Accurender for Revit

[Anonymous]

Anyone have an idea what version of Accurender comes with Revit? I have Revit 9.0., and my current enquiry has to do with it's functions and options when it comes to rendering interiors or bldg created using revit. Is the Accurenderer a stripped down version of the full Accurender version sold by McNeel??

Any thoughts?
(+ is anyone knows any manuals out there that cover the rendering aspects of revit, it would be helpful to know what, where to obtain it).
Cheers

[Anonymous]

Hmmmm.. it is built into Revit. It is a stripped down version....
wrote in message news:5225840@discussion.autodesk.com...
Anyone have an idea what version of Accurender comes with Revit? I have
Revit 9.0., and my current enquiry has to do with it's functions and options
when it comes to rendering interiors or bldg created using revit. Is the
Accurenderer a stripped down version of the full Accurender version sold by
McNeel??

Any thoughts?
(+ is anyone knows any manuals out there that cover the rendering aspects of
revit, it would be helpful to know what, where to obtain it).
Cheers

[Anonymous]

It is Accurender 3.0, and it has not been updated in ages. Accurender in up
to version 4 for AutoCAD.

"Bobby W Parker" wrote in message
news:5225891@discussion.autodesk.com...
Hmmmm.. it is built into Revit. It is a stripped down version....
wrote in message news:5225840@discussion.autodesk.com...
Anyone have an idea what version of Accurender comes with Revit? I have
Revit 9.0., and my current enquiry has to do with it's functions and options
when it comes to rendering interiors or bldg created using revit. Is the
Accurenderer a stripped down version of the full Accurender version sold by
McNeel??

Any thoughts?
(+ is anyone knows any manuals out there that cover the rendering aspects of
revit, it would be helpful to know what, where to obtain it).
Cheers

[Anonymous]

Like was said, it's an incomplete version3. As far as accurneder v4 goes,
even though it has been released, it is still in a sort of beta stage. I've
been using accurender for about 5 years now, and for what it cost, and how
easy it is to learn, it's a good piece of software. Pushed to it's limits,
you can get some fine work out of it.


"Revitiscool" <0> wrote in message news:5225975@discussion.autodesk.com...
It is Accurender 3.0, and it has not been updated in ages. Accurender in up
to version 4 for AutoCAD.

"Bobby W Parker" wrote in message
news:5225891@discussion.autodesk.com...
Hmmmm.. it is built into Revit. It is a stripped down version....
wrote in message news:5225840@discussion.autodesk.com...
Anyone have an idea what version of Accurender comes with Revit? I have
Revit 9.0., and my current enquiry has to do with it's functions and options
when it comes to rendering interiors or bldg created using revit. Is the
Accurenderer a stripped down version of the full Accurender version sold by
McNeel??

Any thoughts?
(+ is anyone knows any manuals out there that cover the rendering aspects of
revit, it would be helpful to know what, where to obtain it).
Cheers

[Anonymous]

Accurender was a very nice app some years ago... Now it is a very old app. I
haven't seen the results from the new version but I think there is not big
difference.
If you want to make renderings of your own projects and present them to your
customer, Accurender is OK. If you want to make presentations for other
companies, then you should use Vray, Maxwell, Mental Ray etc... all the well
known render engines. There is not much you can do from inside Revit. I
prefer to show them the shaded model with shadows than an accurender image.
That way, I can tell them that this is not the final image and that they
will get it when we decide on the model.

[Anonymous]

I agree and disagree with what you said. Other companies seem to be OK with
the accurender images we are giving them. Here's one that was a big hit.

[Anonymous]

Wow

"John B" wrote in message
news:5226493@discussion.autodesk.com...
I agree and disagree with what you said. Other companies seem to be OK with
the accurender images we are giving them. Here's one that was a big hit.

[Anonymous]

Wow is right!
What are your secrets?
Can you give us some tips on how to get our images as nice as this one?
I have recently been playing with this rendering and can't get mine as good
as yours.

--
From;
Edward Borg
Precision Drafting LLC
Http://Precisiondraftingllc.com

[Anonymous]

Please, don't get me wrong, I was working with Accurender before Revit, I
bought 3.1 for AutoCAD and I was amazed by the speed and how easy it was to
learn. I 've done more than 50 projects with it. I just think that it didn't
evolve as everything else did.

[Anonymous]

For starters on this image you need to change your sun angle so you are
getting sun on the side of the building. AR isn't the best program for
having things in shadow. Try and keep the bulk of you building in the direct
sunlight. Other then that, looks likr you just need to get some materials on
the different items, walls, facias, eaves etc. Try all that and rerender and
we can have a look at it.


