How to render in AutoCad ?
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Step 1
Open your part in AutoCAD.
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Step 2
Choose line tool.
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Step 3
Make a line below your part.
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Step 4
Change the UCS so the line can be extruded in horizontal plane.
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Step 5
Under surfaces tab choose extrude and extrude it making the floor. Adjust it using Move gizmo.
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Step 6
Now go to render tab. We have to adjust some of the setting before rendering. First of all full shadows.
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Step 7
Now turn on the Sun for realistic shadows. Under material texture turn material texture on.
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Step 8
Adjust the time of the Sun.
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Step 9
Open material browser from render tab and apply floor tile material to the surface.
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Step 10
Apply plastic material to the body or whatever.
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Step 11
Adjust the model.
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Step 12
Now click on the arrow below the render button. Choose the setting of the rendering and then click render button.
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Step 13
The render window will open up and the rendering will start.
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Step 14
Here is my final result. Looks Good!
Original Post: https://grabcad.com/tutorials/how-to-render-in-autocad
Just Make sure you are rendering using MentalRay
Just because it’s so much better
Here’s a sample of Vray V.s MentalRay
Completely agree with this. My preferred workflow is draft on AutoCAD, model on SketchUp, render on V-Ray, post-process with Photoshop.
Just Export your model and render using AutoCAD ShowCase