Defining Render Settings

1. Open the Rendering dialog.
2. Define the view area to render.
3. In the Rendering dialog, under Quality, specify the render quality.
4. Under Output, specify the following:
   • Resolution: To generate a rendered image for screen display, select Screen. To generate a rendered image for printing, select Printer.
   • DPI: When Resolution is Printer, specify the DPI (dots per inch) to use when printing the image. (If the project uses metric units, Revit converts the metric values to inches before displaying the DPI or pixel size.) Select a predefined value, or enter a custom value.

   The Width, Height, and Uncompressed image size fields update to reflect the settings.

   See Render Performance and Image Size/Quality.

5. Under Lighting, specify lighting settings for the rendered image.
6. Under Background, specify a background for the rendered image.
7. (Optional) Adjust exposure settings for the rendered image.

   If you know the exposure settings that you want to use, you can set them now. Otherwise, wait to see the results of the current render settings, and, if needed, adjust the exposure settings after rendering the image.

   See Adjusting the Exposure of a Rendered Image.

These render settings are view-specific. They are saved as part of the view properties. To apply these settings to other 3D views, use a view template.

When you finish defining render settings, create the rendered image.