Fastest way to visualize the inside of a building

[chadmiller]

Looking for some advice on the best way to quickly and easily generate a photo-realistic rendering of the interior of a warehouse that we are redoing. We want to be able to play with different materials and color combinations, and clearly see what the output would look like. Our model is currently in Sketchup with V-Ray and a Revit file for it, as well. We're also open to other tools... just looking for the best way to do this quickly.

[Francisco Penaloza]

I am assuming you are not a specialized visualiser (not in a bad way just trying to assuming the basics for a better answer)

 

There are many ways to make V-Ray and 3D Max/Sketchup working fast if you know how.

 

If there is REVIT involved then things change a little. Maybe in your case using Enscape or Lumion/Twinmotion would be a better way to visualize your project and have the flexibility to do changes of design without affecting much your delivery times.

 

Enscape is a pay per month use, Lumion is a Large payment up front and when update.

[SkylineArch]

rendering

LMAO! ahh, thanks, I needed that.

[Lewis Garrison]

Depending on the model you're starting with, "fast" and "Photo-realistic" don't really go together. It takes time to make things look good. But if you want quick and easy and you have the model in Sketchup then render it in Vray, see what you get and go from there.

[M V]

SketchUp. No need to learn rendering software and you can learn basic SU modeling in a weekend.