Rendering with Revit

[Anonymous]

Hi, 

I'm trying to produce rendered images using the standard Revit renderer but the resolution is terrible when you zoom in even slightly or print. I've tried rendering on the "High" setting, and also created a custom setting and let it run over night still with little joy. 

I've found the resolution is far superior using the cloud rendering, however it costs around £20 per render and we don't really want to be spending when I have quite a powerful PC with a P5000 graphics cards which should be more than capable of producing good quality renders. 

Am i right in thinking that the Revit renderer doesn't use GPU processing? could this be the problem, CPU processing is just not good enough?  I did have a trial of the V-ray add on for Revit which i think uses GPU processing and was producing far better quality images. 

I'm not expecting them to be ultra realistic or printable for signs, they're just for initial concept designs to show to our clients and contractors but still need to be clear and sharp. We are looking into using a more powerful renderer such as 3DS max or Keyshot but that would be more for the finished product when we can spend hours setting it up and perfecting it. For the concept designs I need something fast. 

Thanks in advance

Josh 

[Anonymous]

Use Twinmotion by Unreal. Free to use. 

[DarrenP]

the rendering engine built into revit is cpu only 

you can look at 3rd party solutions like enscape for gpu rendering solutions

[loboarch]

Just setting the rending to "High" might not be enough depending on what you need. You need to also pay attention to the DPI setting and the image size itself. If you are rendering a small image at 96 dpi and then needing to resize the image larger, that will do what you are describing.  try to render the image at the size and resolution you need for the final output.

[Anonymous]

Thanks i'll have a look at twin motion and enscape, can they import materials from Revit though? I need something that is fast to initially set up for prototypes. 

I just want a high resolution image for use on screen, I've set the DPI to the highest (600) and still no luck. I've attached an image of the settings i've been using and like i said, i've had the time at 12 hours.