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What if you could remove months from the design process? Win public support? Or visualize your building with a couple of clicks? With Twinmotion and Unreal Engine, the full spectrum of real-time architectural visualization is available, anytime, anywhere. Beginners, visionaries—the future is wide open.

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03Case Studies
04Resources
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Overview

Perfect pixels—at scale

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Get in, get into it

Unreal Engine makes it simple to bring in high-fidelity data from a host of 3D, CAD, and BIM applications, so you can start shaping immersive experiences right away. With support for massive designs and stunning photorealism, users can easily bring their boldest visions to life—even if it’s in a taxi on the way to the presentation.

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All together now

Create a bridge between stakeholders to solve problems before they start, using remote collaboration tools designed to make everyone feel involved. Explore a city using VR/AR, show the latest concepts to global clients, or suggest new possibilities during a public hearing—this engine connects the dots.
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Big data redefined

In Unreal Engine, data can take on new lives, helping you make decisions or relay information in a way that instantly speaks to people. Create open worlds, airplane trackers, driving simulators that gauge bridge stability, or full-scale cities. The data is only the beginning.

Sound complex? Try Twinmotion.

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Transform BIM and CAD data into stunning visualizations and VR experiences with a few clicks—no training required. With Twinmotion, architects can present ideas in the easiest way possible, using drag-and-drop assets and a bridge to Unreal Engine that opens up smooth transfers down the line.
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Features

Key features

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    Real time in less time

    Getting your data into Unreal Engine will always be fast and easy, whether you model in 3ds Max, Revit, SketchUp Pro, Rhino, Cinema 4D, or any other CAD, BIM, or DCC solution. Once in, continue to iterate in your 3D application using Datasmith’s nondestructive re-import feature to add new changes to your real-time scene, or automate the process with Python scripting.
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    Looking sharp

    Whether you want photoreal or slickly stylized, you can render it at a fraction of a second per frame. With hybrid ray-traced/rasterized rendering, a deep material library, and so much more, communicating the vision for an interior or exterior design is now a breeze.
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    Combine and conquer

    With Unreal Engine’s comprehensive file format support, you can aggregate design data from different sources and contributors, then see your entire project in one place. And with multi-user editing, you can share your design with stakeholders in collaborative reviews for even faster iterations.
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    One asset, every deliverable

    Present designs wherever stakeholders want to consume them: interactively on a touchscreen or desktop, at human scale in VR or a CAVE, or using an ultra-slick video. With Pixel Streaming, you can also deliver full-quality interactive content to remote participants on any device. Once your asset is in the engine, its destination is up to you.
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case studies

Epic stories

Case Study

Opening new doors for real estate

Real-time solutions powered by Unreal Engine are radically changing the face of real estate development and marketing—helping planners and developers make better decisions, shortening sales cycles, and providing more satisfaction to stakeholders and purchasers. Find out more on our dedicated real estate hub.
 
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Case Study

Zaha Hadid Architects turns to Twinmotion for early design studies

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Case Study

HOK on architectural visualization: aggregate, iterate, communicate

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Case Study

HOK on architectural visualization: aggregate, iterate, communicate

Case Study

Zaha Hadid Architects turns to Twinmotion for early design studies

Gaming technology will fundamentally change how designers work. Unreal is such a powerful engine; the challenge is how to begin to harness it for AEC. Fortunately, Epic is a great partner in that exploration and discovery.

Greg Schleusner

Director of Design Technolgoy, HOK
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Case Study

Jacobs turns to interactive visualization for infrastructure projects

Gaming technology will fundamentally change how designers work. Unreal is such a powerful engine; the challenge is how to begin to harness it for AEC. Fortunately, Epic is a great partner in that exploration and discovery.

Greg Schleusner

Director of Design Technolgoy, HOK
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Resources

Learn how to use Unreal Engine

Whether you’re just getting started and need some basic guidance, or you’re a seasoned pro who’s pushing Unreal Engine to its limits, there’s a range of options to help you succeed.

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Learn how to get started with Unreal Engine as a content creator.

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Advanced Techniques for Architects

2 hours, 25 minutes
This course provides advanced techniques, tips, and tricks for creating stunning architectural visualizations in Unreal Engine. Learn how to adjust lights, modify materials, apply post-processing effects, and more as you work with a modern interior.
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Becoming an Architectural Visualizer

15 hours, 33 mins
The visualization world is moving to real-time. This learning path will teach you how to start creating real time architectural visualization experiences in Unreal Engine. At its conclusion you will have brought your data into Unreal Engine, applied materials and textures, and worked with lights, post-processing effects and Blueprints.
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Unreal Engine comes fully loaded and production-ready out of the box, with every feature and full source code access included. It's free to use for creating linear content such as marketing videos, and custom or internal projects such as immersive architectural visualizations.

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