All About View: Getting Started with Lumion View

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1. Product Releases Summary

2. Overview of Lumion View

3. A Mention Of Its Scope

4. How Do You Get Started?

4.1 Installing Lumion View for SketchUp

4.2 Installing Lumion View for Revit

4.3 Installing Lumion View for ArchiCAD

5. Using Lumion View

6. Continue Your Exploration and Understanding

 

This article covers editions for:

• Lumion View for SketchUp: edition for Windows, edition for Mac (Screenshots of the UI's might differ in some places)

• Lumion View for Revit (Windows)

• Lumion View for ArchiCAD (Windows)

 

1. Product Releases:

1.1:  Windows version: April 30, 2025 Commercial Release is available: 

Lumion View is now fully available as a commercial product, and the Early Access release is closed.

An update to Lumion View for SketchUp 2025 has also been officially released!

• Knowledge Base: Lumion View 25.2 Release Notes

 

 

1.3:  Mac version: September 12, 2025: Initial Access and Commercial Release

Lumion View for SketchUp edition for Mac released 4 September, 2025.

This version and release is available from your Lumion Account or the SketchUp Extension Warehouse. 

 

1.4: Revit (Win) edition:  September 8, 2025:  Early Access Release

Lumion View for Revit edition for Windows early released candidate 8 September, 2025.

This version and release is available from the Autodesk Apps Store.  It will also be provided later via your Lumion Account. 

 

1.5 ArchiCAD (Win) edition: February 19, 2026: Commercial Release (Initial Access: February 3, 2026)

Lumion View for ArchiCAD edition for Windows was an early release candidate on 3rd February, 2026.

This version is available from your Lumion Account.

 

 

2. Overview of Lumion View: Capability:

Highly focused on giving you quality renders to your clients (internal or external).

Provide Ray Trace (Win edition) real-time rendering output as either:

 

Conceptual Styles (four):

Photo Realistic Images:

 

3. What is the Scope of Lumion View:

• Help to collaborate, share, and refine the design.

• The focus of Lumion View is to assist in the iterative design-review-design process by providing easy and fast 3D renderings of your model.

 

For further on the scope:

• Knowledge Base: All About View: When should you use Lumion View?

 

4. How do You get Started?

4.1: Installation Steps for Lumion View for SketchUp

Install via your Lumion Account or via SketchUp Extension Manager: 

For details on access and installation:

• Knowledge Base:  All About View: How do you get access to Lumion View?

 

Product details:

Lumion View for SketchUp (Win):

• Knowledge Base:  How do you get access to Lumion View for SketchUp (Win)?

• Knowledge Base:  Lumion View for SketchUp (Win): Installation guide

Lumion View for SketchUp (Mac):

• Knowledge Base:  How do you get Access and Install Lumion View for SketchUp (Mac)?

 

4.2: Installation Steps for Lumion View for Revit

Install via the Autodesk Apps Store (from 8 September 2025):

Your Lumion Account (after early release week 15 to 21 September 2025):

Availability from Lumion Account from: 

For details on access and installation:

• Knowledge Base:  All About View: How do you get access to Lumion View?

 

Product details:

Lumion View for Revit (Win):

• Knowledge Base:  How do you get Access and Install Lumion View for Revit (Win)?

 

4.3: Installation Steps for Lumion View for ArchiCAD: 

Your Lumion Account (after early release week 03 to 19 February 2026)

Availability from Lumion Account from: 

For details on access and installation:

• Knowledge Base:  All About View: How do you get access to Lumion View?

Product details:

Lumion View for ArchiCAD (Win):

• Knowledge Base:  How do you get Access and Install Lumion View for ArchiCAD (Win)?

 

5. Using Lumion View (example SketchUp):

 

You have the Lumion Plugin for SketchUp Installed:

• Windows edition: includes LiveSync for SketchUp and Lumion View for SketchUp. 

• Mac edition: Lumion View for SketchUp.

 

Lumion View has two work areas:

1. Lumion View Toolbar.

2. Lumion View Editor window.

 

5.1: Use the Lumion View Toolbar:

                                                                                 

                     SketchUp (Win)                                           Revit (Win)                                         ArchiCAD (Win)                                            SketchUp (Mac)

 

• Start and Stop the Lumion View Editor window (see section 5.2, below).
• Model Edits:  Lights, Materials:

 

5.2: Use the Lumion View Editor

   

The window to your quality renders.

• Real-time view and update of your SketchUp or Revit model with Ray Trace rendering for the Windows edition. Mac edition currently only supports Rasterization rendering.

• Set the look and feel of the Scene:  Environment and Styles. 
• Render.

 

6. Continue your exploration and understanding of Lumion View with this article:

• Knowledge Base:  All About View: Your Lumion View Journey begins here

We hope you enjoy using Lumion View to support your design workflows and to make easy, fast, high-quality renders.

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