alexmorgan

Thankyou for your reply Dean, your work looks awesome! Especially the section visual on your cgi page. I have been in contact this week with a really decent, local Architectural visualiser who says he uses Sketchup + Vray to achieve photo realistic renderings so I have since been trying to learn these softwares. From everything that I have read It seems that Vray in Revit is more basic in terms of the results achieved and more focussed towards designers for quick and easy rendering. Whereas Vray in sketchup apparantly offers much more detail for the visualisation market. I am going to keep practicing and hopefully be up to your standard in the future

Hi there, I am soon to start the 3rd year of my undergraduate Architecture degree and I would like some advice on what visualisation software would best suit my needs for this year. I am hoping to get into the visualisation profession when I am finished, so I would really like to boost my portfolio with some quality renders from my final year. I am currently considering purchasing a v-ray license for Revit, as the Revit software is most familiar with me. However, after watching lots of videos I have come to realise that maybe v-ray in Revit is quite basic compared to sketchup+v-ray or 3dsmax+v-ray. To achieve the quality results I am after, Which of these software combinations would you recommend and why? Things to consider: Can models from Revit be imported straight into 3dsmax or sketchup for rendering/visualisation purposes?? What is the general work flow for creating amazing visuals? (i.e. Revit --> Sketchup --> Vray = final visual??) Will any of these softwares freak out if I imported a parametric geometry and tried applying material etc? Which is easier to learn? Which combination is more impressive to have on a Cv or portfolio? I know this is a lot for a newbie ask, but I would really appreciate the advice from some of the forums experienced members. Thanks in advance