Get Your Render On with The Rendering Image Contest!

From Revit Clinic

Do you love rendering?
Do you enjoy adding textures, shadows and reflections to create a stunning image?
Do you pull out all the creative stops when it comes to showcasing designs?
Then take part in the Rendering Image Contest!
Whether you’re a student, rendering artist, designer or small business professional - here’s your chance to show us your talent and do what you love doing from now until November 15^th, 2013. You could be one of the lucky three to feature exclusively in our Autodesk® 360 newsletter worldwide and receive fantastic prizes like an iPad, a $500 gift card and much more!
So what are you waiting for? Get your render on and follow these instructions:

• Create a still image rendering of anything you like: a building model, residential interior or object design.
• Visit Rendering in Autodesk® 360 and sign in to your Autodesk® 360 account.
• Upload your design from Autodesk® AutoCAD®, Autodesk® Revit® or Autodesk® Fusion 360.
• The final render must be done in Autodesk® 360 to qualify.
• Upload up to 5 images at once to enter here: http://autode.sk/render_3

Hurry! You could be the lucky owner of a cool Autodesk T-shirt if you’re among the first 50 entries.
Good luck!

Revit Clinic Repost - Revit 2012 Project Neon Rendering Service Error Message

Revit 2012 Project Neon Rendering Service Error Message

Quick scenario for anyone who receives the following error message when attempting to render online with Project Neon for Revit 2012:

A problem occurred.  The rendering service could not complete your request.  
The following process should resolve this behavior:
1.  Sign out of Revit 2012.  Verify this also signs you out of Project Neon by attempting to click the Web Services > My Render Gallery option.
2.  Clear your web browser’s cache \ temporary internet files.  For example, here is the process for Chrome and Internet Explorer.
3.  Sign-in to Project Neon first, by attempting to Render Online:

If prompted after, you can sign back into Revit 2012.
4.  Make sure you use the same login for both Revit 2012 and Project Neon.  By logging out, clearing the browser cache, and then logging into Project Neon first it should resolve the message.
If this does not resolve the issue please let us know!

Revit Rendering on Cloud - Revit Clinic Report

June 15, 2011

Project Neon now supports Revit in addition to AutoCAD

Project Neon is our technology preview of rendering designs using Amazon EC2 servers in cloud. I have been on the labs.neon@autodesk.com email alias for a long time. In fact, I added our first Project Neon technology preview to Autodesk Labs almost a year ago. Since that time, the number one request we have received via email is:

Can you add support for Revit files?

I am happy to announce that two days ago the Project Neon team updated their servers to provide this capability. You can learn more about it on:

Project Neon technology preview on Autodesk Labs
To make this possible, you download a small application that uploads your building information model to the Project Neon servers. You can download this Revit add-in from the Project Neon site.

http://neon.labs.autodesk.com/
So far we've heard things like:

• "Great addition to Revit. Saves a ton of time having the rendering done on the cloud."
• "I'm very excited about the potential of this technology to unseat SketchUp in our design department."
• "Just toying with the plug-in for Revit and I love this! Great work."

Keep that feedback coming in to labs.neon@autodesk.com or the GetSatisfaction forum.
Responding to feedback is alive in the lab.

Cloud rendering for Revit

Since the original posts, Limitless Computing has released the add-on for Revit 2012. 

Add-in Enables One-Click Rendering to the Cloud While Simultaneously Modeling in Revit

Boulder, CO – Feb. 24, 2011 – Limitless Computing, Inc., a leader in providing rendering cloud services, today announced the release of CloudRender for Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011.

The CloudRender add-in enables faster Revit rendering by off-loading the computer intensive process to LCI’s high performance systems. Instead of tying up local computers, users continue to work in Revit Architecture while the cloud renders their selected views.

“CloudRender is a timesaving tool,” said Dr. Errin Weller, Principal of LCI. “Now Revit users can utilize the power of the cloud as easily as using their local machine and continue working without being interrupted by the rendering process.”

As a member of the Autodesk Developer Network, LCI helps AEC firms increase efficiency and productivity by harnessing innovative and powerful cloud rendering services. LCI is releasing the CloudRender add-in to bring the power of their Limitless Rendering solution to the convenience of the AEC workstation. CloudRender can be downloaded at http://bit.ly/dH2uzJ

About Limitless Computing Inc.:

Limitless Computing, Inc., a high-performance computing company based in Boulder, CO, has been offering cloud computing services to numerous industries since 2006. Originally offering private clouds hosted in their data center, in 2009 LCI expanded by launching the online Limitless Rendering service for Autodesk Revit Architecture. LCI continues to use cloud computing to improve rendering time and efficiency with the release of the CloudRender add-in for Revit Architecture. For more information about LCI, please visit http://LimitlessComputing.com

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