Lumion or LumenRT?
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Lumen 6 has just launched. I saw some promos and was impressed with the new features of 6 which include pure glass, material reflections, direct light etc. I am an architect and a user of LumenRT, and have had these features in it post their 2015 release, however am also impressed by the tremendous following Lumen claims to have in the architectural community. Would really appreciate if a detailed debate on the superior software for architects could be done here to enlighten professionals like us about both software's prowess, and drawbacks. Even software manufacturers could pitch in, for everyone's benefit. Many thanks.
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For free version seems Lumen RT is more appetizing!
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Does LumenRT Viz have the feature of setting up interior lighting?
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@pilou said:
This sort of things ?
Seems it's for internal lights no?Yes, that is what I was wondering. Thank you Pilou!
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Crossing post : so you must see above!
Ps Don't forget to increase the Light power in this case of figure!
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This sort of things ?
Seems it's for internal lights no?
Inside the Work screen before rendering
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Hey all. I know this is an older thread, but I have just started looking at LumenRt. I am also a Mac User and cannot find the Mac Version of LumenRT anywhere. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I found this: https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/49499/lumenrt so assuming it was available for a Mac back then I'd assume it's available with the new version.
I personally am only PC, do know a new version of LRT is on the horizon.
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Alas for hobbyists who have not loaded the free Lumenrt fo Sketchup 2015!
(i was lucky to load it!
This is not more possible after the purchase by Bentley of Eon!
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From Benoit Fredericque of Bentley (LRT)
What about OS X support? Is that deprecated?
Bentley is committed to keep supporting OS X with LumenRT. However, the release of OS X version is delayed and will occur this fall.
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Hi all. For what it's worth, Nick Sonder, in his book 'Sketchup & Layout for Architecture', shows some render created using LumenRT
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@krisidious said:
I guess I should give my reasoning... Lumion is really kool and really easy to use. but it's outrageously expensive and I think you can always tell something was done in Lumion. It just has this look about it. Where with Lumen, you can't tell what did it because it looks so real. And it's priced more reasonably. And Lumen working with e-on means plants... plants plants plants.
not exactly true, Lumion Pro cost only 200$ moore.. than Lument RT (3250$)... not so outrageaous i think even Lumion basique cost 1700$...
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LumenRT was bought by Bentley about a year ago. And, unfortunately, they changed the pricing - not only did they jack the price up, but sell it on a subscription-only basis (under eon, it was like SU - you bought it once, and as long as you paid the modest maintenance fee each year, subsequent versions and updates were free). Now it is too expensive for my modest means; I'll stick with the old eon software version for now.
If I were choosing between the two today (or if I ever get a really huge bonus or win a lottery) I would choose Lumion - for the money, you get more bang for your buck, IMHO.
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