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Lumion 3D Cookbook

You're reading from   Lumion 3D Cookbook Revolutionize your Lumion skills with over 100 recipes to create stunning architectural visualizations.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783550937
Length 258 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ciro Cardoso Ciro Cardoso
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Importing in Lumion FREE CHAPTER 2. Placing the Content 3. Manipulating and Controlling 3D Models 4. Constructing Your World 5. Controlling the Weather 6. Working with Lumion Materials 7. Special Features 8. Getting Realism with Camera Effects 9. Non-photorealistic Effects 10. Bringing Your World to Life 11. Creating Videos 12. Rendering 13. Lighting Index

Streaming water


There are different ways in which we can add water to our project. We can create an ocean as easily as reading this sentence, and the same is true when we need to add a body of water or create a swimming pool. However, what if we want to create a fountain? Let's go even further: can we create a river? This recipe will teach you how easy is to create a streaming water effect.

Getting ready

Before you begin, it is essential that you have a surface with some inclination; otherwise, this material will not have the same effect.

How to do it…

To create a streaming water effect, perform the following steps:

  1. From the left-hand side of the screen, select the Import menu.

  2. Select the Edit materials button and pick a surface to add a new material.

  3. Although there is a Water material available, you need to select the Waterfall material, as shown in the next screenshot:

  4. The settings, by default, are good to use in almost every scene.

  5. The Bump factor option is essential to have the effect of water...

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