Realistic Rendering Made Easy

Artisan is the only renderer that is fully integrated with BricsCAD. A single click from BricsCAD and within seconds, you will be creating photo-realistic images of your models.

An expanding library of materials

A large set of high quality materials is supplied with Artisan, and you can download more from the BricsCAD and Artisan websites, and other users around the world. Drag-and-drop these materials onto your models and create any number of material combinations.

Light up your world

The pre-defined lighting schemes supplied with Artisan allow you to switch between different lighting environments with a single click. The range of natural lighting schemes can be used without the need to adjust complex light parameters. In addition, artificial lights added to the BricsCAD model can be rendered to create stunning images.

Put yourself in the picture

Move around and inside your model in real-time. Change the viewing angle and position your viewpoint to create the composition you need.

Capture … Render … Re-use

The unique SnapShot feature allows you to save any number of combinations of materials, lighting and camera positions, and then use them again when you modify your design. This is a powerful tool for presenting choices to clients as well as speeding up the re-use of design alternatives such as colour and texture options.

We speak your language

Artisan is currently available in English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. We are adding translations to this list and will support the full BricsCAD set.

TRY IT FOR FREE

You can download and try the fully functional version of Artisan free-of-charge. All images created with this version are overlaid with a watermark which is removed when you purchase Artisan. Click the Download button and try it today!

Installation

BricsCAD must be installed. Download and install Artisan, ensuring that BricsCAD is not running while installing. After installation, run BricsCAD and load a model. The first time you want to run Artisan type 'artisan' in the BricsCAD command window. This will place the Artisan buttons onto your toolbar.

Releases

You can find out what version of Artisan you have by looking at the Artisan Settings window within BricsCAD. The version number is in the title.

Version 1.4 (13/12/12)

• Light component authoring now available
• Support for Light Blocks
• Geometry transfer time greatly reduced
• "Synchronising" your model will now preserve the Artisan view
• Fixes for several crashes (mainly related to the sky/drop shadow) and other usability bugs
• Fixed Import Archive to work with archives that have had their file name changed
• Model reflection on the base now displays correctly
• Artisan evaluation mode watermark strength reduced

Version 1.3 (26/10/12)

• Significant performance enhancement to render speeds.
• Performance enhancement for transferring complex models.
• Fixed a minor bug that could happen when closing Artisan.
• Fixed a minor bug that sometimes made Artisan incorrectly think it is still running after a model change.
• Support installation of newer versions of Artisan over the top of previous versions (without the need to uninstall).

• Integration with BricsCAD means geometry is easily updated
• Photorealistic image creation using global illumination, HDR reflections and lighting
• High quality real-time navigation
• Preset materials, lighting and backgrounds
• Drag and drop interface
• Manage design variations using SnapShots
• Free tutorials and downloadable resources available at www.lightworksartisan.com
• Try it for free. Just click the Download button.