Lite User Manual

D5 Lite is a real-time rendering plugin embedded in SketchUp, Rhino, and Revit, built for the schematic design phase. It brings rendering into your modeling software so you can check materials, lighting, and environment while you model, and carry the result into D5 Render for further refinement.

Feature Overview

Use the table below to check what each modeling software supports. Materials, lights, and camera controls differ by modeling software; see the corresponding chapter for details.

Feature	SketchUp	Rhino	Revit
Lite Live Sync	✅	✅	✅
Sync to D5 Render	✅	✅	✅
Sync Viewport	✅	✅	✅
Materials	Edit parameters in the Lite material panel	Embedded in the Rhino material panel	Edit parameters in the Revit material browser
Lights	5 Lite light types, edited in the Lite light panel	Reads native Rhino lights, edited in the Rhino light panel	Reads Revit Lighting Fixture families, edited in the Lite light panel
Environment · Geographic Sky + HDRI	✅	✅	✅
Effects	✅	✅	✅
Asset Library	✅	✅	—
Scene / view list	✅	✅	✅
Render output	✅	✅	✅
Render view capture	✅	✅	✅
Panorama output	✅	✅	✅
AI Generation	✅	✅	✅
Export .d5a file	✅	✅	✅

How to Use This Manual

• If this is your first time, read "Getting Started" and "About D5 Lite" first. To look up a specific feature, open the corresponding page from the menu on the left.
• Materials, lights, and camera controls differ by modeling software. Read the pages with SketchUp, Rhino, or Revit in the title.
• In SketchUp, materials and lights are edited mainly in the D5 Lite panel; in Rhino and Revit, Lite mainly reads the modeling software's native materials and lights. When two pages share a feature name, go by the software named in the title.