Avoid adjusting the Render Quality Settings higher than necessary Because geometry and lights are calculated and will render from a link even if it is not visible in the immediate view this can greatly extend the rendering time.Ĩ.
If you don’t need geometry in a linked file temporarily unload the link prior to rendering. Keep in mind this does not limit the light calculation outside the region for rendering as a section box would.įor example, an artificial light outside the region will still be calculated and show up on the rendering dialog artificial light count. Render a region of the view to limit the geometry which will be rendered. Revit 2011 products do not limit the number of processor cores for the rendering process. Render on a workstation with a multi-core processor As a reference you can open some of the included maps in a folder such as:Ĭ:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\Materials2011\assetlibrary_base.fbm\3\Matsĥ. Keep custom material maps to a reasonable sizeĪvoid using very large dimensional image files, or large file-size images for the Material > Render Appearance > Image. Because section boxes also work for linked files, daylight portals and lights this is a great approach to cut down rendering times. You can selectively turn off artificial lights not necessary for the view, groups of lights, or use the section box approach in #3 below.īy enabling a section box in the view and cropping unnecessary geometry you can greatly reduce the rendering times. Lights are one of the largest contributors to rendering times. Limit the number of lights you are rendering If possible reduce the crop region size or lower the DPI to 75 or 150 DPI.Ģ. A large crop region combined with a high DPI will add to the rendering time. Watch the View Size / Printer DPI Sizeīecause the Width / Height of the rendering for the “Printer” Resolutions are linked to the Crop Region size of the view, make sure to verify this setting. If you have a good one not included here please add a comment!ġ. Some of these quick tips add up in reducing your rendering times for Revit so I’ve included some of my favorites below.