How to Export from 3ds Max to Lumion FAST with all textures applied with Lime Exporter Plugin

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Hey! What’s up guys! What do you think of making this scene in just about 50 minutes? Today I’ll talk about a plug-in that allows you with just one click export all your 3ds Max scene with all the textures already applied inside Lumion. The plugin is called Lime Exporter. I’ll jump over to my computer and show you how we can do it!

So, now here’s the scene in 3ds Max. I’m going to delete some things I don't need for Lumion.
Now, I’ll go here to LM Exporter, and select the WHOLE SCENE.
I'll select the folder I want to be exported. And now I’ll choose which name I want for my file. Press OK and it will start exporting. Usually, this process takes a couple of minutes, depending on the size of your scene.

DONE! you see it just took 23 seconds to export this scene with all the maps!

Now in Lumion, we still select this Plain template. Now I’ll head over to import the new model, I'll select LIME EXPORTER in my groups and click Ok.
Notice this might take some time to import since it’s only one FBX file with all this information.

Ok, so now here I’m just trying to get the best position for my scene. The first thing I’ll do is to go to my render and define my camera. Why is this important you ask? Because this way I know exactly the area I have to work on according to the shot I'm going to take.

I’ll add first a 2-point perspective effect so my lines are straight. I’ll save the camera position by clicking here.

Now since I want this scene to be done fast, I’ll select a Lumion template, I can choose this Realistic one.
Now I’ll just start customizing these effects a bit.

Now I’ll add Real Skies. I’ll select a Clear… this one.

I’m just adjusting the position so the sun is in front of the building so one side is lit and the other in shadow.

I’ll edit the Depth of Field effect so the building is in focus, but the background is not.

Exposure… increase a bit.
Sharpen. About 1 is ok.

Color Correction, I’ll just decrease the temperature, increase the vibrance, And increase the contrast.

Reflection is fine for now. Hyperlight as well. Skylight I’ll increase the brightness, activate this 2 and leave it high.

The Shadow Effect. Here I’m just adjusting the parameters a bit, to have more coloring and less shadow brightness.

Chromatic Aberrations, just adjust a bit.
I’ll add just a bit of the Precipitation effect. I’ll add some Fog as well.
Let’s add some volumetric light, so we can have SunBeams coming from the left side. It’s a cool effect when you have some dust particles in the air. So I’m just adjusting the effect here.

By the way, I’ve launched my Lumion Render Course, it’s an in-depth course where I teach you everything you need to know on how to create realistic high-quality images with Lumion. The course is packed with great bonuses, including some of my most popular Lumion Scenes that you can get for free when joining the course! I’ll leave a link in the description below this video!

Let's go back to our Build Mode. This script imports all the textures with the FBX file, so I’ll just adjust them a bit. Here I’m just adding glass material, and adjusting some parameters of the textures.
For the grass, I’ll just select a 3d Grass from Lumion library and leave it with default settings.

On this last one, I’ll add a Nature 2D grass so it doesn't take so much time in the render.

Now, inside the building, I’ll just add some area lights to give some ambiance to the interior.

I’ll start adding some vegetation elements to make the scene more interesting and natural. Here I’ll just select the Mass Placement tool and a couple of trees to block my horizon view.
I’ll continue adding some vegetation to my terrain.

This is done using Lumion rendering software for architectural visualization. It’s a great 3D render software that saves a ton of time for architects because it helps you achieve the level of detail and realism not available in any other similar software.

Lumion is fully compatible with most 3D modeling software, including Revit, SketchUp, ArchiCAD, 3ds Max, Rhino, AutoCAD, Vectorworks, and many others.

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Do you have any questions? Let me know in the comments below! :)


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[joanna-chgw]

Who would dislike this!!!! This was very beneficial thank you so so much!

[tactical]

Bro, you are a legend in this designing and rendering field.

[joemaccabee]

Great tutorial really like the workflow and the result! thanx man! 🙌

[sorrayaantoine]

AWESOME VIDEO!! LEARNED A LOT THANK YOU

[prasadpkunte]

Very nice and informative tutorial. Learned a lot. Thanks.🙂

[bufifty]

man youre great, thanks for these videos

[JesseyDeLeon]

Hi! Is there a plugin where you can export 3D from sketchup to lumion with the textures already applied? Similar to this one, but with Sketchup instead of 3Ds Max. Thanks!

[harshitkapil]

hi, great video, can u also share how to model those exterior panels in 3ds max? Thanks.

[prashantnagpure]

Hi Superb, lots of time-saving,
I have one question abt max lime exporter is that,
what about faces a flip problem when I render in max that won't see but when I export fbx in lumion some faces are flipped,
lime exporter solves this or I have to chk manually after export.

please reply I am planning to buy this

[eugeniakrassakopoulou]

hello. If I have already set my cameras in 3dsmax can I keep them (import) in lumion?

[EXORDIUM-D]

I've been asking myself if you were the Nuno I knew from my XDA days. Anyway, I like your work & your videos, mate. Subscribed.

[LittleCamino]

When I use lime exporter it just gets stuck at 100% on the top bar and 0% on the bottom part. Has it ever happened to you before? Im doing tests with models that yesterday were exporting just fine, and still not working. I'm getting a bit frustrated as we are in a tight schedule and this is setting us back drammatically. Please help!

[satyambhardwaj]

which lime exporter version will work with lumion 12.on lime exporter site it says version 1.3 are compatible with lumion 12

[garrettreger]

Do you know how to fix the issue when it says a .max file is missing even tho it is definitely in the zip?

[h.o.p.e]

i tried to use LIM exporter converting my maxfile, but it stuck once i clicked the whole screen and location, why is that? My max file is about 700mb size, is that the issue?

[bolbolegypttuber]

I Like your tutorials .. very sharp and accurate result
I see Lumion ID channels not accurate ever .. I don't know why but it appears with any ID export with the image .. hope they fix it in any updates soon

[billiefaisamahardika]

Thank you for tutorial.. very nice render ..
And please share this effect. 🙏😁

[nazcaalwave]

When I export I have problems with some scenes and double sided of objetcs. You know how I can fix that? Thank you.

[taryeliskandarov]

good job. can I find free version of LE?