Real time Architectural visualization

[ayaz]

I want show my architectural model in realtime 3d with high quality.

can any one help me.:lwicon:

[archijam]

yes, its pretty strange that there is no clear answer to this question.

the best answer i can give you is UNITY3D.com : ) ...

[ch.schrul]

http://www.twinmotion.com/
or
http://lumion3d.com/

Both are not photoreal, but fast as hell! :-)

[StereoMike]

It's really simple in the free version of Unity, just get you pretty model (baked shadows) into unity, slap a character controller + keyboard movement onto the camera and you're done. Depending on your scene you might have to add a collision mesh to avoid running through furniture, but it shouldn't kill you.

mike

[ayaz]

can UNITY3D support lws or lwo.

[archijam]

google is your friend ..

http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/Manual/HOWTO-importObjectLightwave.html

tho more recent, and regarding potential FBX issues:
http://www.newtek.com/forums/showthread.php?t=113469&page=3

http://www.newtek.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106629&page=8


and something cool here ... :

http://vimeo.com/10034871

[Hieron]

Any examples of stuff like this actually used on the web that are recommended?

[StereoMike]

You mean examples for released unity projects? There are lots, Unity is really well known and far spread for such a "niché" software. Lightyears away from flash distribution, but I guess the most spread realtime engine. Lego used it for the recently released kids mmorpg, Nickolodeon did a similar project. Of course these are games, but you can do anything with unity. I guess you will not find that many arch vis examples online, cause these things are only produced for some decision makers or interested investors.
http://unity3d.com/gallery/developer-profiles/architecture-and-viz/

[archijam]

What mike said. There are a few examples here:

http://archvirtual.com/?p=2832

[ayaz]

thanks for that but what you think about Quest 3d for supporting lightwave

[archijam]

I (personally) don't think about it ..

[StereoMike]

Can you give me a reason why someone should spend a lot of money on a product, when he could have another one for free? And taking into consideration, that the free one can everything you'd need to generate beautiful, performant multi-platform archvis walkthroughs.
You can get all of your lw models into unity, for certain situations there's a bit of work involved, that's all.

[gordonrobb]

Can I ask, will Unity allow me to actaully walk through my work, rather than record a movie of it. (obviously I don't mean walking, I mean being alllowed to explore whereever I want, to show the client kind of thing)

[robertoortiz]

Can I ask, will Unity allow me to actaully walk through my work, rather than record a movie of it. (obviously I don't mean walking, I mean being alllowed to explore whereever I want, to show the client kind of thing)

yes, right out the box...

here are some tutorials that might help



Create a FPS Game in Unity 3D #1 - The Basic Steps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7UF3wga5W0
How To Make A Video Game [Unity3D Basics] Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-X-Ebh1kYA

[gordonrobb]

Hmm sounds interestng. So I can Build a building in LW, and put it in this unity programme and show the client what it would be like moving around. Cool

[robertoortiz]

You can test the software right here:
https://store.unity3d.com/shop/


Keep us in the loop, I would love to see your final piece(at least screenshots).

[Iain]

I used to use Sketchup for realtime walkthroughs.
It was perfect as you could get a more stylised rendering and not get bogged down with clients querying brick colors etc.

[ayaz]

http://vimeo.com/10034871
I see this video but at time 02:10 when he click room.lwo then a new room prefab is automatically created but when i do its nothing happen.

[MentalFish]

http://vimeo.com/10034871
I see this video but at time 02:10 when he click room.lwo then a new room prefab is automatically created but when i do its nothing happen.

That's based on a Unity script that reads the native LWO format and re-creates the model. It's not available, and I doubt it will be, so this is the best solution for now to do lightmapping in Unity when using LightWave: http://www.vimeo.com/18005252

[StereoMike]

That is if you have Unity Pro...

[MentalFish]

That is if you have Unity Pro...

Which everyone should have :D

[StereoMike]

*sigh* of course you're right... it's simply the funniest thing to play with on a computer (once you're able to do a little scripting)

[SubDProxy]

I thought LW 10 gives you the ability with walking through a building or the environment.

[StereoMike]

I don't have 10 yet, but no 3D package like LW can give you the realtime performance of a dedicated 3d engine. And even if it could, do you want to send them a screencapture of you walking trough the building with LW gui and object handlers or do you want to send them a link where they could simply inside the browser move by themselves through an uncluttered scene? Or a standalone exe (can do it aswell).