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frifer

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Joined: Mon, Jul 30, 2012
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Hi guys, something is not totally clear to me.

in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=oy_sPYFC-QY&feature=endscreen

autodesk says that models should be as simple as possible. on the other hand revit makes some da*n good renderings for not beeing a render program. how can those two things live toghether? how can a rendering look realistic if the objects are simple? how can for example a television look realistic if it is just a black box with no detail?

thank you

best regards

igor

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teafoe5

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You are going to have to find your middle ground in rendering vs modeling.  It all depends on what you are trying to accomplish.  If you are doing a presentation with a lot of renderings then you will need more detailed and complex families to make it look as real as possible.  If you are just doing some elevations for CD's then you may not need to see as much detail on that same object.  You also need to think about if from the standpoint of "are you going to see it"  meaning do you need to add all of the little buttons and screws if you are rendering from 100 feet away?  There are a lot of little items that need to be thought about when putting together a job in Revit. 

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sllana

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I also found those contradictions and after some research I got this: Good renders are in the details, so if you are going to render, detail as much as possible and.......When rendering interiors use the section box (yes in the camera view) to leave out what is out of sigth for that specific view and turn off the ligths you dont need (if they are into the box). And manage the render settings: You may edit the "Medium" settings by rising the "antialias" and the "soft shadow precision" instead of using "high" settings. Experiment! Hope you catch it.

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frifer

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Hi guys!

thank you very much for the good informations! i'll keep it in mind! i use it 95% for rendering atm, in later moments we will use ti also for piping...

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