In May 2009 Jigsaw’s CAD
Team was invited by Computers Unlimited to go down to their head office in London to view the
workflow compatibility of Artlantis Render with Revit Architecture – as demonstrated
by the Abvent team!
Artlantis is the fastest
stand-alone rendering application developed especially for architects and
designers, and is ideal for quickly and easily creating high resolution 3D
renderings, QuickTime VR Panoramas, QuickTime VR Objects, and animations.
Revit plug-in 1.0.3
exports in .atl file format to Artlantis Render 2 and Artlantis Studio 2 (minimum requirements:
Revit 2009 and Artlantis Render 2 or Artlantis Studio 2. It now works with Revit
2010 as well).
Note: The .atl files saved
in Artlantis 2 will not open with Artlantis 1.x.
The export takes into
account:
- all the 3D Views (various points of view).
- the geographic location (heliodon/sky).
- the names of the graphics elements
(materials).
- the colours of the 3D elements.
Artlantis Render showcased
some powerful capabilities; real-time preview window, drag and drop material
shaders, site insertion tool, realistic environment and sky simulation and
integrated post-production. Our favourite – the Postcard tool - allows certain/favourite
shaders and materials within a scheme (or office) to be saved as a preview that
can be easily dragged, dropped, and applied to current models. Extensive object
libraries are available as separate purchases.
When any changes were made
in the original Revit model, the export and import functions worked incredibly
well at simply replacing the changed components to refresh the render model
without having to reapply textures/ materials etc. (and starting all over
again!) - so why choose a stand-alone rendering application?
- Independent interface; live render window that
mirrors final render
- Specialised functions; postcards and sky
simulation, intuitive palettes
- Higher speed rendering; works with 3D skin of
model
- Simplified workflow - gain of time
- Batch render function - more memory and time
savings
Artlantis interfaces
directly with ArchiCAD, VectorWorks, SketchUp Pro, and Arc+. With the addition
of the DWF, OBJ and FBX import formats and updated DXF, DWG and 3DS plug-ins,
Artlantis seamlessly interacts with all the leading CAD software as well.
Free
plug-ins for the above software are available from the Artlantis site!
If you have any questions concerning your CAD workflow, please give us a call on 03332 409 204