Panoramas, Walkthroughs, etc

[Travis Smith]

What is the best way to create a walk through of a building that puts the client in the drivers seat instead of creating an animation with a start and end point. Something similar to a video game I suppose. I saw something that came from Archicad that was nice. Our office uses Revit. I am not aware of any way to export this kind of executable/interactive presentation for the client. I've looked at Twinmotion and a couple other expensive methods. Right now a 3D PDF or a series of panoramas is the only inexpensive simple solution I can find. 3D PDF's just don't look that great. Does anyone have any ideas? I'd appreciate any help or ideas.

[Jason Matthews]

I saw something here regarding using CryEngine and Revit models. May be worth a look.

[Cjmcphail]

Lumion isnt a bad start. Ive been playing around with it for a month or so and have had some ok results Lumen RT is also a pretty good bit of kit, and is fairly cheap as well

 

http://www.lumion3d.com

http://www.lumenrt.com

[Travis Smith]

Thanks for the tips. I'll look into all of them.

[bilderbaurendering]

hi, i agree with Chris. Check the last lumion challenge finalists: http://www.ronenbekerman.com/the-museum-lumion-challenge-finalists/#utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Best+Visualization+of+the+Week+%28December+01%2C+2012%29&utm_campaign=20121202_m114434478_Best+Visualization+of+the+Week+%28December+01%2C+2012%29&utm_term=The+Museum+_2F+Lumion+Challenge+Finalists_21

[dande]

Have a look at Unity. Its free. There is a good tutorial on the web somewhere on using Revit with Unity.

[Travis Smith]

Thanks for your input!