Hello, everyone! Check out the latest round-up of Twinmotion renderings. Get inspired by our creative community of users!

Let’s start with a parking animation in Twinmotion 2019 created by Mohammad Mahdi Molaee, Black Cube Studio. We like the design of this modern parking lot and the tone of his animation.

3D model created in SketchUp by Max Achkovsky.

Soundtrack by Philip Guyler (Bright Sky)

Hardware configuration: CPU Intel Corei7 6700K, RAM 16GB Corsair, VGA Rogstrix GTX 1060 6GB

Rendering time: 37 minutes

Twinmotion is an award-winning solution for real-time visualization, 3D immersion, and VR exploration. Compatible with all BIM software, Twinmotion has quickly become a favorite visualization software for Vectorworks users interested in creating compelling presentations in real-time.

Join us on January 31 at 6 PM (CET) as Abvent’s Martin Krasemann and special guest Jonathan Reeves, award-winning architect, author and educator at Innovative Vectorworks BIM and Twinmotion UK, present a free, one-hour webinar.  We’ll demonstrate the innovative modeling solutions in Vectorworks and how to bring your Vectorworks models to life with powerful, easy-to-use Twinmotion, and create beautiful, real-time renderings, animations and more!

During the webinar, you’ll learn:

• Modeling techniques in Vectorworks
• Tips for preparing a Vectorworks model for Twinmotion
• Export / Import from Vectorworks to Twinmotion
• Interior and exterior rendering and visualization techniques

LIVE Webinar, January 31st at 6 PM CET: Register now!

About the presenters:

Jonathan Reeves, Innovative Vectorworks BIM

Jonathan Reeves is an award-winning architect, author & professional Vectorworks trainer who has spent the last 20 years at the forefront of digital architecture, working with and teaching many of the UK’s renowned architects and designers. He is an authorized specialist reseller of Vectorworks architectural design software with UK offices in Loughborough and Devon and specializes in professional Vectorworks and Twinmotion Training, Sales, 3D and BIM.

Martin Krasemann, Product Manager, Twinmotion

Martin Krasemann is the Product Manager for Twinmotion, serving as the bridge between clients and the development team. Specialized in real-time technology and rendering, Martin started as a CG artist working on the Twinmotion library. He quickly started assisting with the development of the product in many other ways: from technical support to trailer creation, managing beta testers and demonstrating Twinmotion at international events.

Hello, fellow Twinmotion users, Happy New Year!

Check out the latest installment of Twinmotion renderings, featuring an impressive collection of architectural renderings and animations. Get inspired by our creative community of users!

Let’s get started with excellent Twinmotion animations.

Przemyslaw Gajowiak from arch3Designer reminisces about his last journey to America with this Reno Circus animation. Part of the movie is filmed using a drone and the rest is done in Twinmotion 2019. A mix of reality and animation — can you tell the difference?

We are pleased to share with you today the Making-Of “Ancient Villa” by architect Julio Carlos de Campos. This is the second time that Julio has unveiled his secrets of architectural rendering using Twinmotion. Here, he demonstrates in this Making-Of how he prepared a SketchUp model for rendering in Twinmotion, how to organize and enrich his User Library and, most importantly, how to recreate this rendering from scratch. 

Introduction

This Making-Of tutorial explains my workflow and the elements I used to create this “Ancient House” rendering using SketchUp and the 3D rendering software Twinmotion 2019. The 3D model is created by Luis B. from 3D Warehouse. I’ll start the tutorial by explaining how I prepare the SketchUp model and the materials for rendering in Twinmotion.

Specifications of this project

Architect: Julio Carlos de Campos

Reference project: Vivenda 1 – wall leak series by Luis B. on 3D Warehouse

Computer specifications: Intel Core i7-7700K – 4.20GHz – RAM 16.0 GB – Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6G

Software used: SketchUp, Twinmotion 2019

Rendering time: rendered in 4K in 12 seconds.

Preparing the SketchUp model

This SketchUp model is well-designed and already mapped with textures. I only need to clean up the scene and adjust materials to facilitate material application in Twinmotion.

