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Set sun and sky in camera view

April 29, 2013 by Edwin Prakoso 2 Comments

Adjust sun and sky properties

Sometimes when you change view, your rendering result become black. What is wrong with the settings? Let’s see how you can save sun & sky setting, so this won’t happen again!

AutoCAD rendering with artificial lights

October 11, 2012 by Edwin Prakoso 6 Comments

Do you want to create photorealistic AutoCAD rendering with artificial lights? See how you can do it quickly and easily here!

AutoCAD tip: modeling a curtain

June 28, 2012 by Edwin Prakoso 2 Comments

Do you want to create a 3D curtain in AutoCAD quickly? Here are a quick steps you can follow!

AutoCAD rendering tip: Using cutouts map for removing materials

April 8, 2011 by Edwin Prakoso 4 Comments

Do you need to create repetitive holes/cutouts in your AutoCAD rendering? Do you actually remove parts of the solids? You may want to try using cutouts map. Simpler and faster!

Faking a Door With Material Texture

August 4, 2010 by Edwin Prakoso 6 Comments

Imagine this: you are an interior designer, and one day your client show you a brochure or a catalog. “I want my front door like this. Can you put it in your model and render it for me? And make the rendered model nice.” What do you think if your client want a door like […]

Creating Your Own AutoCAD Rendering Materials

August 2, 2010 by Edwin Prakoso 2 Comments

We have discussed how we can apply AutoCAD rendering materials from available Autodesk library. The next problem is, what if what we want doesn’t exist in the library? We have to create our own! But don’t worry. It is not that difficult. It does need several trials and errors, and rendering it. The nice thing […]

Using Autodesk Material Library in AutoCAD

July 20, 2010 by Edwin Prakoso 3 Comments

In this article, we are going to attach materials to our model. We are going to skip the artificial lighting and save it for later. However, we already have sunlight for now and it’s enough to create a photorealistic rendering. You probably now can’t wait to see how your model looks like when we render […]

Setting Up AutoCAD Sun Light is Easy!

July 18, 2010 by Edwin Prakoso 43 Comments

Do you think setting up lighting for your AutoCAD rendering is difficult? try this tutorial to easily get compelling result!

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