Revit + Viz + Vray = Result

[christopher.zoog51272]

Here are the results of the WIP I posted before. All in all I think it worked out pretty well, however the export hiccups certainly caused me to rip a more than a few hairs out of my head ;)

This was my first time using viz in production... anyway here are the pics

BTW, the site plan is Revit/ar3 and photoshop, no viz.

Modeled in Revit 6.1, Rendered in Viz 2005 with Vray Advanced 1.45.

-Z

[aggockel50321]

Nice. Very realistic.

What's the learning curve like with viz assuming one has a basic revit accurender understanding?

[Scott D Davis]

Zoog! Very nice renderings as usual. yuo definately have the touch! I would say however, that your Accurender works in the past are just as good as these that you've done in Viz. Is it worth the extra time to go to VIZ, and is Vray that much faster, in order to make it worthwhile? Don't get me wrong, these are beautiful, but I don't see enough of a difference that would make me sway from using Accurender.

[ivsim]

Zoog! Very nice renderings as usual. yuo definately have the touch! I would say however, that your Accurender works in the past are just as good as these that you've done in Viz. Is it worth the extra time to go to VIZ, and is Vray that much faster, in order to make it worthwhile? Don't get me wrong, these are beautiful, but I don't see enough of a difference that would make me sway from using Accurender.

Well, yes, you are terribly right, one can get the same results with VIZ and Accurender. Vray is fast when it comes to rendering diffuse light. Czoog, why don't you try to vray an interior space with global illumination switched on.......if you don't get the diffuse light, then your GI parameters are not fine.....btw, I really don't get any trace of diffuse light in these nice renderings, if you ask me, the house on the water image (in some previous thread) was much better in terms of GI.....

[Phil Read]

No way that's New Jersey....

-Phil

[dpasa]

They all look perfect!

I guess it is not only the software that matters!

[christopher.zoog51272]

Thanks for the comments.

Scott,

yes Vray is just that much faster, each of these took no longer than 20 minutes at 2500 pixels. Is it worth it? Well I'm not completely sure yet, but I am confident it will be. The export process from is still a mess, and that chews up some time. But we will eventually be doing an animation of this project, and there is no way I could do this in ar3 on one workstation. Also keep in mind this was my first shot at viz, I can only hope to improve.

ivsim, while it is not readily apparent, I did use GI (IR Map 1st Bounce and QMC for the second bounce). If you look hard at the townhome rendering you can see some evidence of diffuse light, Look in the shadows, the dormers etc. Again, I am still learning and will hopefully get better. I will be trying an interior pretty soon, and I'll post the results.

Phil,

Contrary to popular belief, NJ is not the armpit of America:p

[gregcashen]

Hey Chris, where'd the pilings go? Those docks are gonna float away!

Seriously, nice renderings, nice buidlings, nice work in general!

[ivsim]

Some of my friends who are heavily involved with Vray from its first appearance some 4 years ago say that an exterior is always more difficult than the interior. Czoog, please don't get me wrong if I sounded rude to you or something......I heavily encourage your Vray interest and efforts and I strongly believe you're on the right way, the same that I believe I am with Revit, unfortunately I'm still learning.......so it's confidence, rather than practice that I have.

The mates that I mentioned above are now employees at the Norman Foster workshop in London and they do their basic stuff with Vray....these guys are not only paid to make more real images, they are artists who've abandoned their crayons and use the computer to make commercial images.

You might also find the following link useful: http://www.vray.info/entry.asp?entryID=29 , there are links to other useful Vray tutorial sites, out of these do visit http://www.vrayrender.com/stuff/PMapTutorial/ .......that one is a perfect example for you to see how you could simulate the movement of light in a closed spatial structure which is what really makes a crude looking computer scene look real and with an appealing atmosphere.

[christopher.zoog51272]

Update on this project.


The condo building had to be quickly redesigned and rendered, nothing like getting a day's notice!! Thank goodness for Revit. ;)
This was much easier this time because of the Revit/Viz plug-in.

[Scott Hopkins]

Excellent renderings Chris! Are your trees model elements or RPC elements?