A buddy of mine called me up asking about an old tutorial that he stumbled upon here on the site. The tutorial, unfortunately, had some bad links in it. I linked to a blogger who no longer blogs. I wish I could remember exactly what the post was about but I thought it was a good topic to make a video on.
There are many different ways to create "depth" in your elevations and sections. Unfortunately, none of them are done automatically (unless you are using shadows or ambient shadows). One day, in my wildest dreams, Revit will automatically create outlines and view depth in elevations based on clipping distances...
Until then, here are some of my everyday tips for elevation and section view depths...
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seandburke 1p · 607 weeks ago
I really like the way you used the shadows in a subtle way to bring a new level of pop to the view.
I too wish we had a way to add 'depth of field' to elevations as well as perspective views - like some other (he who shall not be named) Autodesk products. ;)
TheRevitKid 72p · 607 weeks ago
I have always strayed away from the silhouette edges. I always found that they create more linework overrides. It is definitely a quick way to pump things up. For me, it always pumps TOO many things up!
To me, shadows are the best depth creator... But if you have a black and white laser printer then you're screwed!
Hugo Tavares · 607 weeks ago
its not so easy, but working with some design options you can do this work quickly.
Andres Franco · 607 weeks ago
julian lopez · 576 weeks ago
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AdrianE · 494 weeks ago
I like to use fully-rendered elevations for 'showing off' the design rather than fussy linework. If I really, really want to do the 'fading in the distance' trick I will use giant 'panes' of glass wall with transparency at 95-99% to fade parts of the building, or drop it to 3DS Max and use a fog.
If I'm doing a B/W elevation then careful use of shadows from a azimuth/altitude ligth source and Ambient shadows usually does the trick. Another non-obvious technique is to TURN OFF the lines. Yes, turn them off. What you get is one of those 'planes of shade' value studies we spent hours doing at uni, and that can look totally hip.
Rolocam Sirp · 462 weeks ago
TheRevitKid 72p · 462 weeks ago