Best Practices for Revit and Lumion live sync

Best Practices for Revit and Lumion live sync

Prepare your Revit Model before synchronising with Lumion

Before jumping into real-time rendering with Lumion 2024, it’s essential to ensure your Revit 2025 model is set up correctly for smooth synchronisation. Proper preparation will help you get the most out of the live sync features, ensuring a seamless transition between BIM and visualisation.

1. Model Cleanup and Optimisation:

– Purge Unused Elements: Remove any unused families, materials, or components to reduce file size and improve performance.

– Simplify Geometry: Ensure complex geometry or excessive detail that won’t be visible in the render is minimised or hidden. This reduces load times and improves syncing speed.

– Manage Linked Files: Confirm that any linked models are up-to-date and loaded properly to avoid missing elements in Lumion.

2. Ensure Accurate Placement of Key Building Components:

– Building Structure: Double-check the placement of walls, floors, roofs, and ceilings. These structural elements form the foundation of your visualization, so they must be aligned properly.

– Doors and Windows: Ensure all doors and windows are correctly positioned and that their dimensions are accurate. They play a significant role in defining both the exterior and interior spaces in Lumion as well as the daylighting of the sun exposure within your renders.

– Construction Elements: Verify that all structural beams, columns, and other construction elements are in place and correctly categorized. This helps with rendering realistic shadows in Lumion.

3. Materials Assignment and Management:

– Assign Materials: Make sure that all surfaces (walls, floors, roofs, etc.) have proper materials assigned within Revit, each with their own material name if your aim is to change those materials in Lumion individually, such as a feature wall or a backsplash in the kitchen. This helps Lumion accurately translate textures and finishes.

– Consistent Material Naming: Use clear, consistent names for materials. This will make it easier to map and adjust materials when you transition to Lumion, as the material names will be synced directly.

4. Model Location: – Correct Model Location: Ensure the project’s base point and survey point are properly set, especially if you are importing site data or additional context later. To add street maps and 3D Building surrounding your site, add the location in Revit and Lumion. In Revit you will find Location under the Manage Tab > Project Location Panel > Location Tool. And in Lumion you will find the Location under the Street map viewer on the Landscape Tab

– Activate the Appropriate Views: Set up the view in Revit that will be synced to Lumion. Make sure the 3D view includes all the necessary elements, and hide any unnecessary elements or categories that you don’t want to render. 

5. Prepare for Lighting and Environmental Settings:

– Lighting Placement: If your model includes custom lights or fixtures, ensure they are positioned correctly. While Lumion handles a lot of lighting, accurate placement in Revit will enhance realism.

– Site and Terrain Elements: If your model has site features such as terrain, roads, or landscape elements, make sure they are configured correctly in Revit. These elements will enhance the context and environment once synced with Lumion. Hide elements in the Revit view if you prefer the Lumion rendered Site and Terrain.

By ensuring your Revit model is clean, optimised, and accurately detailed, you’ll have a smooth live sync experience with Lumion, allowing you to focus on creating stunning real-time visualisations with minimal interruptions.

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