Lumion® Free, Basic and Ultimate
Lumion® comes in three editions: Free, Basic and Ultimate.
Please note that this page shows the features and content of Lumion® Ultimate.
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Import formats
Even the most complex 3D models from your CAD software of choice can be imported with ease.
For example from Google® Sketchup®, AutoDesk® products such as 3D Studio Max and many other 3D modeling packages.
And a dedicated update function makes it a breeze to (re-)load models that were updated in your CAD software.

Supported import formats:
- 3D models: DAE, FBX, MAX, 3DS, OBJ
- Images: TGA, DDS, PSD, JPG, BMP, HDR and PNG images
- Lightmaps from AutoDesk® 3D Studio Max
- Animated models from AutoDesk® 3DS Max via FBX format (Move/Rotate/Scale)

Scene creation, environments and weather
The scene creation tools in Lumion® take full advantage of a GPU-based 3D interface which lets you edit scenes in real-time.
The rendering performance is highly optimized so that you can import models with millions of polygons with ease.
Terrain creation is straightforward with the 28 built-in landscape presets, 6 water types and a customizable ocean.
Daylight, sun, sky and clouds are easily adjustable and can be animated for sun studies.

Material library
Thanks to the huge material library in Lumion® it takes just moments to really make your design shine.
There are 312 built-in high-quality materials such as wooden floors and brick walls as well as 9 custom material types.

Model library
Bringing your visualization to life is child’s play with the hundreds of entourage models in the model library.
For example trees that sway in the wind, moving cars, animated people, buildings, street furniture and much more.
Lumion® Ultimate ships with a whopping 656 models and 402 trees, plants and other nature items.

Video and image output
Lumion® renders stunning images in seconds rather than hours.
And high quality HD videos in a few hours rather than weeks.

Theatre mode
Theatre mode is a full screen mode which is ideally suited for live demonstrations.
The visual quality is easily adjustable to ensure optimal performance on both low-end and high-end PCs.

Minimum system requirements
OS: Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7 32- or 64-bit
System memory: 2GB (for simple scenes)
Graphics card: NVidia GeForce 8800 GTX or similar ATI/AMD, with at least 512Mb graphics memory

Recommended system requirements
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
System memory: At least 4GB
Graphics card: NVidia 460GTX / ATI 5850 or faster