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Description

LumenRT converts architectural designs into real-time environments that you can share with your clients. Create high quality real-time visualizations with the push of a button, add life and nature, and let your clients experience your designs at their own pace! 

New Features in LumenRT4

In keeping with e-on's commitment to provide substantial, cutting-edge features and improvements to our valued users and customers who share our passion for Immersive Nature, we are pleased to introduce LumenRT 4.

	Bentley MicroStation Integration LumenRT 4 contains a fully integrated Bentley MicroStation interface that includes the complete LumenRT Immersive Nature content library. MicroStation users can now create stunning Immersive Nature scenery at the press of a single button using models from the world’s leading AEC infrastructure design system.
	IES Point and spot lights In addition to natural sunlight, LumenRT 4 now includes point lights, spot lights and luminous materials. IES lighting profiles can be assigned to any light. The LumenRT lighting tools create brilliant night-lit scenes with street lighting and window illumination.
	Large Scale Scenery Handling LumenRT 4 contains numerous enhancements for handling large scenes (e.g. greater than 1KM square). In addition, scenes can contain much higher polycount models and larger instance populations while maintaining impressive interactive performance.
	Night skies and moonlight At the press of a button, the LumenRT 4 LiveCube time of day can be flipped from day to night. Night skies are fully moonlit and filled with stars.
	LiveCube Animation Editor Animation paths can now be created directly inside the LumenRT 4 LiveCube. Built for speed and ease of use with a fully graphical interface, animation path creation is incredibly simple yet powerful. The editor also allows you composite external videos and images together for professional looking results.
	Autodesk Revit Integration LumenRT 4 contains an Autodesk Revit plug-in that allows Revit models to be exported directly into LumenRT. A compatible RPC version of the LumenRT Immersive Nature content library is also included.
	Import 3D content from all sources LumenRT allows users to create LiveCubes from many popular 3D file formats including Wavefront (.obj), AutoDesk FBX (.fbx), Autodesk 3DS (.3ds), and Collada (.dae). In addition, Vue users can create LiveCubes directly from Vue scenes or Vue object files.
	Moving Vehicles A matching set of stationary and moving vehicles are now available to add more life and dynamic motion to your scenes.
	Enhanced and Expanded Plant Library The LumenRT Plant Library has been greatly enhanced with the addition of new shrubs and trees and totals 40 different plants. Plants now have a much more life-like appearance and behavior and leverages e-on’s recently announced Plant Factory solution.
	LiveCube Settings Menu All LiveCube scene settings such as lighting, exposure, gamma, blur and depth of field are now fully adjustable providing much more detailed control over the appearance.

Other Improvements and Enhancements

• Improved water materials
• Accurate NREL sun position heliodon
• Quality zones for more efficient LiveCube baking (Sketchup Only)
• Custom logos and splash screens (Publisher module only)
• Depth of Field camera adjustments
• Enhanced video output
• Support for larger image output size
• Sun lens flares
• Adjustable camera exposure
• Adjustable camera focal length

Features

LumenRT contains many features and capabilities for creating vivid images, video, and immersive experiences. Outlined below is a brief description of these features organized by each major LumenRT feature category: Light, Life,Nature and Design as well as the LiveCube technology.

Light

	Physical Simulation of Light Thanks to e-on software's patented Physical Lighting technologies, LumenRT accurately simulates the way light interacts with volume. LumenRT is the only solution capable of reproducing all the subtleties of direct and indirect lighting in real-time!
	Physically Accurate Reflections LumenRT generates accurate reflections in real-time. Reflections are automatically enabled for any material that contains transparency or translucency such as glass and water.
	Adjustable Time of Day Light and shadow studies can be performed using LumenRT adjustable sun. Sun location is a accurately set using NREL (National Renewable Energy Lab) qualified solar positioning algorithms.
	Soft Shadows with Varying Softness Shadows produced in LumenRT are very realistic with soft edges. Shadows become more blurry as the shadowing object is further away, like in reality.
	IES Point and Spot Lights LumenRT includes point lights and spot lights which are fully adjustable. IES lighting profiles can be assigned to any light.
	HDR Rendering and Luminous Materials LumenRT luminous materials can be applied to give the appearance of light. Luminous materials are useful for things like building windows, fires and tv screens.

Life

	People and Animals Dozens of fully animated characters and animals sitting, standing, walking, and talking will help bring your scenes alive. Characters are arranged individually, in pairs, and small groups.
	Moving Vehicles A matching set of stationary and moving vehicles including cars, trucks, and buses are available to add more life and dynamic feeling to your scenes.

Nature

	Breeze Animated Vegetation Based on e-on’s new Plant Factory technology, fully breeze animated trees and shrubs add a realistic visual context. Choose from dozens of species. Plants are added as low poly models into the scene but are automatically transformed into their high resolution, full-motion counterparts in the LumenRT LiveCube.
	Water and Underwater Effects Water materials with moving waves and caustics are available with a variety of appearances and wave agitations including open seas, lakes, ponds, and pools.
	Photo-realistic Skies Based on the award winning e-on atmosphere technology, LumenRT contains high-resolution sky maps and atmospheric effects that produce stunning levels of realism.
	Night Skies and Moonlight At the press of a button, the LumenRT LiveCube time of day can be flipped from day to night. Night skies are fully moonlit and filled with stars.

Design

	Author in Your CAD System LumenRT is seamlessly integrated into many of the major CAD and GIS systems. It contains a full material and Immersive Nature content library that is automatically converted into high-fidelity materials and objects inside of LumenRT.
	Bentley MicroStation Integration LumenRT contains a fully integrated Bentley MicroStation interface that includes the complete LumenRT Immersive Nature content library. MicroStation users can create stunning Immersive Nature scenery at the press of a single button using models from the world’s leading AEC infrastructure design system.
	Autodesk Revit Integration The LumenRT Autodesk Revit plug-in allows Revit models to be exported directly into LumenRT. A compatible RPC version of the LumenRT Immersive Nature content library is also included.
	Trimble SketchUp Integration LumenRT integrates fully inside of Trimble SketchUp (free and pro versions), giving you access to the complete content library, as well as adding the ability to create secondary light sources and defining high-quality lighting zones.
	Import 3D Content from all Sources LiveCubes can be created from many popular 3D file formats including Wavefront (.obj), AutoDesk FBX (.fbx), Autodesk 3DS (.3ds), and Collada (.dae). In addition, Vue users can create LiveCubes directly from Vue scenes or Vue object files.

LiveCube™

	Explore Designs in Real-time Gone are the days of static renders and animations. LumenRT lets you create photo-realistic environments and explore them in real-time, with your mouse or keyboard. Walk or fly through your designs with full indirect lighting and enjoy a truly immersive 3D experience!
	Precise Anti-aliasing and Motion Blur LumenRT images are crisp and vivid. The use of advanced, high-performance anti-aliasing and life-like motion blur creates images of exceptional clarity and realism.
	Advanced Material Rendering LumenRT contains a complete material engine which enables the addition of parameters such bump maps, specular highlights, reflections, and transparency control.
	Create HD Movies and Images Animation paths can be created directly inside the LumenRT LiveCube. Built for speed and ease of use with a fully graphical interface, animation path creation is incredibly simple yet powerful. The editor also allows you to composite external videos and images together for professional looking results.
	Share Projects as Self-contained Executables LumenRT real-time environments are packaged into convenient, self-contained executables that can be run on any computer without requiring additional software. Easily (and securely) share projects with your clients, colleagues, contractors, and customers so they can explore your designs at their own pace.