How to render an Architectural Maquette in V-Ray - SO EASY!

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0:00 The importance of models
2:24 Why this tutorial?
3:32 The Project
4:04 The 3d model
4:47 Scene Setup
5:11 People
5:21 Light
6:00 Material
7:03 DOF
7:20 POV
7:47 Render
8:18 Final Results
8:42 Sponsor
9:58 Conclusion

[@phantomoftheopera371]

Lumion 11 has a nice scene added called "design showcase". It's a full preset with background and lighting already added. Just load the model, change materials and render it

[@Azad-qm2pm]

I somehow could not find it, some help please, under which menu is it? Are you talking about Lumion 11 or later version (11.03) ? thanks

[@phantomoftheopera371]

@@Azad-qm2pm I believe it was introduced in Lumion 11. It's under "Example Scenes" menu, bottom right one with white background. Be careful not to delete the pre-loaded object called dome, that's what gives neutral background

[@hanueloh0329]

The lesson is so valuable! Thanks so much for sharing. I will definitely rethink about design thinking with modeling and try it.

[@elvitown]

Graciaaaaaaas ❤️❤️❤️ Me encantó la introducción, el valor que das a la maquetas y que muchos jóvenes subestiman y hasta menosprecian... Just loved it... No hay que desconocer la relevancia y las ventajas de lo digital en la actualidad, pero los modelos a escala como objetos físicos y herramientas de diseño también aportan bastante en el proceso arquitectónico en sus distintas etapas. Cargadas de significado, conexión sensorial, sensual y táctil, tienen lo suyo y mucho para comunicar, al igual que la arquitectura misma.

[@jijothomas4972]

Definitely going to try this,I remember you had done this with Enscape back in 2017, Your presentation is just amazing

[@ShowItBetter]

OG!! Thanks for staying along ❤️❤️

[@damienfernando6242]

Awsome video explained everything right to the point. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@nathandwyer7273]

Really enjoy and appreciate, your outstanding channel, thank you! You are both a very talented artist, and an architect! I worked as a graphic designer in the marketing department of one of Canada's major home builders. And the head of architecture, would always consult with us designers to critique his exterior designs. He was very progressive that way. Thank you again!

[@ShowItBetter]

Thanks Nathan! Appreciate it. Cool to see graphic designers are watching. I almost studied graphic design 😢

[@05klable]

The transparency content that you give us is priceless. Thx!

[@ShowItBetter]

thank you for watching!

[@keshavatanguturi2327]

Video by video, the quality of the scene reaches the finest! Loved the tutorial👌

[@ShowItBetter]

thanks Keshava!!

[@raffaellaluxardochavez2694]

I love your content, it has helped me a lot with my archi classes. Keep up with the good work!

[@ShowItBetter]

thanks Raffaella! love it

[@peterwoodward3085]

I absolutely love this style

[@squarepeg4435]

Really beautiful. Definitely gonna try this. Thank you so much!

[@ShowItBetter]

glad you liked it!

[@ulisesarielcontreraslegorr4957]

why are you so good in explaining? most videos are maze of information, many thanks love your videos

[@LillianIngram-vb6jd]

I have the same idea as you

[@dazai3874]

Muoto's building was insanely good!

[@hunyo9716]

Thank you for another sick vid!

[@kunjansaparia2004]

Really helpful tutorial

[@mariojfrias]

I didn't know that you are from Colombia, me too! Greetings and thank you for share value content with us.

[@ShowItBetter]

Mario! Un saludo hermano, gracias por comentar

[@MelosAzemi]

Very well explained.Excellent video!👏🏻 I uploaded one with the same kind of motive but with enscape a few weeks ago and I forgot to mention a few points that you did. 🤔

[@ShowItBetter]

cool thanks!

[@nadhirsulaiman4805]

Preserve this dude he's QUALITY 👌

[@owurakuagyeidsane8460]

This is probably my favourite video on this channel

[@ShowItBetter]

you know what, it´s in my top three!

[@TheeCashSavvy]

Awesome video, like aways. Thank you!

[@JayDeryll]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@7Beso9]

Love your videos Steven! I'm still waiting for a video on video editing and aftereffects from your experience :)

[@ShowItBetter]

thanks! yep more after effects videos in the future!

[@vishnubharadwaaj7523]

U can actually end it by saying *"together, let's ShowItBetter"* Thank you for the video ☺️👍🏼

[@ShowItBetter]

Hahaha great idea, but I think I’d laugh mid sentence

[@WintaAssefa]

@@ShowItBetter yass

[@juandavidrendon9236]

Thanks for the free trial month!

[@ShowItBetter]

no problem!

