Compatibility

• IMPORTANT: Please note that Scenes and Imported Models saved in Lumion 9.5 are not backward compatible with older versions of Lumion.
• Please click on the following link to see how to open projects from older versions of Lumion:

         Knowledge Base: Lumion 9.5: Everything you need to know

New Features

Material Library

The new HD materials in Lumion 9.5 and Lumion 9.5 Pro include:

• 3 fine woods for interiors and exteriors
• 2 wood materials for cabins walls
• 16 wood floors
• 9 types of wood planks
• 4 types of worn wood planks
• 12 brick materials
• 3 types of medieval bricks
• 2 types of diamond steel floors
• 1 fabric wicker material

Model Library

For the new models, listed below, you can find some unlocked in the standard version of Lumion:

• 11 leafless trees
• 3 leafless shrubs
• 5 fir cones
• 16 logs
• 34 types of punk wood
• 15 tree stumps
• 26 twigs
• 25 potted plants

Changes & Resolved Errors

Build Mode

• Reflection Effect: Reflection Planes are now placed correctly on surfaces in confined spaces (e.g. interiors).
• Place item on nodes & Replace selection: Large numbers of trees & plants no longer result in pop-up error messages when using these functions.

Loading & saving

• Merge Scene: Merging large numbers of trees & plants no longer results in pop-up messages.

Panorama Mode

• MyLumion: Entering more than one email address no longer causes a crash.

Model Library

• The Reflectivity Masks for Man_African_0004 and Man_Caucasian_0012 have been fixed.

Importing & exporting

• Textures with a width and/or a height in excess of 16,384 pixels no longer cause a crash when importing/re-importing models.
• Collada .DAE importer: Using the LiveSync function or the Lumion LiveSync .DAE exporter should now generate material names that are closer to the original material names in most supported 3D/CAD software. For example ".Floor(1) Lobby" in Revit will result in ".Floor(1) Lobby" in Lumion as well. Some 3D/CAD software does not allow the use of special characters and/or spaces when exporting files. In those cases, the characters are replaced by underscores.
• The Lumion importer now checks the source of the Collada .DAE file. If the Collada .DAE file is from a trusted source, it is imported faster and consumes less memory. Trusted sources are as follows:
  - The LiveSync Collada .DAE exporters.
  - Any exporter that uses Open Collada, such as Blender.
  - Any exporter that uses FBX Collada (Autodesk Collada), such as 3ds Max.
  - SketchUp files (.SKP).

Miscellaneous

• Localization: Slovakian is now included in Lumion.
• If the Lumion installer finds a previous installation of the same version of Lumion, the installation path is now displayed.
• The User Analytics function now counts the models that all users place in Scenes for statistical analysis.
• Text fields no longer linger when closing windows in certain situations.