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    Registered: ‎01-09-2013

    Revit doesn't use my gpu for rendering at all

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    02-07-2013 02:27 AM

    I have an intel 3570k cpu and an nvidia gtx 670 gpu, and it only uses my gpu for the 3d clview, but when it renders photos, it only uses my cpu, which makes rendering take so much longer. Is there any way around this?

    i5 3570k@4.4ghz gtx 670, 8gb ddr3 1600mhz
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    Re: Revit doesn't use my gpu for rendering at all

    02-07-2013 05:40 AM in reply to: kwikscopeguy

    Revit uses a version of the Mental Ray render engine, which only uses the CPU for rendering.

    This is because it is a raytrace rendering app.

     

    3dsMax has the ability to use the GPU when you render with I-Ray.

     

    Revit does not have this ability.

     

     

    Cliff B. Collins
    Registered Architect/BIM Manager
    Thalden Boyd Emery Architects
    St. Louis, MO
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    DarrenP
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    Re: Revit doesn't use my gpu for rendering at all

    02-07-2013 06:41 AM in reply to: ccollins

    you could also use the cloud rendering option

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    Re: Revit doesn't use my gpu for rendering at all

    02-07-2013 06:48 AM in reply to: kwikscopeguy
    I theare any way I could use a different engine for rendering, because I don't really lik the cloud rendering options
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    DarrenP
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    Re: Revit doesn't use my gpu for rendering at all

    02-07-2013 06:49 AM in reply to: kwikscopeguy

    not really without a third party add in if there are any for rendering in revit

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    Re: Revit doesn't use my gpu for rendering at all

    02-07-2013 08:11 AM in reply to: DarrenP

    I'll have to look around for one

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