"Cadkiller" wrote in message
news:5226611@discussion.autodesk.com...
Wow is right!
What are your secrets?
Can you give us some tips on how to get our images as nice as this one?
I have recently been playing with this rendering and can't get mine as good
as yours.

--
From;
Edward Borg
Precision Drafting LLC
Http://Precisiondraftingllc.com

[Anonymous]

I agree. Over in the AR newsgroup we are still a bit disappointed with the
progress of AR4. They keep working on it though and we keep hoping. In the
mean time, I know I need to start learning VIZ. I just have an adversion to
the UI that I can't seem to get over.


"JTB" wrote in message
news:5226621@discussion.autodesk.com...
Please, don't get me wrong, I was working with Accurender before Revit, I
bought 3.1 for AutoCAD and I was amazed by the speed and how easy it was to
learn. I 've done more than 50 projects with it. I just think that it didn't
evolve as everything else did.

[Anonymous]

John;

Thanks for the reply.
I will try a different angle for the sun like you suggest.
As far as the materials, I believe I have them all with the proper surface
materials.
The walls are stucco and the fascia, columns and railings are wood; but it
seems that the shadows are messing them up.
Also the roof shingles show up as if they have no thickness to them.
How can I get them to look thicker?
Thanks in advance!

--
From;
Edward Borg
Precision Drafting LLC
Http://Precisiondraftingllc.com

[Anonymous]

Thanks for all the replies and the image (that one of you posted). I think it's great (from the look of it) and it can be maximized. However, I am a bit biased because I have been using Rhino. From the looks of it, What' I've seen on the website (McNeel for Accurender) the images look nearly as good as those (if not equal to) Vray, et al. However, I guess my question is....can one purchase Vray, Maxwell, or Mental Ray for Revit, and utilize it as a direct plug in? Or it is considered a completely different software whereupon you have to export your revit model to it for rendering (ala Autocad to Viz/Max)??

thanks for all your replies.

Cheers

[Anonymous]

As far as the roof tiles go, without doing a custom bump mask to give them
some depth, you are going to have flat tiles. That's not one of my
specialties, but I will look for some of the posts from the AR newsgroup on
the topic. You may also want to go check out that news group yourself. It is
the absolutely best source of help for AR there is. Go here:
http://accurender.com/support.htm and click on the newsgroup.

"Cadkiller" wrote in message
news:5227226@discussion.autodesk.com...
John;

Thanks for the reply.
I will try a different angle for the sun like you suggest.
As far as the materials, I believe I have them all with the proper surface
materials.
The walls are stucco and the fascia, columns and railings are wood; but it
seems that the shadows are messing them up.
Also the roof shingles show up as if they have no thickness to them.
How can I get them to look thicker?
Thanks in advance!

--
From;
Edward Borg
Precision Drafting LLC
Http://Precisiondraftingllc.com

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the advise. I figured I would need something like that to give it
thickness.
It would be nice if Revit created 3D shingles.

I didn't know about the Accurender newsgroup.
Do you have any other good newsgroups that work with Outlook Express?

--
From;
Edward Borg
Precision Drafting LLC
Http://Precisiondraftingllc.com

[Anonymous]

I've been in the AR newsgroup for about 5 years now. They don't really know
anything about Revit yet, or at least I don't think they do, but as far as
ACAD, AR and just general computer and windows questions go, it's a one stop
shop!

I also want to just make sure that you all know that the rendering I posted
was modeled in ACAD and rendered in AR. It wasn't done in Revit.


"Cadkiller" wrote in message
news:5227588@discussion.autodesk.com...
Thanks for the advise. I figured I would need something like that to give it
thickness.
It would be nice if Revit created 3D shingles.

I didn't know about the Accurender newsgroup.
Do you have any other good newsgroups that work with Outlook Express?

--
From;
Edward Borg
Precision Drafting LLC
Http://Precisiondraftingllc.com

[Anonymous]

It has been about 8 years since I used Accurender, but in 3D Studio I use
the built in tile generator for my roof shingles. I thing I remember
Accurender having something similar.

"Cadkiller" wrote in message
news:5227588@discussion.autodesk.com...
Thanks for the advise. I figured I would need something like that to give it
thickness.
It would be nice if Revit created 3D shingles.

I didn't know about the Accurender newsgroup.
Do you have any other good newsgroups that work with Outlook Express?

--
From;
Edward Borg
Precision Drafting LLC
Http://Precisiondraftingllc.com

[Anonymous]

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news:5227166@discussion.autodesk.com...
I agree. Over in the AR newsgroup we are still a bit disappointed with the
progress of AR4. They keep working on it though and we keep hoping. In the
mean time, I know I need to start learning VIZ. I just have an adversion to
the UI that I can't seem to get over.


The best solution is plugins for Revit as for Max. Like Vray and Maxwell.
So, the first we need is a useful API