3D Revit Manual For PC When a user makes a building model or any other kind of object in Revit they may use Revit's rendering engine to make a more realistic image of what is otherwise a very diagrammatic model. This is accomplished by either using the premade model wall floor etc. tools or making her or his own models walls materials etc. Revit 2010 comes with a plethora of predefined materials each of which can be modified to the user's desires. The user can also begin with a "Generic" material. With this the user can set the rotation size brightness and intensity of textures gloss maps (also known as shinemaps) transparency maps reflection maps oblique reflection maps hole maps and bump maps as well as leaving the map part out and just using the sliders for any one (or all or none) of the aforementioned features of textures.

Cloud-based rendering with the experimental plug-in dubbed Project Neon located on Autodesk Labs is in the beta phases and allows for the user to render their images through their Autodesk account instead of locally through their own computers. Revit models may also be linked directly into Autodesk 3ds Max (release 2013 and later) for more advanced rendering and animation projects with much of their material and object information maintained.

An addin available for Revit called Enscape3D allows live 3D rendering walkthroughs and flyarounds. It permits live updates and also allows for sound sources to be added so that acoustics may be tested.