However, for those who do need more, siblings company MAXON offers their Cinema 4D Visualization program that works hand and glove with Vectorworks as well. Some people will tell you there are better choices for rendering, but do you really need to do more than you see in the picture above? For a vast majority of architects and designers, the answer will be no. What this means is that the user need not go to any other software in order to produce spectacular photo realistic renderings. There are more sample renders on the Vectorworks website. (see image 05)Ġ5 – The CINEMA 4D engine based Renderworks 2016 produces stunning photographic renders. The question: is why design in 3D and not be able to present it in the best way possible? Renderworks is improved again this year with an upgraded MAXON Cinema 4D® render engine. It’s a must have as most of the 3D rendering capabilities are lost without it. Renderworks is the rendering feature sold as an “add on” program to the various versions industry versions of Vectorworks. However, to make the job easier the program comes with some basic configurations for residential and non-residential building types. Of course there is a bit of work involved your model must consist of elements that contain the information regarding energy consumption, heat loss or gain, etc. Easy-to-understand feedback will assist you in both the early design stages and as the building design evolves.” (see image 04) With both graphical and numerical feedback based on the Passivhaus calculation method, Energos allows you to evaluate the energy performance of a building even if you are not an energy analysis professional. Here is a quote from the Vectorworks 2016 help file: “Energos is the integrated energy analysis component of the Vectorworks Architect program. Energies is not a separate program but included inside Vectorworks Architect 2016. This is a typical read-out showing performance levels. That is that it’s one program that will do everything the designer or architect needs to do to complete a design and present it.Ġ4 – Energos is a new energy analysis feature set in Vectorworks Architect 2016. So what could be better than a program that comes with Vectorworks 2016 and runs within it, no need to export to an outside program.
Energy calculations have been required in states like California for years and in Europe many countries are requiring all new construction to meet high standards of energy performance. Saving energy is the hot topic these days. When we look at new features we have to look at those that are really new features not just changes or improvements to the existing program. Next step after that is that we don’t even have to build it just let the occupants imagine that it exists and interact virtually.
The next step is the use of visualization goggles to let the viewer immerse himself in our architecture before it’s built. Can we now combine our BIM model with real world scanned buildings and environments? Yes. With Vectorworks 2016 and most other BIM software the virtual walkthrough has been around for a while and as the software gets better so does the virtuality of the walkthrough. The important thing to keep in mind is that the industry is going more and more virtual.
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