Graphics Programs Reference
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CHAPter 6
Presenting Your
design
One of the most
useful attributes of the Autodesk
®
InfraWorks™ software
is that it is a powerful yet simple presentation tool. As you have already seen,
it has the ability to render your model on the fly, enabling you to work and
create within a stunning environment. And when you're ready to show your
ideas to others, it gets even better. InfraWorks contains tools similar to those
found in the Autodesk
®
3ds Max
®
and Autodesk
®
Showcase
®
visualization
programs. These tools enable you to control lighting, animation, and other
effects to make your model even more stunning and realistic. But unlike
those programs, you can learn the visualization tools in InfraWorks quickly
because it has been streamlined. This means you don't have to be a visual-
ization expert to create impressive images and videos using InfraWorks.
In this chapter, you'll learn to
▶
Adjust and apply application settings that apply to visualization
▶
Adjust and apply visual effects
▶
Create snapshots
▶
Render scenes
▶
Buildstoryboards
working with Visualization options
One of the skills you will develop as you use InfraWorks is balancing the
performance, size, and visual quality of the model. In a perfect world, we
would all experience the best of all of these characteristics, but not all com-
puters are created equal. Fortunately, InfraWorks settings are designed to
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