The Power of Lumion for Small Landscape Architecture and Design Firms

Owner of DuChene Design Solutions, landscape designer and entrepreneur Patrick DuChene describes how he uses Lumion’s fast 3D rendering to captivate audiences and thrill clients with compelling visualizations.

DuChene Design Solutions created this powerful, animated tour of what’s possible when rendering a small backyard space.

About a year ago, Patrick DuChene was attending the NALP National Collegiate Landscape Competition when he was asked to help prepare a 3D model and renders for a presentation.

And he had less than 12 hours to do everything.

Photo-matching, drones and more!

See how Feature Graphics, an architectural visualization and schematic design firm based in Seattle, quickly photo-matches Lumion renders with scenes from around the city.

Aerial photo-match of the Center Steps Apartments. Photograph taken with a drone and matched with a Lumion render of the apartment building. Credit: Feature Graphics.

In architectural 3D rendering, context can be king.

Sure, clients want to see the building before it’s built, but some clients also want to see the building in the context of its immediate neighborhood. Others want to know what the real view from the building is like.

Step-by-step to quickly create this custom interior style

Expose the depth of your interiors. Help viewers feel the space. And discover how to create this stylish and effective interior render, without wasting a second.

You’ve imported your 3D interior model into Lumion, added context and textured every facade and object, from the wooden floors to the weathered, steel beams running across the ceiling.

And before rendering the image, there’s one final thing to do — add effects.

All-Improved in Lumion 8.3: LiveSync for Revit

Get real with Revit! In the all-improved LiveSync for Revit in Lumion 8.3, you can model your Revit designs in the context of the real world.

You may know LiveSync for Revit, but not like this.

Since it came out in Lumion 7.3, LiveSync for Revit enabled real-time visualization between these two AEC software programs.

For Lumion 8.3, LiveSync has gone through an extensive makeover. Not only can you see your Revit 3D model in the strikingly beautiful environment of Lumion 8, but you can also take advantage of the new functionalities, namely:

• Real-time materials synchronization
  
• Revit-Lumion camera synchronization
  
• Synchronized project management
  

Now, as you interact with your model in Revit, your synced Lumion scene will update automatically and instantly. As a result, you can dive into the creative flow of design development or show your work to clients in an interactive, immersive format.

New in Lumion 8.3: LiveSync for SketchUp

See your building while you build it in an environment that’s so realistic, it’s like you’re pushing and pulling real-life buildings into shape.

New in Lumion 8.3, LiveSync for SketchUp creates a live, real-time link between your SketchUp model and Lumion’s beautiful, fully featured environment.

Now, as you interact with your model in SketchUp, the LiveSync for SketchUp functionality provides high-quality feedback for solving design problems or presenting your work in the context of the real world.