Comparison of mainstream software for architectural design performance~~

1: Lumion

The rendering quality is higher, but the speed of exporting renderings and animations is relatively slow. Accurate modeling is required in the early stage. And it requires the producer to have high artistic accomplishment, a good foundation in architectural photography, and be able to well grasp the light and shadow information of the scene. The material library that comes with Lumion software is rich in content, especially some plant greening types, and it is very convenient to add scenery. You can save the need to collect and add materials in Photoshop later, and the simulation of skylight and nature is very realistic.

Disadvantages: Lumion material performance is unsatisfactory, and the architectural renderings produced are not at the same level as photos. In addition to the water material performance, the effect is very realistic, better than vray water material. The performance effects of other materials are very average. 2: Vray

Vray works by using ray tracing to simulate the real lighting environment, and it performs very well on both the interior and exterior of architectural landscapes. Vray can render movie-level architectural animations to achieve real-life animation effects. The parameters of vray need to be set by yourself, which is more complicated to learn. As the vray setting parameters are increased, the rendering time consumed also increases exponentially. The architectural scenery of the scene, such as plants, greening, auxiliary buildings and other elements need to be added in photoshop, and it takes a certain amount of time to find suitable supporting materials. 3: Mars

Mars is a UE4 engine based on Developed VR design software, the lighting scene comes with the UE4 engine system. The advantage of Mars is that the scene construction can realize dual-mode editing of PC/VR, that is, the scene can be modified and saved on the PC or VR side, and the other side can present it in time.

However, Mars also has its shortcomings. Because there is no cloud design library, it is very troublesome to obtain design materials. Moreover, QR code dissemination needs to be produced through other software and cannot be generated with one click. The installation of multiple plug-ins makes the use of the software complicated, and the user experience is relatively low. 360 picture generation only has a single viewpoint, and the viewpoint cannot be switched at will. Mars does not support tens of millions of polygons. If the model is too large, the rendering speed will be very slow. In terms of real-time, Mars does not support real-time lighting and real-time model linkage. Because of the UE4 engine, the rendering effect also has certain limitations. Four: Enscape

As a plug-in for SU, Enscape software occupies a small amount of memory and takes much less time for timely rendering than Lumion. The characteristic of Enscape is that it can be linked with SU in real time. Designers can see the changes in rendering effects while modifying the model.

The main disadvantage is that the content of the material library is too poor and there are very few built-in materials. Since it is not simulating a real light environment, in the rendering effect, common translucent objects will not be able to produce shadows. The built-in model will cause problems with images reflected on glass and water during real rendering, and for lighting The restrictions are also very large. In addition, the video interface of enscape is relatively rough and does not have a lot of room for operation. And because it is a SU plug-in, dynamic components are not easy to implement. For architectural design, try Zanqi Cloud Workstation, without fear of local computing power problems

Zanqi Cloud Workstation does not require complicated installation and deployment, and you can enjoy industry-leading configuration machines and high image quality anytime and anywhere. Output works stably, reduce local configuration time and cost investment, and completely eliminate worries about computer freezes and immobility.

The software center of Zanqi Cloud Workstation includes SketchUp, 3ds Max, AE, Unreal Engine, Illustrator, CAD, Houdini, Lumion, etc., which can meet the differentiated software needs of designers in different fields, and can provide high-performance With the support of computing power, various design software can run more smoothly.