Revit to Unreal for Architecture, Visualization, and VR

Bring Revit models to life with Unreal. Learn how to add interactivity, custom materials and lighting, and more.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What to know
• Exercise files

1. Revit Export

• Prepare your Revit model for export
• 3ds Max Datasmith export
• Unreal Datasmith import

2. Unreal Datasmith

• Datasmith Product Viewer
• Limitations and workarounds

3. Materials

• Introduction to Unreal materials
• Create a custom material
• Swap out materials in your model
• Material instances

4. Lighting

• Introduction to Unreal lighting
• Types of lights
• Lightmaps and UVs
• Add in the sky
• Post-processing

5. Adding Interactions

• Introduction to Blueprint visual scripting
• Blueprint components
• Adding basic logic
• Level Blueprint
• Interactive material

6. Building for Distribution

• Cooking content for the OS
• Build and run
• Considerations for VR

Conclusion

• Next steps