Course on Lumion

Excel in creating intuitive design with the fastest architectural 3D rendering software.

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Description

Lumion is an incredible user friendly real-time 3D architectural visualization tool, that produces impressive high quality videos to visualize the building designs. This course aims at providing basic and advanced knowledge on Lumion, the fastest rendering software through a project based training.

Lumion Training at Quadraplus enables the participants to furnish the CAD models with different material and textures and present the design with striking aesthetics. The highly qualified instructors at Quadraplus provides conceptual and practical knowledge in Lumion to create interiors, exteriors. The course is suitable for draftsman, Landscape Architects, Interior Architects, Civil engineers with an interest in 3D visualization.

Students interested in 3D visualization and enable them to convert CAD 3D model into an amazing 3D image or 3D flythrough movie.

Course Objectives

This course aid the learners to

Understand the Lumion interface and navigate Lumion program
Learn how to open sample scenes, and control the weather in the design
Explore different types of terrain , model the terrain and thereby create a realistic context for the scene
Understand the behavior of various materials like water, metal, glass, concrete materials and change the settings like colour, texture etc.,
Learn how to create your own textures and apply realistic effect like wear and tear, light permeability etc.,
Synchronize Lumion with other 3D modeling programs
Learn how to add objects to your scene, from natural elements like trees to furniture, traffic signs, kitchen utensils, books etc.,
Learn high end Lumion features such as 3D Grass Materials, Leaves/Foliage Materials, Video, Textures, Previewing Planar Reflections, Previewing dynamic Spotlight shadows
Turn a static image into a movie by applying animation sequences and movement and sound effects.
Plan and organize the project using Lumion’s project management tools.

Curriculum

I Getting Ready For Lumion 3D

Controlling the camera
Lumion’s hotkeys
Using the Settings window
Modeling for Lumion
Additional models
Importance of materials
Solving common problems
Exporting 3D models
Using the COLLADA format
Exporting animations

II Creating a Project in Lumion

Creating a scene
Using the nine presets
Sculpting the terrain
Creating and using a height map
Configuring the Editor quality
Why use layers?

III Importing 3D Models

Importing 3D models
Adding Lumion content
Placing and reallocating 3D models
Hotkeys
Accurate placing
Updating a 3D model with new geometry
Replacing 3D models
Common problems (troubleshooting)
Locking a 3D model

IV Applying and Creating Materials

Available materials in Lumion
Adding materials
Special materials
Importing materials
Tweaking imported materials
The Glass special features
Creating materials in Lumion
Using the Standard material
Creating bump maps
Working with materials
Organizing materials
Saving materials
Copying and pasting materials
How to solve flickering

V Creating your 3D World

The 3D models available
Placing content
Working with multiple objects
Controlling the models
Selecting different objects
Editing models’ properties
Tweaking the grass
Scattering elements

VI Lighting in Lumion

The Lumion weather system
Lumion lights
Interior illumination
Tweaking spotlights
Improving lighting
Best practices with spotlights
Improving reflections

VII Creating Realistic Visualizations

Special effects—fire, smoke, and fog
Applying and controlling the special effects
The differences between the Photo and Movie modes
Using the Sun Study for accurate lighting
Tweaking shadows
Creating realistic reflections
Improving realism with camera effects
Rendering still images

VIII Non-Photorealistic Visualizations with Lumion

Non-photorealistic Render
Using NPR visualizations
Creating NPR using Lumion
Artistic effects—what is available
Controlling Lumion’s effects
Exploring artistic effects
Creating conceptual visualizations
The Painting and Watercolor effects
The Sketch effect
Creating technical illustrations with the Manga and Cartoon effects
Correcting perspectives in Lumion
The Sharpness effect

IX Animation Techniques

Lumion animation—a quick overview
Planning your movie
Working with cameras
Creating a camera path
Composition and how to use it
Editing clips
Changing the length of clips
Camera-filming techniques
Deleting and controlling multiple clips
Animating effects and layers
Using layers to control objects

X Advanced Features

Detailed Import and Output Formats
Model Library
High Quality Animated Characters
3D Sound Effects
Material Library
Environment & Weather
Scene Editor
20 Scene Layers
Movie Editor
Animation
Movie Effects
Special Effects

Reviews

I would like to thank Quadra plus for their excellent support throughout and a special thanks to our coach Ms. Durga for her wonderful support and dedication. Her knowledge and command over the subject is inspiring and at the same time she ensured that the classes were enjoyable and lively. I would definitely recommend Quadra plus to my colleagues and I shall surely miss these interactions with the batch and also with Durga. I sincerely wish Quadra plus the very best and once again a big thanks to Durga for everything.

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