Mastering Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2013

Chapter 12

Visualization

Visualization in Autodesk^® Revit^® Architecture software — or with any tool (even a pencil) — isn't an exact science. It still requires a patient, aesthetic eye. The most important thing you can do to successfully visualize your work starts with one thing: listen. That's right — it's your ears that make you a great artist! You need to be able to understand what your client is trying to accomplish because you're not really trying to visualize something — you're trying to communicate something for someone else. First learn to listen and you'll understand what your client needs to communicate. And you'll be far more successful!

In this chapter, you'll learn to:

• Create real-time and rendered analytic visualizations
• Render emotive photorealistic visualizations
• Render Sequence and Workflow

The Role of Visualization

We believe that anyone can use Revit to create compelling, emotive visualizations. What's really great is that your visualizations are based on the same coordinated design information you're using to document your project. But there are a few challenges:

• Creating emotive visualization is usually such a small part of your project's overall workflow that it's hard to spend the time necessary to hone your rendering skills. This is the reason that photorealistic renderings, both still and moving image, are often the realm of a specialist who deeply understands the techniques and workflow needed to create compelling imagery.
• The reality is that visualization ...