Altair Inspire Render User Guide

2023

Home
Rendering
Adjust the materials, environment, and properties of objects in the scene to create a photorealistic image.
Editors
Configure materials, the environment, lights, labels, the camera position, and the rendering settings.

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
Geometry
Rendering
Animation
Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Controls

2023

Altair Inspire Render User Guide

What's New
Discover new features and enhancements.
Get Started
New to Inspire Render? Learn the basics here.
Tutorials
Start using Inspire Render with our interactive tutorials.
Geometry
Use geometry tools to modify your objects for rendering.
Rendering
Adjust the materials, environment, and properties of objects in the scene to create a photorealistic image.
- Rendering Process Overview
  An overview of the typical rendering process.
- System Requirements: Rendering
  A list of supported operating systems and minimum requirements for hardware and memory.
- Interactive Rendering
  Interactive rendering modes are display modes that render your scene in real time, so you can interactively apply materials, modify the environment, and change the camera position.
- Editors
  Configure materials, the environment, lights, labels, the camera position, and the rendering settings.
  - Create a Material
    Create, modify, apply, save, and organize materials.
  - Modify the Environment
    Modify the background, lighting, and shadows. A default global environment is included in Inspire Render to place your model in a 3D context for rendering, but you can also customize the background image. Customize the illumination, reflection, and background.
  - Add Lights
    Add, reposition, and edit lights for the scene.
  - Apply, Edit, and Position Labels
    A label is a special type of texture that allows you to layer an image over an existing material. It is useful for applying logos or bar codes to objects in your scene.
  - Add and Edit a Camera
    By adding cameras to your scene and customizing their position, angle, rendering image resolution, and rendering image quality, you can view and render your models from multiple perspectives and create a more distinctive scene.
  - Define the Quality Render Settings
    Define the Quality Render settings including denoiser, tracing depth, and maximum samples.
- Libraries
  The Render Library contains preset and saved custom materials, environments, and models.
- Render
  Create a final rendered image. Learn how to adjust the rendering settings and change rendering engines.
Animation
In Inspire Render you can animate an object or group and the camera. There are two methods of animation: key frame animation and path animation.
Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Controls
Learn keyboard shortcuts and mouse controls for common operations.

Altair Inspire Render User Guide

2023

Home
Rendering
Adjust the materials, environment, and properties of objects in the scene to create a photorealistic image.
Editors
Configure materials, the environment, lights, labels, the camera position, and the rendering settings.

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
Geometry
Rendering
Animation
Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Controls

Editors

Configure materials, the environment, lights, labels, the camera position, and the rendering settings.

Create a Material
Create, modify, apply, save, and organize materials.
Modify the Environment
Modify the background, lighting, and shadows. A default global environment is included in Inspire Render to place your model in a 3D context for rendering, but you can also customize the background image. Customize the illumination, reflection, and background.
Add Lights
Add, reposition, and edit lights for the scene.
Apply, Edit, and Position Labels
A label is a special type of texture that allows you to layer an image over an existing material. It is useful for applying logos or bar codes to objects in your scene.
Add and Edit a Camera
By adding cameras to your scene and customizing their position, angle, rendering image resolution, and rendering image quality, you can view and render your models from multiple perspectives and create a more distinctive scene.
Define the Quality Render Settings
Define the Quality Render settings including denoiser, tracing depth, and maximum samples.

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