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Mastering Lumion 3D

You're reading from   Mastering Lumion 3D Master the art of creating real-time 3D architectural visualizations using Lumion 3D

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783552030
Length 286 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ciro Cardoso Ciro Cardoso
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Preface 1. Getting Ready for Lumion 3D FREE CHAPTER 2. Creating a Project in Lumion 3. Importing 3D Models 4. Applying and Creating Materials 5. Creating Your 3D World 6. Lighting in Lumion 7. Creating Realistic Visualizations 8. Non-photorealistic Visualizations with Lumion 9. Animation Techniques 10. Creating Walk-through Visualizations Index

Placing and controlling 3D models in Lumion


Where do we start? Well, this is something entirely personal, although it is a good idea to start working with bigger 3D models and then gradually moving down until the final 3D models are just minor details and touches to transform the scene into a professional project. If we focus our attention only in one section, the problem may be a lack of time to add the same quality to other areas in the scene.

Placing a 3D model from Lumion's library

The process of placing a 3D model is simple, as we can see from the following composition of images:

We will start by clicking on the Objects menu and choosing the correct library. As shown in the previous screenshot, we selected the Nature library and after that clicked on the Change object button to open the Nature library. Once in the library, we have to navigate to the desired tab and click on the thumbnail to select the 3D model. Back to the Build mode, we have to click on the left mouse button to place...

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