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Lumion3D Best Practices

You're reading from   Lumion3D Best Practices Explore the best practices to build architectural visualizations efficiently in Lumion 3D

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2015
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ISBN-13 9781783550852
Length 166 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ciro Cardoso Ciro Cardoso
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Preface 1. Getting Ready with Lumion 3D 2. Importing and Handling 3D Models FREE CHAPTER 3. Creating an Interior Scene with Lumion 4. Creating an Exterior Scene with Lumion 5. Working with Physically Based Materials 6. Animation Techniques in Lumion 7. Producing a Still Image with Lumion 8. Producing a Movie with Lumion 9. Exporting and Post Production Index

Populating the scene with 3D models

What 3D models did you use in your scene? Most importantly, how did you place them? In this example, we will populate the interior of a coffee shop, and could start with the tables, as shown in the following screenshot:

Populating the scene with 3D models

After creating a layer for furniture, you can use the Mass Placement tool to place the row of tables. However, what if, after clicking on the OK button, you realize that for the sake of realism, the tables could have some variation? Do you have to select the tables one by one and then delete them? Not exactly.

Best practices with the Context menu

The Context menu allows you to select and transform the 3D models present in the scene, as you can see in the following screenshot:

Best practices with the Context menu

The Selection submenu is one of the best features you can find in Lumion and you should make a habit of implementing it in your workflow. When you click on this menu, the following options are made available to you:

Best practices with the Context menu

Since we want to select all the tables we previously...

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