Renderings and Fly-bysPresented by: Tara Hoffman of Office Environments, Inc.

thoffman@oeonine.net

• Building Architecture– Creative use and modification of architectural elements to create an interesting and animated

space

• Using Sketch-Up– Basic how-to and tips

• Using Lighting– Basic lighting techniques to enhance your presentation

• Rendering Styles– Several rendering presentation techniques to try

• Virtual Walk-throughs and Fly-bys– Basic how-to and ideas to expand your video presentation

Building Architecture and Lighting

Create detail within the space– Add accessories/art/plants

Creative use of Walls and Windows– Change the height and elevation to use walls as balconies / Railings/ Beams :

Virtually any rectilinear object you may need to build– Use an extra wall to add depth to art– Window and door options –select window or door -> right click -> properties to add

mullions, panels, double hinge etc.

Use Sketch Up / Google 3d Warehouse– Source for additional items such as stairs, people, cars, exterior scenes

Creating the sunlight effect with spotlightsPlace spotlight with target inside the room or building & fixture outside of window or doorTurn up brightness to create shadows & reflection on the windows

Lighting in Ceiling to Enhance Architectural ElementsPlacing ceiling lights near wall or column will create lighting effects to enhance the architectural elements

Building Architecture & Lighting

Rendering Styles

Black and White Outline Drawing– Equivalent to AutoCAD ‘hide’– Use for concept sketches, illustrate a revision. – Use as a background for a presentation

Set Rendering Output to “Contour Image” in the Render to File Dialog

Rendering Styles

Shaded– Use for concept sketches or when presenting multiple options– Use the material tool to create monochromatic parts and pieces– Normal quality shows textures and lighting without shadows

Set Rendering Output to “Normal Quality” in the Render to File Dialog

Rendering Styles

Workstation Typicals or Clusters– White Background– Use No Floor or Reflective Floor– Use spotlights to enhance any reflective elements such as metallic finishes or

glazed elements– Use ceiling lights & shadows to enhance a reflective floor– Always set output to the highest rendering quality– Use a minimum of 300dpi if the image is being printed

• Use a higher dpi if Image is being printed in a large scale (anything larger than letter size) or if image is being projected or presented on a large screen

Turn off the floor for a rendering of a typical or cluster by right clicking in the 3d space - selecting ‘Floors’ from the drop down and unchecking the “Show Floor” Option

Rendering Styles

Rendering a Room– Use ceiling lighting to brighten walls– Use panorama background images– Use external process for photorealistic renderings– If parts & pieces of your image are missing, adjust the rendering limits– Use a minimum of 300dpi if the image is being printed

• Use a higher dpi if Image is being printed in a large scale (anything larger than letter size) or if image is being projected or presented on a large screen

A highly reflective surface can be a dynamic base for a typical or cluster.. Increase the “Reflective” and “Specular”(Gloss) Options in the material dialog

Rendering Styles

Rendering a Room-Create Sunlight with Spots shining into windows

-Increase Spotlight Brightness

-Turn on Shadows Option

-Add accessories to give image a more life like quality

Rendering Styles

Rendering a Full Building– Turn up the ambient lighting– Add Contrast– Use additional ceiling lights/spotlights

sparingly– Eliminate Ceiling– Use white background– Create your own Panorama effect for

higher quality & larger overall image– Use external process for photorealistic

renderings– If parts & pieces of your image are

missing, adjust the rendering limits– Use a minimum of 300dpi if the image

is being printed • Use a higher dpi if Image is

being printed in a large scale (anything larger than letter size) or if image is being projected or presented on a large screen

Virtual Walkthroughs

Using the Simple Path– Draw basic path– Edit by sliding the points ( yellow squares)– White circles are the direction the camera is ‘looking’– When turning corners make transitions as smooth as possible

Virtual WalkthroughsSelecting Settings

– Height

• - ~66” for a “walk-through” effect

• ~90” for a “fly-by” effect

– View angles set ~ 45 for wider angle without distorting the frame

– Pitch

• ~9-15 for “walk-through”

• ~15-25 for “fly-by”

– Speed/Frame Rate

• Changing the speed will change the amount of individual points

Selecting Settings– Video Quality Settings

• Rendering Quality • Video Size• Video Quality

Saving the video– Allow at least overnight for videos to save– Highest settings may take as long as 2-3 days to save– Try several short clips up to 10 seconds at a time instead

of one long video

Virtual Walkthroughs

Use a video editing software– I-Movie– Microsoft Movie Maker– Wax – etc.

Incorporate 2D images using a panorama effect to pan across the image or zoom

Incorporate your client’s logo fade in and out as a transition

Incorporate music

Either send the file to your client or upload to the internet & share a link