Mastering: Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2011

Chapter 12. Visualization

Visualization in Revit—or with any tool (even a pencil)—isn't an exact science. It still requires a patient, aesthetic eye. The computer just does what you tell it to do, so many times users become frustrated because they don't know what they're trying to accomplish. But inexperienced users are often doubly frustrated because they don't know how to accomplish something. And so they set about trying to learn how to do a particular task.

Learning how to do a particular thing with a rendering tool is fine; it's part of a successful process. But we often find that people believe that the key to creating successful visualizations is the ability to make something seem "real"—or even "hyper-real"—and this is the goal of their ...