[@anoodal-shaman4468]

Thank you for these videos inspirational and very helpful

[@ShowItBetter]

You are so welcome!

[@conceptdesignarchitect]

It seems super difficult to render even if the rendering software is easier.

[@felipeleon6631]

this video is gold

[@andrescordero8165]

By any chance can you do an hour long video where we learn how to add Vray to Sketchup and go slower for the render? I’m a new architecture student looking to up my game in pin-ups. However, I’m having problems with getting a rhythm in sketchup and find render programs intimidating. I would really appreciate it. Thanks for everything and loved the video.

[@maddoctor99]

Great video. New Sub. Couple of questions: 1. Does it work to resize the material using the Sketchup materials edit option? I seem to find that that setting does not affect how the material appears in the render. I read a Chaos Group official approach is to add a Tri-planar wrap-in to the texture maps in the material and then use that wrap-in to resize the material. 2. Your model is obviously of a very large building in reality - perhaps 100’ tall. Is your Sketchup model “full size” or do you scale the geometry down until your Sketchup model is “desktop size”? Overall I’ve been struggling to make it look realistic: I end up with what looks like a 100’ tall building made from plywood, rather than. A 12” tall model made from plywood. Thanks!

[@rezamaleki7490]

Thanks...Great a tecnical.

[@aramer25]

0:45-0:50 mejor dicho imposible. Muy buen video bro, de verdad usted sería un excelente Profesor en cualquier universidad de Latinoamérica,USA, Europa, etc.

[@ShowItBetter]

jaja gracias hermano! si es un sueño frustrado, pero después de ver los salarios de los profesores de universidad se me quitan las ganas. jajaja

[@aramer25]

@@ShowItBetter hahaha se me olvidaba ese pequeño gran detalle. Aquí en Panamá los salarios no pasan de 500 mensuales. Ya si tienes más de 10 años puedes ver unos 2000k.

[@3579jenny]

Thank you for an amazing video! your videos are always very very helpful:) I was reaaaaally curious about what type of software (photoshop/procreate) you used to make the sketch video from 54sec to 1min!

[@ShowItBetter]

Glad it was helpful! I use after effects!

[@rafaazerrouk4286]

thank u a lot

[@ShowItBetter]

What is this? A center for Ants ???? Hey, here are the timestamps of the video: 0:00 The importance of models 2:24 Why this tutorial? 3:32 The Project 4:04 The 3d model 4:47 Scene Setup 5:11 People 5:21 Light 6:00 Material 7:03 DOF 7:20 POV 7:47 Render 8:18 Final Results 8:42 Sponsor 9:58 Conclusion

[@Simon-Simon-Simon]

a rolled background like photo shoot so no dark corner

[@penvala]

Waaow this was amazing, I am going to try this !! I will tag you ;)

[@ShowItBetter]

Yes!! Looking forward to seeing your results!!!

[@moneshr1392]

Also please do a video on How to render an Architectural Maquette in twinmotion it will be more help full, thank you

[@ShowItBetter]

Cool idea!

[@diego.3445]

@@ShowItBetter please is a very good idea, i do one, but dont ends convence me and i think was good see your do it

[@moneshr1392]

@@ShowItBetter u r inspiration for many students around the world

[@pstev8038]

Any chance you could run through the sketchup to lumion equivalent? Great vid!

[@ShowItBetter]

great idea! ill look into it

[@choukakada3287]

that useful

[@marlondanga4610]

Which materials do you use for your physical models?

[@MannyAlejandro-tq2qk]

Did not know you were a Parcero.. (Colombia) VIVA ACOLOMBIA

[@srivrindaladha5358]

Do you think the plaster casted brick that you showed in the beginning can be rendered in VRay?

[@Arya-qc3fl]

You are life saver.. ✨💜

[@ShowItBetter]

Thanks!

[@ShowItBetter]

I love lifesavers

[@ShowItBetter]

What a big responsibility

[@ShowItBetter]

With great power comes great responsibility

[@ShowItBetter]

Ok that’s enough Steven

[@carolaguirre8581]

Hola! cómo hiciste(o en qué programa) realizaste la imagen en movimiento en chiquito del proyecto (min 3:36)?

[@marwaomar8502]

Hello! I have a question, is the perspective camera view or parallel projection camera view more realistic for a digital maquette?

[@estebansosam.9337]

Genio!!!

[@ShowItBetter]

gracias!!

[@playblogstm120]

Amazing video! Like and save

[@ShowItBetter]

Thanks!!

[@francorossi4321]

Pallasmaa ♡

[@chiaramarius9957]

Can u make a video of how represent your proyect as studio bow wow

[@ShowItBetter]

yes! soon soon

[@daviddeivid1388]

How come the Sketchup 2020 toolbars from the subscrition page are different from these in the video? The tool move doesn't work the same way!

