Lumion 7 PRO
Jahed Stetter
Has anyone found a way to re-sync the Lumion + Vectorworks file without losing all the materials on Lumion? Every time I have to re-sync a project (e.g. after a tweak to the vws masterplan), I loose all the materials I previously applied on Lumion, but I keep the objects (e.g. peoples and plants).
I have seen this mapping error happen before but not for a while. If you change the texture/color of an object in VW it breaks the material mapping in Lumion but the wholescale loss of mapping is a different animal.
Very frustrating - we have learned to work it into our time estimates that we will have to retexture the Lumion model 3 or 4 times while preparing a presentation. We have learned to save the lumion textures we create to speed up the process of re-applying - but still nothing worse than having to redo the same work over and over.
thanks for that detailed response. I think you mean by "unclip it", turn off crop regions and scope boxes, turn on survey and base point and move them up to the house. But you can't move the base point without all the levels moving as well & the house moving relative to it. Unless I crush down the house down to elevation zero, no can do, right? Plus it will mess up all the detailing (drafting lines, detail elements) drawn up at elev 600'.
But I don't love doing it as the survey point is used to co-ordinate with civil eng. drawings. I guess i could backwards engineer that too. Would be better if lumion could adjust itself to match revit base point. Oh well, works for now. Thanks!
I suggest you not touch your project base point just because you want to lower your model in Lumion.
You can simply select the imported model in Lumion and type in the elevation.
I use Lumion 8 for renderings nowadays but there is a little problem which is really annoying. In order to change materials in Lumion first we have to decide which objects have same material and then we can change all with one click. But the wall sides(thickness) or such as window or door holes(not their own frames) always come as default material and when i change it all of them changes. I dont know where i can find this settings clearly its not related with cut parts of objects. What should i do know?
I want to ask how do I always change such windows or door holes as their default material and when I change it all of them. (can I break them in the lumion?). I dont know where i can find these settings clearly its not related to cut parts of objects. What should i know?
I'm not entirely sure how to change the default 'cut material' for openings. I typically set up my scene as best as I can with materials, then I'll paint (PT) everything I need to change after I export it.
If you have the Lumion Revit Live Link plugin it makes life a whole lot easier, then you can see what needs to be painted. I have no idea if this is an ideal workflow, but it's what I do and it seems to work fine.
You can also set the default wall material in Object Style so any wall with By Category (including unwrapped sides) will use that material instead of Default Material. You can also set Default Material for other categories so when it goes to Lumion, different category will have different material.
Use Paint. It is also important to note that Lumion only recognize Revit materials appearance, not graphics. So when you duplicate a material in revit, make sure to duplicate its appearance asset or assign a new asset.
Hi,There are three components that are required to run the LiveSync connection:1. Revit2. the Lumion plugin (downloaded from here which ensures a connection)3. Lumion (the main application)The role of the plugin is to seamlessly transfer the information from the CAD software to Lumion. However, although the plugin is free, the main application can be obtained as a trial, a student version, or a commercial version.If you need any more assistance, please reach out to our support team here: -us/articles/360042039073
We downloaded and installed the 'free' Lumion add-in. (Revit 2023) when we pressed the play button a digi box appeared stating could not run in this version and must upgrade. Fine, clicked on it but then it takes you to the Lumion home page which is a paid sub...so Free is very misleading.
I have circular spaces in my project, in revit it looks smooth round without edges, but when ı throw it to the lumıon to render, the polygon numbers decrease and look diagonal. Is there a solution?I already set the parameter "smoothing surface" on high but the results is still bad.
Hi MarlenaThanks for asking. You can use LiveSync For Revit with student editions of Revit. Please contact Lumion Technical Support to assist (see links top right or at top of the product description).
Na hora de salvar o arquivo no aparece algumas opces como por exemplo salvar cenas, salvar modeloes e cenas... E depois do salvamento no possivel abrir o arquivo mais. Esse o unico problema que aparece, fora isso esse software otimo!
Hi Fernanda, I'm sorry to hear that you're having trouble with the plugin.Please click on the following link to contact us at the Lumion Support Center so that we can assist you with your problem: in advance.
Estaba buscando en diferentes pginas y hay muchas personas que tienen el mismo problema. Se produce con una nueva versin del complemento "Lumion LiveSync for Revit plug-in Informacin de versin: 3.60.538", el complemento que se actualiz el 11 de junio, esta nueva versin tiene un problema. hay muchas personas con el problema y nadie encontr una solucin
The object reference issue is unrelated to the plugin but we have found a solution for those licensed users who have contacted us so far.As this plug-in page is meant to be for reviews rather than technical support, we would encourage you to click on the following link to contact us as the Lumion Support Center, so that we can assist you with your problem. Thanks in advance.
I was using Lumion LiveSync for a while and everything worked perfectly, but this week i've reinstalled Revit 2020 and Lumion LiveSync. After that, every attempt to export a collada file from any Revit model ended up in the "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error message. I've tried to reinstall Revit, Lumion, LiveSync, but the issue perssits.
The object reference issue is unrelated to the plugin but we have found a solution for those licensed users who have contacted us so far. As this plug-in page is meant to be for reviews rather than technical support, we would encourage you to click on the following link to contact us as the Lumion Support Center, so that we can assist you with your problem. Thanks in advance.
he estado mirando y hay muchas personas con el mismo problema, esta ocurriendo desde el 12 de junio, ellos hicieron una actualizacin el 11 de junio y al parecer daaron el plugin. yo les escrib directamente al correo de lumion y me respondieron que actualizara revit, pero ese no es el problema, el problema es este plugin que lo daaron actualizando. les volv a a enviar un correo mostrando todas las quejas que hay al respecto a ver si nos solucionan el problema. por el momento la solucin temporal que encontr fue exportar de revit a 3dmax y de 3dmax a lumion. si me responden algo les aviso
As this plug-in page is meant to be for reviews rather than technical support, we would encourage you to click on the following link to contact us as the Lumion Support Center, so that we can assist you with your problem. Thanks in advance.
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