Architectural Renderings?
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- tkmeister0
you got to find a software that's easy. Maybe Rhino is a good start and relatively cheap. But think about what you want to do and how far you want to go. Each software has its own strengths and weaknesses. Also, if you are going to do this professionally, you need to learn the software that's popular, like 3Dmax is very popular within architecture industry where as a movie/motion studio uses Maya or C4D more.
3D software is a bit more harder to learn than photoshop. I used to do a lot of archi modeling and rendering. Perfecting rendering and knowing all the ins&outs out of software takes time and practice. Learning how to do 3D modeling is a easy part, it's the rendering techniques that take a lot of time to master.
- johndiggity0
cad i'm guessing.
- acescence0
autocad, lightscape, 3dsmax
- gung_hoek0
could as well be 2 different applications. one archi-cad package for the modeling & physics/statics/etc., then another 3d software (like 3dsmax/maya/etc) for rendering of beauty shots. i think architects/developers would outsource the production of renderings for marketing nowadays.
why do you ask?
- formed0
We use 3D Studio with VRay
Occasionally Form-Z for design work.
Clients send us anything from Revit files to SketchUp files but rarely are they any use for quality renderings.
FYI - to get pro quality renderings will take a very long time. tkmeister has some good points - figure out what you want 3D for.
3D Studio, at 3500 + 800 for VRay ain't for the faint of heart. We use it due to the compatibility in the arch viz world. If it weren't for that we'd switch platforms to something like C4D or Modo.
- utopian20
Google SketchUp is 3D for everyone
Google SketchUp is software that you can use to create, modify and share 3D models. It's easier to learn than other 3D modeling programs, which is why so many people are already using it.
- cool, sketchup used to be something elsejonatne
- which is why it's so shitty toodoesnotexist
- I want to see what google is cooking with on the nano technologyepete22
- jonatne0
My first guess was cad. But I messed around with Revit ( http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/ser… ) and couldn't really get the same effect.
I'm asking because I'd like to play around with some stuff and get some drawings of a house I have into a digital 3d redering.
- imnotadesigner0
Sketchup!
boom!
- asuarch0
formZ, VIZ, cinema 4D, 3D MAX, Rhino
- pylon0
Usually the wireframes are exported from autoCAD into lightscape or similar and then light, textured, etc. Final touchups in Photoshop if they're just stills.
- gung_hoek0
maybe check out this community:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/inde…
i guess it´s a good ressource for getting into the topic. they cover the most common 3d suites and renderers, as well as the different disciplines (modeling/texturing/lighting/ren...
- ismith0
http://www.clarksmithrendering.c…
That's my dad's site. Do you have any firms in mind? I can tell you what program most of the major firms use... in general, the architects mark everything up in AutoCAD and export for Sketchup which replaced MacPerspective a couple years ago as the gold standard for hand-renderers wanting wireframe guides.
- Robert AM Stern uses SketchUp before rendering phase.ismith
- Witt0
That's an export from AutoCad to QT, i'm guessing.
- 5timuli0
This is THE software right here:
- fooler20
looks like an old Dire Straights video from '84
- dog_opus0
Wow, that's pretty dang cool. I avoided this thread all night 'cause I don't know much about architecture, but that's some great stuff.
- Audria0
cad.. or im actually working on a project where I have to vector the floor plans in Illustrator.
but that image is totally cad.
I used to build model houses when I was a kid from blue prints.. but all my drawn houses turned out to look lopsided.
So never hire me to draw your house.
- jonatne0
Awesome, thanks for all of the response. I have a lot of 'checking out' to do
- timMuller0
try Modo - http://www.luxology.com
very good program and user friendly