I started by removing all vegetation, knowing that Twinmotion has abundant 3D trees and tools to add vegetation easily. Then, I separate the surfaces by applying the same material to all the surfaces using the same texture. In this way, we can collapse the SketchUp model by materials while importing it into Twinmoton in order to optimize Twinmotion performance.

Welcome to the latest edition of Twinmotion Community Highlights, featuring Twinmotion renderings developed by our creative community of users.

Whether it’s a natural outdoor scene or a beautiful indoor space, a large scale urban planning visualization or a residential real estate rendering, this show-reel of Jesus Carbajal’s projects done in Twinmotion 2018/2019 proves that Twinmotion has no limits in terms of what can be achieved — not to mention that all his work is done in Twinmotion without post-production.

Industrial office rendering by Mohammad Mahdi Molaee, in collaboration with Danial Bagherzadeh for a 3D model designed using Revit 2019. The rendering is created in Twinmotion 2019 without post-production and rendered in 1 minute 25 seconds.

Another amazing project from Mohammad are renderings of an Audi automobile. All materials are native PBR materials from the Twinmotion library. Both perspective and the close-up views are rendered in 4K in Twinmotion 2019 without post-production. Below, you can find his lighting, artificial lights, and visual effects settings to learn how to recreate the same ambiance by yourself!

Hardware: CPU Intel Corei7 6700K, RAM 16GB Corsair, VGA Rogstrix GTX 1060 6GB

3D visualization for a renovation project of the Scheveningen Coast Area, in The Netherlands, developed by Plan 34, a Holland-based 3D visualization specialist in urban, landscape and infrastructural projects. The 3D model was created in SketchUp 2018 and the renderings were done in Twinmotion 2019.

The renovation of the post-industrial factory built by Heinrich Wagner in 1891 on ul. Tuwima 10 in Lodz is ongoing. Renovated four times since it was first built, what will its future look like in 2019? Arch3Designer team was in charge of the BIM survey and 3D visualization compiling the before and after look of the factory.

3D model managed in ARCHICAD and 3D visualization in Twinmotion 2019.

Reconstruction of a former factory building at 10 Tuwima Street in Lodz, Poland is part of the investment by the City of Lodz involving the rehabilitation of undeveloped areas of downtown — a planned public road will offer access to currently under-developed areas.  We spoke with architect Przemyslaw Gajowiak of arch3Designer in Lodz about the project.

Before diving into details, here is the “Tuwima Revitalization” animation.

“The Office” is an interior rendering by Mohammad Mahdi Molaee featured in the latest Twinmotion Community Highlights. Many of you are looking for tutorials on creating high-quality interior scenes in Twinmotion, especially techniques on improving interior lighting and shadows.  Some of these techniques were demonstrated in the Making Of “Industrial Office”; “The Office” is another good example to learn from.

Mohammad has been kind to share his techniques with the community and created a detailed tutorial about how he achieved this office rendering. You’ll find in this article a Making Of tutorial showing the creation of “The Office” from A to Z, which hopefully will enable you to raise your interior rendering skills to the next level. Enjoy!

Project Specs

Project name: The Office

Authors’ names: Danial Bagherzadeh (3D model), Mohammad Mahdi Molaee (3D rendering)

Software used: Twinmotion 2019 v2, Autodesk Revit 2019

Rendering time: 1 min 25 sec in 4K

PC configuration: CPU Intel Core i7 6700k 4.0 GHz / VGA: Rog Strix GTX 1060 6 Gb / RAM: 16 Gb Corsair

Introduction

My name is Mohammad Mahdi Molaee. I graduated from the Architecture Department at the Islamic Azad University of Najafabad and I work as a visualization professor, teaching Twinmotion at the Arc Pro School in Isfahan.

3D Modeling

The 3D Model of this scene was designed by Danial Bagherzadeh in Autodesk Revit 2019. I exported the scene to .fbx format using the Revit add-in to Twinmotion 2019. This add-in enables you to either synchronize a Revit model with Twinmotion or export a Revit project to the .fbx format for Twinmotion. In addition, it offers different options to optimize your 3D model for better performance in Twinmotion.

Textures & Materials

Apart from detailed elements with textures already added in Revit, such as the beams and columns, the overwhelming majority of materials are PBR materials from the Twinmotion 2019 library.

