Rendering in the cloud

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So that last rendering took some time. And that was only at a medium resolution.

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You can imagine how time intensive full renderings can be, especially if you have multiple renderings.

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But there's a solution for that.

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Rather than a rendering on your own computer, send it up to the cloud and let Autodesk servers render it for you.

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It must be noted that Flex tokens are required for most renderings in the cloud, you can create a simple rendering without any tokens.

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However, the more advanced the rendering is the higher the resolution is, the more it will cost you in terms of Flex tokens.

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Here in Revit 2024, we will open up our small medical center model once again.

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As before, if you did not complete the previous lesson, you can open up the small medical center cloud model.

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If the model does not open up to the SECOND FLOOR - BREAKROOM 3D view,

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you can make this current by going to your 3D views in your project browser and double clicking on that view.

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So, the process is pretty simple.

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Let's go back to the rendering dialog box and let's just double check our settings.

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We can look at the exposure adjustments.

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But since the last rendering was good, we really don't need to make any changes.

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So, I can cancel out of this.

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On my view tab, I can go to my render gallery from the cloud rendering.

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Let's start by going to the render gallery.

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It opens up in the Autodesk website.

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I am logged in as myself and it shows me how many projects I have and how many Flex tokens I have,

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and a selection of all the renderings that I've done previously.

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If yours does not open up, that means you need to either log into your Autodesk account,

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or perhaps you have to set up an Autodesk account and you may even need to purchase some Flex tokens.

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Back in Revit, I go to the Cloud Rendering, Render in Cloud.

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It is a very simple process. Step 1, I select the 3D view and start rendering.

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In step 2, I will be notified when my image is ready.

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And step 3, I go to my render gallery to view the results and download.

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So, I click "Continue".

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And here are the three steps.

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I select my 3D view, which is my SECOND FLOOR - BREAKROOM.

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My output type will either be a still image or a panorama, a stereo panorama or a luminance.

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I click "Still Image".

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Notice that currently in my standard quality, no flex tokens are required.

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For my image size, let's go to 16 megapixels and notice that tokens are required.

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For my exposure, it can either be native or advanced.

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The advanced will read the settings that I did earlier in my render dialog box.

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And I do want to receive an email when it is complete, and I can start rendering.

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So, it's starting to gather the data.

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And once again, some materials are missing because of graphics files that are lacking.

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I click "OK".

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Now it's uploading the entire scene.

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I can click on "Continue in Background" and that way I can continue to work.

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In the meantime, I can see up in the top right corner that it's still rendering.

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And at any point I can click on the render progress and we jump into the gallery and this is where the image will appear when it's done.

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Oh, it just finished rendering. It didn't take that long.

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So, in the render gallery, I can re render if I want to or I can render it as a panorama,

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a stereo panorama, a solar study, a luminance or a turntable.

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For example, let's check out panorama.

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Again, there will be some flex tokens that are required.

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Let's see what that looks like.

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Yes, I do want to receive an email when it's complete and we go to render.

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This is the email I received from Autodesk render stating that the rendering is complete and it gives me a few tips.

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When the Panorama is complete in my gallery, I can hold the mouse down and inspect the entire room.

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Talk about a great presentation tool.

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And I can look at the other two images.

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This is the still image that I can download as a JPEG file.

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And the panorama, I can download as an html file.

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And then I can save these in my rendering folder.