[@dobby220995]

Awesome tutorial! Im sad however cos i dont think Vray have a student version i can use for uni, theres a version for lumion but dunno if itd quite look the same?

[@ShowItBetter]

the principles are more or less the same, big plane, big light, large materials, and depth of field so no worries

[@maddoctor99]

There absolutely IS an educational license for VRay. $99 for the year including tech support. $149 for the year for the full VRay collection (for 3DSMax, Maya, etc) 👍 www.chaosgroup.com/vray/education-collection

[@gianlucaangelastri7957]

which enviroment textire you use? i can't reach the same effect :(

[@angrywhitekaren]

how do you reduce the lag/fps drop in sketchup? mine is really bad if i add the material to the model :(

[@Meinthor]

That moment when you are watching this video wondering how the heck he did that and then he says Medellin, in Colombia where I live and I was mood: Kelly pero khé mondá JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA, buenísimo vídeo.

[@abdihakim4634]

plz steven do this maquette render in lumion ❤

[@ShowItBetter]

I've been meaning to do it! Thanks for the suggestion Abdi!

[@abdihakim4634]

gracias steven ❤

[@LandSpaceArchitecture]

This is amazing, save money for physical model lol

[@carlosmarroquin207]

Is Rhino vray better than Sketchup?

[@ariifmaulana3946]

how you minimize noise in that?

[@mohammadishmamzaman5886]

Where can i have that 3d?

[@maddoctor99]

Did you skip the part where you set the material in the material override rollout? You talk about the wood material but then seem to skip to setting the default material to not be overridden. Then you never go back to actually set the wood as your override material but I’m guessing that’s what you did in reality? Also, in your output images that you briefly show towards the end of the videos - are those ALL only using a single rectangular light? Or, for some of them, did you end up adding more lights? The background looks way darker in the image shown at 8:31 compared to the same one shown at 8:30 and I’m wondering how you did that without the model itself becoming either very underexposed or overexposed, unless you had one light on the model and another on the backdrop. Thanks!

[@ShowItBetter]

Hey! 1. Yeah, in the material override option I set the wood material, and when I want to override one I go to the settings in the vray asset window of each material and tick off the -can be overridden- option. 2. Yes, all the images are using one rectangular light. What varies is the angle and size of each light, but it is always one. If in one of the images the background appears darker it is because the material of the bg was changed to a dark gray.

[@yr8073]

This Vidio really help but Can you make Indonesian subtitle 😌

[@kingasz100]

Just a tough. I found it a bit confusing the use of a 3D printed model (Laney LA) as an illustration whilst speaking about the importance of creating the physical model......

[@VishpenderLal]

can i learn rendering software like vray on skill share too?

[@ShowItBetter]

yes, you can!

[@Record-Breaking.]

How nice 😂😂😂

[@nazarenarau110]

3d model minute 4

[@shivampatil2999]

My vray interface is quiet different than yours ,like I can't see the options for post production colour settings , can you help

[@ShowItBetter]

it doesnt always appear right from the start the toggle for it is in the lower left (or right corner)

[@shivampatil2999]

@@ShowItBetter thanks alot !!

[@itsmejoel9709]

Models only make sense when you can actually experience them in a real life a picture can easily be replaced by a rendered mode

[@ShowItBetter]

exactly

[@sebas007798]

Ahh pero los videos en español :(

[@ShowItBetter]

:( ojalá tuviera mas tiempo...

[@abdelhakyac7285]

I also was fond of that "physical maquette volume study better than 3d volume study" theory..... because i was told so.... but then, let's be honest, its always beautiful and snobby to say that, but reality is you can never experience your volume at a human scale except if you built it and its too late, or at least simulate that in a 3d software

[@ShowItBetter]

I kind of agree on this one, not sure. Let's clear the air and agree on the fact that NOTHING is better than doing an actual maquette, that is for sure, no questions asked. Now, seeing pictures of a maquette (digital or not) does transmit a different feeling than seeing classic 3d diagrams and volume studies. There is something in the DOF, large material textures and imperfection of maquettes that tricks your eye and makes you understand the scale, more than that of a 3d model. Now what I don't get, is why you think it's snobby? Genuinely interested to know :)

[@Simon-Simon-Simon]

3d printing kind of funny some still make them yet can't freehand draw or photography there are other skills to do instead of wasting time making models

[@whysoserious9549]

Just commenting so number of comment turns to 69

[@milchael]

The fact you are showing complex 3dmodels built in SketchUp, nobody should take anything serious you are talking about