Pool Water not rendering correctly in 2017

[Anonymous]

Hello All,

I create swimming pools & spas in Revit and have been using my water material in 2014, 2015 & 2016 R versions.  And now that I have upgraded to the new 2017 my water is no longer rendering the way it used to render. 

I have attached two images of what it used to look like to how it is now.

I have recently reinstalled the entire suite to make sure my materials library is indeed installed.  Cant seem to figure out why the water is now doing this.  Perhaps 2017 completely changed the "Swimming Pool" water type?

does anybody have any info regarding this issue or have any suggestions I could try to fix the issue?

[barthbradley]

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@Anonymouswrote:

I am still in shock that nobody said to try rendering on the cloud as the engines are better. Really????   

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 Actually, it was mentioned to you at the onset.  Really. 

[Anonymous]

haha very funny!!

[barthbradley]

@Anonymous: If your laughter is directed at me, I wasn't making a joke. I was simply pointing out that a member did, in fact, point out that Cloud Rendering might be a viable alternative for you. Your "Really!" post implied that nobody offered that nugget of info to you.  Maybe I misunderstood.  Glad you discovered that resource though.  

[Anonymous]

cloud rendering was not mention but say what you need to, I get it.

[barthbradley]

Maybe it's the new forum UI. I'm seeing the Cloud mentioned by both @SallyDong2005 and @Anonymous at the beginning of this thread.  Whatever. 

[ToanDN]

[ToanDN]

Here's a test in Revit 2018 local render.  Piss poor quality?

[barthbradley]

pretty. Did you use the "WATER" asset???

....yes, i'm being a little obnoxious.  Sorry; couldn't help myself.  Seriously though @ToanDN, what asset did you use? 

...d amn! just noticed your pool wall material. You went all out on this one, didn't you? 

[ToanDN]

I think it was Liquid > Indoor Pool, and some modification to the color and wave height.

[barthbradley]

nice. you trumped me, for sure. Perhaps together we showed @Anonymous how it can be done OOTB. 

...or, maybe not.