Autodesk VIZ 2008

Visualize the possibilities.

Explore concepts, validate designs, and create striking visualizations with Autodesk VIZ 2008. Make visually informed design decisions by gaining a deeper understanding of the context of your project before its real.

Create compelling architectural visualizations with easy-to-use, powerful tools for modeling, lighting, rendering, and animation. No matter how simple, complex, or challenging the project, Autodesk VIZ 2008 enables creation of intuitive, efficient, and realistic experiences for your clients. Experience It Before Its Built Help your clients experience their designs. Create realistic still images, together with full walk-through or flyby animations. Walk clients through each room. Show them how light interacts with the environment through subtle visualization effects, including direct illumination, soft shadowing, and color bounce. The newly integrated mental ray 3.5 rendering engine includes architectural presets together with sun and sky settings for faster and more realistic renderings. Inspire and excite your audience by helping them realize their ideas. Share and Share Alike Photorealistic visualizations inform every stage of the architectural design process. With VIZ, you can use everything from quick modeling studies to complex virtual prototypes and animations to share ideas and information with clients. Enhanced interoperability in VIZ means you can import design data from a wide variety of other applications, including Autodesk design software.

VIZ provides the perfect visualization complement for experienced AutoCAD users. Powerful DWG import capabilities enable AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, and Revit Architecture users to transform imaginative designs into breathtaking visualizations by importing or linking to data from your DWG files. Streamline and Simplify Your Workflow With ever-more complex visualization projects and demands, visualization professionals dont have a moment to spare. VIZ simplifies data import, accelerates creation of even the most intricate scenes, and significantly eases the modeling, texturing, and rendering process. The fastest version yet, VIZ 2008 improves interactivity with DirectX optimizations for high-density geometry and complex scenes. Be fast. Be seamless. Be certain.

Above image courtesy of Swiss Interactive. Below image courtesy of studioamd. Opposite image courtesy of ARQUI300.

Animation Create compelling, accurate, and informative walk-through and flyby animations with the rich modeling, rendering, and animation toolset in VIZ 2008. Tight integration and interoperability with other Autodesk architectural, visualization, and design solutions enable fast and seamless augmentation and enhancements. Modeling Extensive, industry-best tools for low polygon modeling and patches for higher-order surfaces make VIZ a superior modeling solution. Full support for third-party plug-ins further extends the softwares solutions, particularly for NURBS (nonuniform rational B-spline) modeling. Accelerate and enhance detail in your geometry to create complex models quickly and easily. Lighting VIZ 2008 accurately and precisely captures light interaction with your visualized environment. Global illumination helps depict subtle visualization effects, including indirect illumination, soft shadowing, and color bounce. Use multiple lighting models to help ensure compatibility of beautiful lighting simulations with detailed textures. Radiosity adaptive subdivisions help you easily enhance lighting realism in all your scenes. Rendering VIZ 2008 includes its own native renderer together with mental ray 3.5, the award-winning renderer capable of quickly rendering breathtaking design visualizations. Architectural presets and Sun and Sky shaders make for faster, more realistic renders. Photometric lights and global illumination offer immeasurable aid in creating photorealistic images and performing lighting studies. High-resolution images in both HDR and OpenEXR formats provide greater color dynamic range. Renders can be set up in advance and queued for later with the Autodesk Backburner render management system, dramatically reducing network time.

Autodesk VIZ 2008 Key Features Interoperability With seamless support for all the latest AutoCAD 2008, AutoCAD Architecture 2008, and Revit Architecture 2008 files, VIZ 2008 is more powerful than ever. Fully optimized DWG Import options and File Link memory management enable faster importing of even your most complex files by encapsulating important data. The new Select Similar option helps you clearly identify, instantly select, and easily modify multiple objects in a scene. Rendering Enhancements VIZ 2008 includes the popular, powerful mental ray 3.5 rendering engine, together with new architecture-specific rendering technology. Rendering performance has improved significantly, especially for large, data-heavy scenes. New shader support for physical Sun and Sky calculates sun position and atmosphere turbidity, reducing pixilation and optimizing accuracy and realism. New architectural and design shaders make it easier to create effects such as waxy floors, frosted glass, clay, and sand-blasted metals. Improved Final Gathering enables better results, faster. Improved Performance The fastest version ever, VIZ 2008 performs like never before. DirectX optimizations improve interactivity with dense geometry and complex scenes, while speeding display of bounding boxes and splines. Whats more, using hidden-line display can as much as triple your DirectX performance. Enhancements to file input/output, splines, geometry modeling, viewports, and XRefs make for improved client experiences and project outcomes. Edit meshes faster with a significantly accelerated Vertex Soft Selection option, and enjoy better viewport interactivity when modeling large meshes, editable meshes, or polygons. Learning Theres a lot that is new in VIZ 2008, and weve got you covered. A Welcome screen points you in the right direction. A video-based set of tutorials gets you started quickly, and then moves you on to more inspiring tasks. A Quick Reference Card is included for easier, spontaneous reference. VIZ 2008 now includes* a helpful book of tutorials specifically designed for Revit and AutoCAD users. This book features tips and tricks for gaining the full potential of an integrated workflow.

*The book is available for no additional cost by mailing the BRC card included in the VIZ 2008 box.

Autodesk Services and Support Accelerate return on investment and optimize productivity with innovative purchase methods, companion products, consulting services, support, and training from Autodesk and Autodesk authorized partners. Designed to get you up to speed and keep you ahead of the competition, these tools help you make the most of your software purchaseno matter what industry youre in. To learn more, visit www.autodesk.com/servicesandsupport. Autodesk Subscription Ensure competitive advantage by keeping your design tools, and your design skills, up to date easily and cost-effectively with Autodesk Subscription. Save money and automatically receive the latest version of licensed Autodesk software and other productivity tools. To learn more, visit www.autodesk.com/subscription. Autodesk Developer Network (ADN) Sparks Custom-fit your design software with third-party applications from Autodesk authorized developers. For more information, visit www.autodesk.com/partnerproducts. Learn More or Purchase Access specialists worldwide who can provide product expertise, a deep understanding of your industry, and value that extends beyond your software purchase. To purchase Autodesk VIZ, contact an Autodesk Premier Solutions Provider or Autodesk Authorized Reseller. To locate the reseller nearest you, visit www.autodesk.com/reseller. North America: +1-800-869-3504 International: +415-507-4461 Email: med_ent@autodesk.com For more information and a complete list of features and enhancements in VIZ 2008, visit www.autodesk.com/viz. For more information about the entire Autodesk 3D product portfolio, visit www.autodesk.com/me. For more information about Revit Architecture 2008 and AutoCAD Architecture 2008, visit www.autodesk.com.

Cover image: Preliminary Tower Study, courtesy of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP with studioamd. Above imagery courtesy of Glowfrog Studios Limited. Autodesk, AutoCAD, Backburner, DWG, Sparks, and Revit are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. mental ray is a registered trademark of mental images GmbH licensed for use by Autodesk, Inc. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product offerings and specifications at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. 2007 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved. 000000000000117734