LEARNING 3D TOOLS

In the classes about the 3D technology we learned about the differents digitals tools presents in the market and a little about the process of each program (Sketchup, Blender or 3D Max)

In architecture this tool can be used for differents proposites. Like tool to project, to study the volume, to show the project to a client, etc.

In this homework we have to draw a house. Could be the same house used in the last homework (CAD exercise). And we can o choose the program, Sketchup, Blender or 3D Max. I choose the sketchup because I've been use since Brasil.

My house is the NM House.

To start to draw I firs get the CAD drawing and cleaned it. Remove the differents layers, colors and texts:

After this, I opened the Sketchup and imported the clean file. 

I start to draw creatting layers. Gradually I was covering the lines of the imported file.

At the same time I draw, start to put in layers and added texture. This facilitates to see the differnts elements.

The most part of elemests I draw and make a group or a component, how the chimney, the windows,the doors, the stair, etc. With repetitives elements the best are the components, because after you copy you can change one element and will change all from the same component.

The stairfor exemple is a block where each element is a component. All the steps are derived from one componet, copied many times. The windows are componets too, and their elements either.

I also use blocks already done download from the web, like the sofa, the table and the vet.

Atthe last I put the roof and did the verend.

 Finished all the 3D I did some scenes from the point of viewof a person and take images. 

 Thisis the final result. 

CAD Software

Continuing with the posts of the matter of Digital Tools, in the lasts 2 mounths we have been learn about softwares to help inthedvelopment of Architecture. The firt was the CAD (computer aided design). This kind of software works with vector and on real scale, what permites details everythink do you want with precision. The mosts famous are the Autocad and Archcad.

The exercise of this theme was choose a house and redraw it in Autocad. Some instructions was given in the class to help us. But like all the softwares the best way of learn is practicing.


NM HOUSE

To support we have pdfs with the plans and seccions of the house.

To start the draw I firt open a base file. How in my work in Brazil I use the Autocad  I have a file caller standard base with the layer I use and ctb (file that allows you to print the draw with thickness predetermined for color-lines). When the file opened I import the pdf file of the plan and starts to draw based on the picture. 

Gradually I was drawing and put in the layers.

After finish the basic plan I start to put  blocks. The blocks I imported from a personal librery or drawed and made a new block.

After finish all draws, plans and facades, put the dimensions line. The basic ones. 

 Finished all details I went to the Layout to organize the painel to print. In this part I created viewoprts and defined the scale of each plan or seccion and did the layout of the painel.

Fineshed the draw and the layout time to print. This is the part wherea choose the pen file (CTB), the sizer of the paper and extension I will print(pdf, jpg, etc).

The final draw printed.