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title: "Maxon Redshift for Architects - An overview of the main categories of this documentation"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/rva/en-us/Content/html/RS_Overview.html"
section_path: "Maxon Redshift - Overview"
description: "Redshift for Architects offers rendering and real-time visualizations of architectural projects directly within popular host applications, such as Vectorworks, Revit, or Archicad. It also includes a vast selection of high-quality 3D assets and materials ready for immediate use."
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# Maxon Redshift for Architects

With Maxon Redshift for Architects, you can not only use real-time rendering in the viewport and render photorealistic still images or animations, but also access extensive object and material libraries, place assets individually or randomly in the scene and add physically accurate sky simulations. Use the following image tiles or the menu items on the left to access the categories of this documentation.\
[**Installation & Setup**](https://help.maxon.net/rva/en-us/Content/html/Installation_and_Setup.html.md) and the page about [**The Redshift Interface**](https://help.maxon.net/rva/en-us/Content/html/Interface.html.md) are perfect starting points.

![This image tile provides a general overview of the topic of software installation and links to the relevant installation pages in this Redshift documentation.](https://help.maxon.net/rva/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Tile_Installation.png)

[Installation & Setup](https://help.maxon.net/rva/en-us/Content/html/Installation_and_Setup.html.md)

![This image tile provides a general overview of the Redshift for Architects interface and links to the relevant pages in this Redshift documentation.](https://help.maxon.net/rva/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Tile_Interface.png)

[The Redshift Interface](https://help.maxon.net/rva/en-us/Content/html/Interface.html.md)

![This image tile provides a general overview of the Redshift for Architects transformation and modeling tools and links to the relevant tool pages in this Redshift documentation.](https://help.maxon.net/rva/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Tile_Tools.png)

[Navigation and Modeling Tools](https://help.maxon.net/rva/en-us/Content/html/Tool_Palette.html.md)

![This image tile provides a general overview of the Redshift for Architects Library Browser and links to the relevant pages in this Redshift documentation.](https://help.maxon.net/rva/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Tile_Library.png)

[The Asset Library](https://help.maxon.net/rva/en-us/Content/html/Library_Browser.html.md)

![This image tile provides a general overview of the Redshift for Architects rendering options and links to the relevant pages in this Redshift documentation.](https://help.maxon.net/rva/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Tile_Render.png)

[Frame & Animation Rendering](https://help.maxon.net/rva/en-us/Content/html/Render_Settings.html.md)

![This image tile provides a general overview of the Redshift for Architects Environment simulation options and links to the relevant pages in this Redshift documentation.](https://help.maxon.net/rva/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Tile_Environment.png)

[Create an Environment](https://help.maxon.net/rva/en-us/Content/html/Environment.html.md)

![This image tile provides a general overview of the Redshift for Architects materials and links to the relevant pages in this Redshift documentation.](https://help.maxon.net/rva/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Tile_Material.png)

[Working with Materials](https://help.maxon.net/rva/en-us/Content/html/Materials.html.md)