1.1: Lumion View Is

• Directly used from within your CAD software. 
• This version is a release for SketchUp 2025.0 +.
• Highly focused for fast internal or client facing renders.

1.2: What Can Lumion View do

Help with the collaboration, sharing and refinement of the design process of your project.

• Knowledge Base:  When should You use Lumion Live?

1.3: Lumion View Boundaries - What it does do and some of the what it does not do:

• Knowledge Base:  When should You use Lumion Live?

See this guide:

• Knowledge Base:   How do you get access to Lumion Live?

1. Install from your Lumion Account.

2. Start the Lumion View Editor.

There are two work areas:

• Lumion View Toolbar.
• Lumion View Editor window.

The Lumion View Toolbar (editing in SketchUp):

• To Start and Stop the Lumion View Editor window.
• For setting Material properties or adding and editing Lights.

The Lumion View Editor Window:

• Set the look and feel of the Scene using features:
  • Environment.
  • Styles.
  • Render.
• Manage the Editor and your access.

• Real time view of your SketchUp model with Ray trace rendering.
• SketchUp "water" materials is auto-converted to a Lumion Water, great for Ray Trace rendering.
• SketchUp "Glass: materials are auto-converted to Lumion glass with transparency/opaqueness levels and real reflections of the environment.
• You control the environment and Conceptual Style.
• Render as a high quality Ray Traced image.

Access tools from the window bar:

• Knowledge Base:  Working in the Lumion View Editor

5.1: Edit the Environment settings:  Sun, Sky and Background

• Set the Sun Height and Heading and Sun Brightness.
• Use a solid background for a difference in style than a sky.

For further:

• Knowledge Base:  Working in the Lumion View Editor

• Knowledge Base:  Working in the Lumion View editor - Environment: Sun, Sky and Background

5.2: Set the Visual Style

How do you want to communicate the feeling for your design to the client?  Set one of two overall Styles:

Realistic: 

Conceptual:

Include Edges as part of your style choices:

For further:

• Knowledge Base:  Working in the Lumion View Editor

• Knowledge Base:  Working in the Lumion Live editor - Styles

5.3: Set your Output render options and Render

Make final output for your client as: 

Realistic:  

Conceptual:

Conceptual With Edges:

For further:

• Knowledge Base:  Working in the Lumion View Editor

• Knowledge Base:  Working in the Lumion View Editor - Output

Account and Feedback:

Manage the Window:

• Minimize, maximize, close(Stops Lumion View)

For further:

• Knowledge Base:  Working in the Lumion View Editor

• Start and Stop the Lumion View window.
• Set Light Properties.
• Set Material Properties.

7.1: Start/Display the Lumion View window with the model and Stop/Close the window

• Start/Stop the Lumion View window as you need.
• As a flexible window, size and position where you need, full screen size, including on a dual monitor.

7.2: Use the Lights Editor to add Light Sources for Day and Night ambience

• The four main types of artificial light are supported.
• Set the properties for a light type as you add them or later on change the properties.
• These are special Lumion View Objects/components added into the SketchUp model.

See further:

• Knowledge Base:  Lumion View: Using the Lumion Lights Editor

7.3: Use the Materials Editor to affect the look of your model

• Supports three core PBR (Physically Based Rendering) material Types.
• The interface provides for additional properties. 
• Otherwise View uses the properties of a Material from SketchUp.

Share your best Practice and workflows:

We invite you to discuss your use of Lumion View for approaches to Best Practice for your design workflows:

• Lumion Community: Discuss all things Lumion with other users

(please make sure to include the Prefix for Lumion View)

To showcase your designs and Lumion View renders:

• Lumion Community: Showcase your Lumion renderings & movies

(please make sure to include the Prefix for Lumion View)

Technical Support for any issues and questions please use this channel:

• Knowledge Base:  Contact Lumion Technical Support for Lumion View