From Archicad to a photoreal render

Three steps

1. Set up a perspective

   Open the 3D window in perspective, frame the image you want, and save the view in the Navigator so you can return to it.

2. Save it as an image

   With the 3D window active, File → Save As, then choose PNG or JPG, at least 1920 pixels wide.

3. Render it in Vizease

   Upload, choose Exterior or Interior, press render.

Tips for the best result

Keep the camera level

With the camera and the target at the same height, vertical lines stay straight.

Show shading and textures

Turn them on in the 3D window. Vizease reads colours and textures from the screenshot.

Model the terrain

A mesh with a green surface becomes a lawn, and grey slabs become paths and paving. Vizease plants only on unpaved ground and never adds paths that are not in your model.

Hide what should not be in the picture

Grids, markers, dimensions and the 3D cutaway.

Compose in Archicad

Vizease keeps your framing exactly and never moves the camera, so the view you save is the view you get.

Objects and people

Furniture and other objects are rendered in place. People are added only if you switch on Add People.

Why Archicad users use Vizease

• No plugin

  It works from an image, so any Archicad version works.

• Faster than setting up CineRender

  No materials to tune, no lights to place, no waiting for a render engine.

• Several views, one look

  With Pro and Studio, render up to 5 views of the same project together, with matching materials and landscaping.

• Up to 4K

  Ready for client presentations.

Questions

Do I need a plugin or add-on?

No. Save an image from Archicad and upload it.

Do I need CineRender, Twinmotion or Enscape?

No. Vizease works from what the 3D window shows.

Which Archicad versions work?

Any version that can save the 3D window as an image or take a screenshot.