Rendering architectural draw from autocad 2002.

[Orbit]

Is it a software which make a good rendering presentation from autocad 2002?
I recently was looking at the artlantis=s demo but not amaized. Anyone has a better suggestion?

[CADTutor]

Orbit, welcome to the forum.

Have a look at AccuRender http://www.accurender.com/ by Robert McNeel & Associates. It's been around for a while and is designed specifically for AutoCAD. Results are impressive, have a look at the gallery, http://www.accurender.com/gallery/index.htm

[Mr T]

Do you know that, north direction, spotlights, distant lights, fog, materials
etc etc are all capable of being done in autocad ?

Nick

Design & Technology Teacher,
Grangemouth High,
Scotland.
www.autocadzone.com

[gcp310]

For the cost of getting into a dedicated rendering package, i would seriously look into accurender. IT ROCKS.

it will take the average user 1 week to work out the ins and outs.

the quality of the images it produces is sensational, has panoramic,orbit and fly thru capabilities. and works directly inside autocad,so everything is easy to work out, no new commands or toolsets to work out.

and for the cost, its a third of what studio viz licence costs.

check out accustudio.com as well, theres lots of materials & blocks for free.

Goodluck

G :lol:

[Orbit]

Can you explain more about rendering in autocad? I was trying but no subtantial results.
Or if you have a tutorial even more better.

[CADTutor]

As Mr.T mentioned, you can use AutoCAD to render your drawings if your requirements are relatively modest.

There are a couple of tutorials on CADTutor which might give you an idea of what's on offer. Have a look at:

http://www.cadtutor.net/acad/acad2ki/bitmat/bitmat.html

and

http://www.cadtutor.net/acad/acad2ki/sun/sun.html

I am planning a tutorial that gives an overview of rendering and materials in AutoCAD but it may be a few months before it arrives.

See also:

http://www.caddigest.com/subjects/autocad/tutorials/select/parsai_mirror.htm

and

http://www.ce.luth.se/~thun/cad/ovn2_3d/tut2_en.php3

Hope this helps.

[Mr T]

I am planning a tutorial that gives an overview of rendering and materials in AutoCAD but it may be a few months before it arrives.


I am putting one up on my site www.autocadzone.com next week !

You are welcome to use it.

Nick