

This new technology is also available in AutoCAD, Navisworks and Showcase.įor stability and scalability, this new engine is CPU based, rather than relying on the graphics card’s GPU and memory which has been popular for rendering engines. The new Autodesk Raytracer engine is owned by Autodesk and can be modified and enhanced as needed to parallel other changes in Autodesk’s offerings.

In addition to Autodesk likely having to pay to use this technology, they are not at liberty to change or enhance it. Some readers may be surprised to find out that the current rendering engine in Revit, called mental ray is owned by NVIDIA – the graphics card company.

It is always CPU to do the rendering job and there should be no difference unless you upgrade CPU / RAM.
