When we use revit+enscape we miss the simplicity of the sketchup enscape lights.
I know that in theory this can be done by creating Revit lighting families but it's a lot more cumbersome compared to what enscape made for sketchup.
Would it be possible to offer a similar functionality as the sketchup enscape lights through the asset library for Revit?
So that we can easily drag in a few filler lights (point lights, linear, plane etc).
We would have to be able to change color and intensity.
We would love to see a generic white (or black) version for things like trees and especially people as well.
The 3d people can be a distraction, especially when the model is still in a conceptual state. Being able to quickly make the people look more conceptual would be very helpful. Sometimes white works best, sometimes black will work better (it depends on the general colors used in the model).
We often can't use the overall 'white mode' because we do want to some at least some textures (for example the major finishes of the building).
Let's hope this will be covered by the 'fully reproducible renderings' feature they are working on right now 
In Belgium and France for example they use a AZERTY keyboard layout, which makes the WASD very awkward to use.
Out of curiosity: how does Enscape handle this right now?
My users have kind of gotten used to these keymaps. Not saying they should be set in stone, but changing it will come at a cost for us (retraining).
Perhaps offering mapable keys would be better solution?
Demian, will these settings stick after the next upgrade, i.e is this a permanent solution or do the assets change somehow with upgrades.
Else won't be much fun...
In our experience they will stick for your project.
If you make a new project, and place the assets from the Enscape library panel (instead of copy pasting them for your previous file), you will have to check the checkbox 'shared' again of course.
Each enscape asset has a unique ID, and so far, it seems like the ID'd don't change over Enscape upgrades.
@Demian
Does the fix you mention address 'downloading from the server' only, or also opening the library when you have cached 100% of the library in the temp folder.
Our library still takes between 5 and 10 seconds to open, but when we check the temp folder it seems to be fully cached.
+1, although this is only going to be truly useful when we can change materials on assets.
Have you tried making the asset 'shared'?
That functionality would be huge. It would open a lot of design freedom.
Thanks! These are very helpful.
Thanks for the library update in 2.6.1!
Would it be possible to get some more books. Ideally with not too much color so it doesn't distract too much.
References:
https://3dsky.org/3dmodels/show/knigi_150_shtuk_2_2_6_2
https://3dsky.org/3dmodels/show/knigi_150_shtuk_2_2_6_1
https://3dsky.org/3dmodels/show/knigi_150_shtuk_2_2_5_4
https://3dsky.org/3dmodels/show/knigi_150_shtuk_3_2_4_2
This is something the community could provide. There's someone already doing it for Revit.
Perhaps Enscape could help the community by putting the community created files for download on the official website?
Is there any news on custom assets or the ability to change materials on library assets? It seems that these two features are much more frequently requested (and arguably of much greater use) than an animation workflow.
It's definitely a bit hidden
I think they are still working on it. Perhaps the UI will be cleaned up a bit in the next version.
Edit: also, a cool thing you can do in 2.6 is save the settings inside the file (so no need to load an external file).
Not sure I'm following. You can still export the settings to a standalone file in 2.6?
Presets > save > save to file
The UI could use some work, but the functionality is still there.
I just want to note that transparency in this context is different than your typical material transparency. If the material was transparent, you would see the inside (like a bottle), which would be weird with people and trees.
I think what the request is here, is a transparent 'layer' if you will.
Any chance you're testing this with a 1080 or 2080? Have you tried it on a large model using a modest card (1070 or 1060) in Revit?
I'll try to record asap but it's been busy lately.
