Navigating 2D And 3D Views - Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual

Revit 2008 Feature
AccuRender environment set-
tings, sun and sky settings
Daylighting
Render scenes
AccuRender backface culling,
view culling
External material libraries
Revit 2008 Feature
AccuRender procedural trees
Seasonal settings

Navigating 2D and 3D Views

ViewCube and SteeringWheels are navigation tools that allow you to navigate 2D and 3D views in Revit
Architecture. These tools replace the Dynamic View commands that were available in 2D and 3D views in
previous releases of Revit Architecture.
In Revit 2009...
When you define render settings, you specify
whether the sky is cloudy or hazy (or both), or a
solid color. For the sun position, you can select
from predefined settings, or define a sun position
based on date/time/location or azimuth/altitude.
For rendered images, daylighting is performed
automatically. For advanced lighting quality in
interior views, you can enable daylight portals, if
needed.
You define render settings for each 3D view. To
apply defined render settings to other views,
create a view template. Then apply it to the de-
sired views.
Revit Architecture 2009 now performs these
functions automatically when it renders an image.
You no longer need to specify these settings.
Material definitions are stored as part of the pro-
ject file. Render appearances are stored in a local,
read-only library. If you change attributes for
render appearances, many changes are stored as
part of the project. If you specify image files for
render appearances, store the image files in a
directory, and point Revit Architecture to that
directory. To share custom render appearances
with team members, use File menu
Project Standards, and send them the directory
containing the image files.
In Revit 2009...
ArchVision RPC trees
For many plants, you can now select a render
appearance that shows a standard version of the
plant or a fall version of the plant. You specify
this in the plant family. The plant season is no
longer a render setting.
For more information
Controlling Lighting in a Rendered Im-
age on page 1166,
ground for a Rendered Image
1167
Daylight Portals
Defining Render Settings
View Templates for Render Settings
page 1171
Materials on page 459,
ance Library on page 482,
Project Standards
ing Options on page 506
Transfer
For more information
Plants and Entourage
Specifying a Render Appearance for an
RPC Family on page 1144
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Specifying the Back-
on page
on page 1165
on page 1159,
on
Render Appear-
Transferring
on page 438, Render-
on page 1139