Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
want to investigate the file or animation, you can download the c11-Visualization-Finished
.rvt file or the c11_Visualization_Animation.avi file from the Chapter 11 folder on this
book's website at
www.sybex.com/go/masteringrevit2015.
Rendering Settings
Now that we have covered the processes to create still camera views and walkthroughs, let's
discuss some of the settings that are important to understand before you begin to generate
photo-realistic renderings. You can access the Rendering dialog box by clicking the teapot icon
on the View tab in the ribbon or in the View control bar of a 3D view. Some of these settings are
also available from the Rendering Settings dialog box, which is accessed from the Properties
palette when you are working with a 3D view. Figure 11.60 shows the Rendering dialog box to
the left and the Rendering Settings dialog box to the right.
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Figure 11.60
Rendering dialog
box
Using Output Settings
An important setting in this dialog box is Resolution. It's easy to spend far too much time
creating a rendered view because rendering times increase exponentially when the resolution
doubles. Think of it this way: If you're rendering a view at 150 dots per inch (dpi) and then you
render the same view at 300 dpi, the image is now four times larger, not twice as large
(1 × 1 = 1 and 2 × 2 = 4). If you were to render the view at 600 dpi, it would be 16 times
larger (4 × 4 = 16), and you could reasonably expect the 150 dpi image that rendered in a few
minutes to take considerably longer at 600 dpi.
