Lumion Essentials

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Course Overview

This course covers the essential core topics for working with the Lumion software. You will learn the basic tools for navigating, importing models and adding materials and lighting. Then adding content and context to your model. Finally creating presentations of your design.

Course Objectives

After completing this course participants should be able to understand and/or create:

Lumion System Settings
Navigation
Scene creation, environments, and weather
Model library
Importing
Material library
Video and Image output

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for those who need to learn how to do visual presentations using Lumion.

Pre-requisites

No previous CAD experience is necessary
Architectural design, drafting or engineering experience is highly recommended
It is recommended that delegates have a working knowledge of Microsoft Windows 10

What's Included

e-Manual

Software Trial

Certificate

Certified Instructor

*Items may differ between courses, contact an agent for details

Qualifications

On completion of the course you will be presented with a Certificate of attendance.

Introduction to Lumion

Ease of Use, Visual, Lots of Tutorials, Using different tech – GPU rendering

PC System Requirements

Benchmark and PC ratings.

Lumion System Settings

To speed up lower spec systems/or larger models.
Other user settings.

Navigation

LMB to look
Game keys to move
O for Orbit
Shift for speed

Scene creation, environments, and weather

Terrain creation (landscape presets, water types and ocean.)
Daylight, sun, sky and clouds
Sun Study Effect.

Model library – 3D objects and moving 3D animations

Placing Objects
Placing Mass Movement objects.
Models: trees, plants and other nature items. List of models : http://lumion3d.com/lumion-content

Importing

3D models: SKP, DAE, FBX, MAX, 3DS, OBJ, DWG, DXF
Images: TGA, DDS, PSD, JPG, BMP, HDR and PNG images
Revit Bridge
DWG Bridge
Importing Sketchup Model

Material library

Built-in high-quality materials
Custom material types
Bump added automatically to Images used.

Video and Image output

Snapshots
Overlay images
Filters
Special effects
Export to PC
Making Movies
Theatre mode
Lumion Viewer
MyLumion

Support

Licensing
File Extensions
User Directories
C:\Documents/Lumion/Scenes: All scenes saved in Lumion (2 files per scene)
C:\Documents/Lumion/Library: Models imported in Lumion (up to 4 files per model)
Lumion Webpage: http://lumion3d.com/
Lumion Forums : http://lumion3d.com/forum/
Keyboard shortcuts :https://forum.lumion3d.com/index.php?action=kb;area=article;cont=621

Extra Models & Materials

Models from Design connected
Models from TheFree3DModels
Models from Archive3D
Models from Digitalxmodels
Models from Trimble
Materials from Texturelib

Cut Out People

Sounds and other

http://viz-people.com/free-stuff/

Students are to be at the training venue by 08h00 in preparation for a 08h30 start time.
Bookings can only be considered confirmation on receipt of payment.
Bookings may be changed up to three weeks in advance of the course. A fee of 20% will be levied to cover charges.
For full day courses, we will supply you with the relevant training material. A desktop computer to use for the training (where
applicable) tea/coffee and a full lunch for full day InClass training hosted at the training center only. Catering is not included for OnSite training
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Full course fees may be retained for no shows or requests within 5 working days prior to commencement.
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dates if we require to do so and undertake to inform clients in writing and telephonically of these changes.
We suggest clients wait until a week prior to course commencement that a course has been confirmed to go ahead as scheduled
before booking flight and accommodation. We are NOT responsible for cost associated with cancellation of classes such as flight
and accommodation for clients.
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Course Overview

Course Objectives

Who Should Attend?

Pre-requisites

What's Included

Qualifications

PC System Requirements

Lumion System Settings

Navigation

Scene creation, environments, and weather

Model library – 3D objects and moving 3D animations

Importing

Material library

Video and Image output

Support

Extra Models & Materials

Cut Out People

Sounds and other

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