this extra large size here, and notice that will cost me nine cloud credits. and notice that will cost me nine cloud credits. So if I'm satisfied with that, So if I'm satisfied with that, I can check this box right here to get an email I can check this box right here to get an email when it's done, when it's done, and then I just simply click Render. and then I just simply click Render. Now one of the biggest advantages of Render in Cloud, Now one of the biggest advantages of Render in Cloud, is that you can continue in the background. is that you can continue in the background. This means that the rendering in cloud This means that the rendering in cloud will take place online, and you can keep working in Revit. will take place online, and you can keep working in Revit. It doesn't tie up your machine. It doesn't tie up your machine. If you're in the full version of the product If you're in the full version of the product and you have the Render button here, and you have the Render button here, that will render in product, that will render in product, but it will tie up your machine while it's rendering, but it will tie up your machine while it's rendering, and this can sometimes take hours. and this can sometimes take hours. So that's one of the biggest advantages So that's one of the biggest advantages of using cloud rendering. of using cloud rendering. So I do encourage you to try both So I do encourage you to try both if you have the full version if you have the full version and see which one you like better. and see which one you like better. Now all we have to do is wait for the rendering Now all we have to do is wait for the rendering to complete, and then when it's done, to complete, and then when it's done, we can view it in our render gallery. we can view it in our render gallery. So when the rendering's complete, So when the rendering's complete, you'll get an email indicating that, you'll get an email indicating that, and at anytime you can click the Render Gallery button here and at anytime you can click the Render Gallery button here and go out to the web and check the progress. and go out to the web and check the progress. Now any renderings that you've previously created Now any renderings that you've previously created will be listed here. will be listed here. Here's our rendering right here, Here's our rendering right here, and you can click on the View project button, and you can click on the View project button, and that will open up the rendering and that will open up the rendering and show you the result. and show you the result. So you can check it out here on screen. So you can check it out here on screen. There's a few different options There's a few different options like download, or delete. like download, or delete. You can even re-render it in a variety of formats. You can even re-render it in a variety of formats. So if there's anything about the rendering So if there's anything about the rendering that you're not happy with, that you're not happy with, you can either go back to Revit and make changes you can either go back to Revit and make changes to your model, or you can choose some of the options here to your model, or you can choose some of the options here and re-render it. and re-render it. If you're satisfied with the rendering, If you're satisfied with the rendering, simply download it to your hard drive, simply download it to your hard drive, and then you can share it with your recipients. and then you can share it with your recipients.

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