Technical requirements
To effectively use Unreal Engine 5 for architectural visualization, you’ll need a workstation with at least 16 GB of RAM and an RTX graphics card (2070 or higher). An SSD is ideal but not mandatory. These are not the minimum requirements, but the ones to fully utilize the potential of Unreal Engine 5 for architectural visualization. For further information on the specifications, please refer to this link: https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.1/en-US/hardware-and-software-specifications-for-unreal-engine/.
It’s important to note that although Unreal Engine 5 offers powerful modeling tools, they cannot replace the need for a third-party tool to create your 3D model and prepare it for UE5. Examples of such tools include 3ds Max, Blender, Maya, Cinema 4D, and Rhino. In this book, we’ll be using 3ds Max by Autodesk, but you’re free to choose any software that meets your needs and can handle both 3D modeling and UV coordinates creation.
The project files for the chapter can be found at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Architectural-Visualization-in-Unreal-Engine-5
