Rendering in autocad architecture 2012

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A luminary assembles a set of light objects into a light fixture. Shadows allow you to create rendered images that have greater depth and realism. The renderer can generate shadows by either shadow mapping or by ray tracing.

Shadow-mapped shadows rely on a bitmap that the renderer generates during a pre-rendering pass of the scene. Shadow mapping provides softer edges and can require less calculation time than ray-traced shadows, but can be less accurate. Ray tracing traces the path of rays sampled from the light source. Shadows appear where rays have been blocked by objects.

Ray-traced shadows have more accurate, hard edges, but do require more calculation time. Shadow maps are the only way to generate soft-edged shadows; however, they do not show the color cast by transparent or translucent objects. Shadow-mapped shadows are calculated faster than ray-traced shadows.

During a pre-rendering pass, a shadow map bitmap is created. Shadow quality can be controlled by increasing or decreasing the size of the shadow map. The default shadow map size is x pixels. If the shadow appears to be too grainy, increasing the map size will give you better quality. Shadow-mapped shadows should not be used if you have a light shining through a transparent surface. To generate shadow-mapped shadows in a rendered image, begin by clicking the Render tab on the Render panel of the ribbon.

In the Advanced Render Settings palette, make sure that Shadows is turned on. Now, select the shadow mode you wish to use. Turn on the shadow map and render the model. Ray-traced shadows are generated by tracing the path of light beams or rays sampled from a light source.

Ray-traced shadows are more accurate than shadow-mapped shadows. Ray-traced shadows have hard edges and accurate outlines. They also transmit color from transparent and translucent objects. Because ray-traced shadows are calculated without a map, you don't have to adjust resolution as you do for shadow-mapped shadows.

To generate ray-traced shadows in a rendered image, begin by clicking the Render tab on the Render panel of the ribbon. In the Advanced Render Settings palette, make sure Shadows is turned on. Select the shadow mode you want to use and then turn off Shadow Map. Render the model. One of three shadow mode settings can be selected when shadows are turned on.

The shadow mode can be set to Simple, Sort, or Segment see Figure 7. In order for shadows to be cast in a model, lighting must be established. A light source needs to be added to the scene and you need to specify if that light source will cast shadows. For shadows to display in the viewport as you set up the scene, you need to turn on shadows for the visual style.

If you want shadows to appear in the rendered image, you need to turn on shadows and choose the type of shadows to render on the Advanced Render Settings palette. AutoCAD Architecture contains vast rendering possibilities. I always say that the best way to learn something is to dive in and see what the software can do. Melinda can be reached for comments and questions at melinda. Set the Render Destination When you render a scene, the image can be displayed in either the viewport or the render window.

Figure 1: Render destination Rendering Views, Selected Objects, or Cropped Content You can render an entire view, a set of selected objects, or a portion of what you see in the viewport see Figure 2. Figure 2: Rendering procedure Set Output Resolution You can set the resolution of the rendered image by specifying the width and the height of the image, in pixels. Figure 3 — Output Size dialog box Material Adjustments Adding materials to objects greatly increases the realism of a model.

Using Lighting in Rendering When there are no lights in a scene, the scene is shaded with default lighting. Figure 4: Light types Figure 5: Light adjustments Using Shadows In Rendering Shadows allow you to create rendered images that have greater depth and realism. Simple — The renderer calls shadow shaders in a random order. This is the default mode state for shadows. While the final goal of rendering is to create an artistic or photorealistic presentation-quality image, you might need to create many renderings before you reach that goal.

The basic rendering workflow is to attach materials to the 3D objects of a model, place user-defined lights, add a background, and start the renderer with the RENDER command. A rendered image can be created for a new model without attaching materials, placing user-defined lights, and adding a background.