My New Enscape Blog Post - Enscape panoramas meet Chaos Cloud

Sharing a blog post I recently updated for Enscape... 

Enscape panoramas meet Chaos Cloud: Virtual tours, collaboration, and VR at Lake Flato

I used the Lake Flato office remodel project to show how Chaos Cloud now handles the heavy lifting: hosting panorama tours, adding hotspots and floor plans, collecting feedback, and even running immersive VR sessions on a Quest 3—no additional platform or licenses required.

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New Enscape Blog Post - Enscape for SketchUp 2026 is now available, plus Save as External Model is back

Just published on the Chaos blog — “Enscape for SketchUp 2026 is now available, plus Save as External Model is back” — a must-read if you use SketchUp + Enscape. The update to Enscape 4.13 brings full compatibility with SketchUp 2026, plus the long-awaited return of the “Save as External Model” feature. That means you can offload heavy components into linked external .skp files, keeping your main SketchUp file lightweight and responsive, while still getting full-fidelity renders in Enscape.

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New Enscape Blog Posts - Assigning Revit Materials and Revit 2026 New Features

I recently had the opportunity to contribute a couple of guest posts to the official Chaos Enscape blog, sharing some practical tips and insights from my daily workflows. If you’re working in Revit or SketchUp and want to get more out of your Enscape visuals—whether you're linking CAD files or exploring what’s new in Revit 2026—these posts are packed with helpful guidance to improve your design visualization experience. Check them out below!

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NVIDIA GTC 2025 - My Session with QuarkXR and T-Mobile

I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be speaking for the third time at NVIDIA GTC next month in Silicon Valley! GTC is always an incredible convergence of forward-thinking professionals from industries like AI/ML, autonomous driving, healthcare, and visualization, so I’m excited to be part of it once again.

I'll be sharing insights on Lake|Flato's collaboration with T-Mobile and QuarkXR. Our focus: optimizing VR streaming with Enscape's real-time rendering engine, Autodesk Revit, and NVIDIA GPUs + CloudXR tech.

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My Revit 2024 Enscape posts & my Trip to Chaos HQ

Did you know I have been writing blog posts for Enscape since 2016?

This year I also had the opportunity to visit the Chaos HQ in Germany, followed by a trip to an event at the Chaos office in Bulgaria!

In today's post, I will highlight my 2024 posts on the Enscape blog and my Chaos offices visit!

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Enscape Impact -- Sensitivity Review

In this post, I ran a Lake|Flato project through Enscape Impact, then made some design changes, and dropped it into three other climate zones to test the sensitivity of the changes... are they what I expected? Read on to find out:)

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Recap - Chaos Connect Day '24

Last week I had the opportunity to visit the Chaos office in Sofia, Bulgaria, to attend #ChaosConnectDay 2024.

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3Dconnexion SpaceMouse - Bluetooth Edition!

I recently got my hands on a new 3Dconnexion SpaceMouse Bluetooth Edition 3D mouse! Today's post is a quick share out on it.

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Creating Accurate Toposolids in Revit 2025 - My New Enscape Blog Post

My latest Enscape blog post is live... this topic will be interesting to anyone who creates toposolids or work with surfaces within Revit. I cover how to create them accurately in this post, including getting the elevation and contours correct in Revit based on the Civil CAD file.

I also created a video detailing the process of creating a toposolid from an AutoCAD Civil 3D surface.

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Revit 2025 Updates Enscape Users Should Know About

My latest Escape blog post is live... which covers Autodesk Revit 2025 updates that Enscape users will want to know about. Plus, I touched on an Enscape 4.0 enhancement related to multiple users working on the same workshared Revit project.

I also mentioned something super important to watch out for in Revit 2024 related to project files becoming corrupted.

Check out the post here on Enscape's official blog:

https://blog.enscape3d.com/enscape-for-revit-2025

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Managing Custom Materials for Enscape

My latest post is live over on the Ensacpe blog!

It highlights the steps to transfer materials between Enscape-supported modeling platforms like Revit, SketchUp, Rhino, and more. It also provides some deployment and management tips for multi-user firms.

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New Enscape Blog Post - Leveraging Custom Assets in Enscape

I recently wrote a post for Ensacpe on managing custom assets. We have a lot of them at Lake|Flato!

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Revit-Provided Material Options for Enscape Users (Enscape blog)

I recently wrote another post for the Ensacpe blog covering the ins and outs of the materials provided with Revit. There are several subtle aspects here that can help speed things up when developing a visualization for your architectural design.

This post also includes a video hosted on my YouTube channel.

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Understanding and Application of Albedo in Enscape

In today's post, I am sharing an article I wrote for Enscape in 2018 that never made it to their new and updated blog. I collaborated with Enscape co-founder Thomas Willberger on this piece.

The post offers an introduction to material albedo and the impact it has on visualization in general, but Enscape specifically.

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University of Minnesota - Lighting Design Presentation 2023

Last week, I had the opportunity to present on lighting design at the University of Minnesota. 

Today's post will highlight my presentation, where I discussed:

• Design Performance at Lake|Flato
• Workflow (electric lighting): Lighting design using Revit + Elumtools
• Workflow (daylighting): Access and glare using Rhino + Climate Studio
• Presentation: Revit/Rhino/SketchUp + Enscape

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Enscape Blog Post on Lake|Flato Technology Strategy

I recently wrote a blog post for Enscape that features our cutting-edge design technology strategy at Lake|Flato... highlighting how real-time visualization is integrated and utilized at every turn.

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NVIDIA VCR tool used by the Enscape Development team

NVIDIA recently published a blog post featuring NVIDIA VR Capture and Replay (VCR) and how the Enscape development team uses it to streamline VR regression testing. The article features Lake|Flato's San Antonio, Texas, office remodel project.

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Getting Started with Enscape (for Revit users) - Free YouTube Course

The second of three free courses I am making available is fully uploaded: Getting Started with Enscape (for Revit users)!

Course highlights::

• 25 Videos
• 3.0 hours
• Several required/resource files

This course is ideal for anyone interested in using real-time rendering in an architectural practice. Even experienced Ensacpe users will find value in the tips and tricks offered throughout the course.

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Enscape Blog Post - Adjustable Assets: New Customization Options for Designers

My latest Enscape post is live over on the Enscape blog. It covers an exciting new feature that allows some assets to be adjusted.

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Revit 2024 Updates Enscape Users Should Know About

I recently wrote a post for the Ensacpe blog highlighting Revit 2024 feature Enscape users might want to know!

Follow this link to read the post:

https://blog.enscape3d.com/revit-2024-updates

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For BIM Chapters updates, follow @DanStine_MN on Twitter or connect on LinkedIn

Lighting design professionals: check out my Revit & ElumTools training https://bit.ly/3NJjhCV