Reply To: Design Software

It is dependent on your goals. I think the future will see more custom solutions and collaboration with CRYENGINE or Unity, Unreal game-type SDK’s and engines (and there are many) which can be used for video or landscape design as well. They are good if you want a real-time environment without rendering hang ups when you want to distribute a design which can be fully experienced, with even environmental rendering effects.

It is natural at some point for some elements in landscape architecture to start to assimilate design environments which can be used for more than games, and which are customizable to your own BIM/data needs in a design while also giving the ultimate modern power for interactive use and distribution. This is why Revit has been partnering with Unity but the real potential is there as all these environments which can be used in tangent with typical 3D programs while allowing a more interactive power not restricted to the designer-side of the process, nor be limited to static 3d imaging. It can also be used for portfolio archives of past works, as well as future project visualization.

https://www.crytek.com/cryengine