Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2012: No Experience Required

Creating an Exterior Rendering

The first item we need to tackle is how to go about creating an exterior rendering. Just trying to address the subject of rendering as a whole would convolute the matter. The thing is, when you create a rendering, lighting obviously plays a major role. Day lighting and artificial lighting are two completely different beasts; one will influence the effect of the other. For example, if you're rendering an exterior scene, there are bound to be windows. If this rendering appears at night or at dusk, the interior lights will be turned on.

The objective of the first section of this chapter is to create a rendering from the exterior of a building using day-lighting scenes, sky, and shadowing to create the rendering you ...