Immersive Building Information Model viewing

  My friend over at BIMx posted HKS Gaming Engine for BIM which discusses using Environment engines or "gaming" engines with BIM and which is long overdue for Architecture and design. Essentially this is not static image rendering but real-time immersive environments. I have seen attempts at this before but never to the extent or ease that I expect. Design firms spend thousands of dollars to produce a single static image of a 3 dimensional...

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TIP: The Open/Close or Welcome Page

One of the most useful tools we use at KlingStubbins is what we call the the Open/Close or Welcome Page. It has several uses especially for larger Work-sharing projects and teams, and is also useful for smaller projects. Welcome page as file/team information page - Being able to have a quick summary of file, project and team information when the file is opened is invaluable. Company name(self promotion) and Client logo and/or...

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I get this question a lot

I get this question a lot - I love hearing from people about their projects and renderings - so I thought I'd post this one To: craig irevit.com Subject: Rendering Settings Dear Craig, What settings do you typically use for interior and exterior renderings to get the best rendering?  In switching over to Revit 2009, I am having a hard time getting the same, if better, quality of renderings.  Also, are there no clouds anymore...

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