The latest for architecture
Unreal Engine 5.4 is now available
This release is packed with new features and improvements that will benefit game developers and creators across industries, including the toolsets we’ve been using internally to build and ship Fortnite Chapter 5, Rocket Racing, Fortnite Festival, and LEGO Fortnite.
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New pricing effective in April
We are introducing a new seat-based Unreal Subscription when we release Unreal Engine 5.4. This new pricing of $1,850 per seat will apply to companies generating over $1 million USD in annual gross revenue who are not creating games.
Features for architecture
With Unreal Engine, you can take your data from raw CAD, BIM, or DCC files to stunning immersive real-time experiences and offline-rendered-quality linear media in less time than you thought possible. Then, iterate to your heart’s content, react to feedback, and see your changes update in the blink of an eye.Aggregate, iterate, collaborate
Import entire scenes—including animation and metadata—from multiple popular CAD and BIM packages and update them on the fly with Datasmith Direct Link. Automate your data cleanup and optimization tasks with Dataprep tools. Make modeling and UV tweaks directly in UE5 if you don’t have access to the source package. And participate in collaborative design reviews with a template specifically designed for architecture.Photorealistic real-time rendering
Easily create and edit physically based materials with the flexible node-based Material Editor. Get true-to-life reflections, refractions, and soft shadows with ray tracing and path tracing. Turn on dynamic global illumination that reacts to changes in direct lighting or geometry on the fly. And create convincing exterior scenes with the atmospheric Sun and Sky system.One asset, every deliverable
From a single UE5 project, you can showcase your work any way you want: gorgeous high-res stills and videos with Movie Render Queue; compelling immersive experiences with support for extended reality deployment; and even cloud-based delivery to anyone, anywhere with an internet connection and a web browser with Pixel Streaming.Architecture success stories
Recreating the original vision for Habitat 67
Explore how one of the most important buildings of the 20th century was recreated virtually using UE5 and RealityCapture.Accelerating urban master planning with Unreal Engine
Discover how Unreal Engine’s real-time technology is helping real estate developers to create immersive plans that enable stakeholders to make faster decisions.Zaha Hadid Architects gives fans what they want with real-time stadium design
Learn how real-time visualization influenced the design of the Xi’an International Football Center, coming to Chinese soccer fans in 2023.CAD Center creates Tokyo-sized digital twins with Twinmotion and Unreal Engine
Take a look at how CAD Center is developing interactive content and simulators for urban digital twins and smart cities in Japan.Let’s get started
Ready to build something? Check out our recommended tutorials, samples and documentation pages to help you get going.Tutorials
Lighting Essential Concepts and Effects
This course explains the basics of setting up lighting in Unreal Engine. Learn about the different types of lights, how to use them together, and how to add special effects like fog and reflections.Hillside Sample
The Hillside Sample Project is an archviz scene made by Epic Games, Safdie Architects, and Neoscape.Introduction to Procedural Generation plugin in UE5.2
This tutorial is a series of videos aimed at kickstarting your journey with the Procedural Content Generation plugin, introduced as Experimental in 5.2.Documentation
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