Preface

Lumion has a strong presence in the visualization field as a useful, practical, and efficient tool to create beautiful architectural visualizations in a quick and efficient way.

The need to write this book started with the necessity to find proficient ways to work with Lumion and to simplify its workflow. If you think about it, there are several stages that we need to go through before we present a Lumion visualization. Each stage presents its unique challenges, in particular, if you are new to the 3D world. As an example, at the importing stage, you don't simply import a 3D model in Lumion. You have to confirm whether the geometry is optimized and that there aren't any overlapping faces and you also need to check whether each surface has a material that can be used in Lumion.

Yes, Lumion is an intuitive tool, but that doesn't mean it will do all the hard work for you. That is why you have this book, which covers the most important stages of Lumion and helps you understand the ways in which you can take full advantage of Lumion's capabilities.

This book doesn't have any examples for you to follow, for just a simple reason; you want a book that is practical and efficient without wasting time following an example that has nothing to do with your project. Certainly, you may want something that you can apply straight away to your project and see first-hand how things really work. For that reason, I encourage you to read this book while working on your projects and then, later, you can use it as a quick reference.