Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC, User Manual

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Defining the View Area to Render
You can render part of a 3D view. You might use this strategy for the following reasons:
■ To focus on a particular part of the 3D view.
■ To test render appearances for materials applied to model elements.
See
Applying Materials to Elements on page 461.
■ To reduce the amount of time required to render the image.
See
Rendering Best Practices on page 1172.
■ To reduce the size of the resulting image file.
See
Controlling the Size of the Rendered Image on page 1166.
When you click Render, Revit Architecture renders only the specified part of the building model.
To define the view area to render, use one or more of the following methods:
■ Crop region : Open the 3D view, and apply a crop region to define the area to render. See Cropping a
View on page 165. When you select the crop region, the Options Bar displays the size of the cropped view.
Click Size to specify a height and width for the crop region.
■ Render region : Open the Rendering dialog , and click Region. In the 3D view, Revit Architecture displays
the render region boundary. Select the render region, and use the blue grips to adjust its size. For
orthographic views, you can also drag the render region to move its location in the view. If the view uses
a crop region, the render region must reside within the crop region boundaries.
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