Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 11
Visualization
Visualization in Autodesk
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Revit
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software—as 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: the ability to 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
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In this chapter, you'll learn to:
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Create real-time and rendered analytic visualizations
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Render emotive photo-realistic visualizations
Understand the importance of sequencing your visualization workflow
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Explaining 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 work-
flow that it's hard to spend the time necessary to hone your rendering skills. This is the
reason that photo-realistic renderings, both still and moving images, are often the realm of
a specialist who deeply understands the techniques and workflow needed to create com-
pelling imagery.
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The reality is that visualization is both art and science, but especially art. You'll never be
able to just push a button and get a beautiful image. There's a world of difference between
something that's photo-realistic and something that's emotive and compelling. In other
words, the button says Render, not Make Beautiful.
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Most important, visualization is about communication, something that many people forget
to take into account. Don't ever create a rendering until you know what you're trying to
accomplish. You must know your audience and understand what needs to be communi-
cated (keeping in mind that the person requesting the rendering isn't always the intended
audience). Otherwise, you'll spend hours doing something that is beautiful but entirely
irrelevant.
