I’ve never used Lumen RT so didn’t feel qualified to answer the LumenRT vs Beyond CAD question so I reached out to this friend to see why he is investing in the switch. One of the earliest Beyond CAD supporters is looking to switch his visualization team from a LumenRT focused visualization workflow to a Beyond CAD centered one. I also couldn’t answer with my typical ‘LumenRT may not work well with all platforms’ since this individual was already in the Bentley ecosystem.
Often my answer to these questions is that it doesn’t have to be either/or- Beyond CAD can be another tool in the visualization toolbox for the projects it serves best. I was recently asked why a LumenRT user should consider switching to Beyond CAD. This is something I’ve observed with successful architectural visualization engines- they don’t tend to require data from a particular platform but work with almost any. At the time that workflow typically looked like modeling in Rhino 3D and 3Ds Max (with some Sketchup and Maya mixed in) with visualization in Unity and post processing in Adobe products.įrom the beginning I’ve been trying to build something flexible enough to work for a team like Civil FX and, as such, it needs to be similarly non-proprietary. We needed a non-proprietary workflow flexible enough to serve any project. This is a reason we couldn’t seriously consider it as an option with Civil FX- we worked on too many projects with too many clients using too many platforms. And though I’ve been aware of LumenRT, I also knew that it isn’t necessarily built for those outside the Bentley ecosystem.
When investing the time and money it has taken to build and launch Beyond CAD, I’ve been trying to serve a gap in the industry lacking visualization tools. I’ve heard some good things and some not as positive, but it seems to work for some teams striving for visualization in-house. I’ve been aware of LumenRT for years though I’ve never used it personally.
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Yes, you can use 3Ds Max, Unity 3D, Unreal Engine or other more complex workflows but these are typically out of reach for most individuals focusing on doing the CAD design and modeling themselves.Īn exception to this is LumenRT- visualization and reality modeling software by Bentley Systems. In the 3D visualization engine industry options are very limited for transportation and other civil projects.
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