This workflow demonstrates how to use Veras to animate the construction of a project using the Revit sample model. It is more for illustrative purposes.
Note: For a more accurate construction animation, we would need to setup the visibility of the items more accurately.
1. Setup Revit Visibility
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hide unwanted categories and Revit links
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use section box to start with the lower level (I selected the site so I can have x-ray vision for some of the structural members)
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render a still in Veras
2. Render with Reference
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remove the section box to see the rest of the structural model (I also unhid the site but kept the floors hidden)
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use the first render as a style reference to render the next stage
3. Render Reference & Visibility
- unhide the floors and use the previous stage as a reference
- repeat this for all of the other stages: hvac thru finished project
Bonus: Can make a night shot!
Then we have 6 image:
4. Create Videos
- go to the video tab
- make a video of each start and end frame and pick which video is the best. 6 frames = 5 videos
- you can do this by selecting the first frame to be the previous video’s last frame and so on and so forth
5. Combine the videos
- I prefer to favorite the videos that are final
- then select them all
- then click the COMBINE button (which is usually the RENDER button):