I created the brick material inside Twinmotion with a Diffuse map and a Normal map.

Lighting

To render this interior scene, I decided to shine light into the environment in order to have light beams  on the floor. To do so, I put the sun in front of the windows and increased sun brightness.

One tip to improve shadows for an interior project is to set the shadow distance to 50. The smaller the shadow distance is, the sharper the shadow will be.

Here is the complete Making Of tutorial. I hope that it is useful for you to improve your interior renderings in Twinmotion.

Lighting plays a key role in the realism of an interior rendering. In this ‘Making Of’ tutorial, interior designer Anthony Gutierrez reveals his secrets in creating photo-realistic lighting for an interior rendering in Twinmotion. The project “Kitchen” is featured in one of the latest Twinmotion Community Highlights.

Project Specs

Project name: Kitchen rendering

Author’s name: Anthony Gutierrez (3D rendering), 3D model by BA 3D Studio – Bianca Atalla

Software used: Twinmotion 2019

Rendering time: 27 seconds in 4K

PC configuration: Intel Core i7 6700HQ, 12GB Ram, Nvidia Geforce GTX 960m

Introduction

My name is Anthony Gutierrez. I’m a bachelor student in interior design at Continental Institute.

Twinmotion is a fantastic, real-time rendering program that’s extremely easy to learn. Thanks to the ARCHICAD to Twinmotion add-in, the exchange back-and-forth between ARCHICAD and Twinmotion is easy. You can work on your idea in ARCHICAD while visualizing your 3D model in real-time in Twinmotion, make modifications, and visualize the result instantly.

Compared to a traditional ray tracing software, Twinmotion contributes a lot in model optimization. It is a veritable time-saver.

Lighting

I’m happy to share my rendering process in Twinmotion for creating this kitchen rendering. This tutorial focuses on lighting settings.

In general, I analyze how natural light works in reality and try to simulate the same lighting in Twinmotion. By raising the Sun power, Ambient, and GI level, Twinmotion intensifies the light bounces and lightens the entire scene.

To create a realistic shadow, I often use the Shadow decals provided in the Twinmotion library. Adding IES lights also helps to better project the shadows. By adjusting the attenuation of the decals, it’s possible to simulate the dissipation of the light in an ambient.

Finally, my trick to simulate the saturation of natural light is to place a primitive plane in front of the window with a neon material. Discover its effect in the ‘Making Of’ video below.

Clients are always fascinated by a live presentation of their project created with Twinmotion. They are even more impressed when immersed in a real-time VR experience. Twinmotion implementing Unreal Engine technology is definitely a great choice. I believe that Twinmotion will bring us many more surprises in the future!

Every few weeks, Twinmotion Community Highlights feature a group of users’ still images and/or animations created by Twinmotion power users. Together with their rendering settings, we hope these blogs will inspire you and elevate your architectural rendering skills with Twinmotion to new heights.

Get ready for some serious inspiration with this issue’s collection of renderings and animations!

The residential Sorocaba is a private residence designed by BRA studio architecture. Completed in 2014, it is located in Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The rendering (image at right) was created by Julio Campos in reference to a real photo of the building (image at left).

Software used: ARCHICAD 21, Twinmotion 2019, no post-production

Hardware configuration: Intel Core i7-7700K – 4.20GHz – 16.0 GB de RAM – Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6G

Rendering time: rendered in 4K in 34s

Light settings:

Placement of decals and reflection probe:

Here is another rendering created by Julio Campos with reference to a photo taken by Jonatas Aparecido. Damaged, cracked walls, rust stains and 116 other decals from the Twinmotion library are the key for Julio Campos to achieve a natural, realistic looking with this simple and basic model created in SketchUp.  

See how Julio used the decals’ potential to the fullest in the Making Of “Studio 49” tutorial.

Software used: SketchUp, Twinmotion 2019, no post-production

Hardware configuration: Intel Core i7-7700K – 4.20GHz – 16.0 GB de RAM – Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6G

Rendering time: rendered in 4K in 34s

Light settings:

Placement of decals and reflection probe:

The Commercial and office building is a project modeled in ARCHICAD 22 and rendered in Twinmotion 2019 by Jesus Carbajal without post-production. He customized the background using a textured dome. Download them here.