topic Re: sketch render sections and elevations??? in Modeling

sketch render sections and elevations???

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 13:49:14 GMT

Hi

As far as I can see there's no way of putting Sections/Elevations through the sketch render engine. You can put a camera in and change it to parallel projection, yes, but it loses the scale !!!

Any suggestions?

Adri

Re: sketch render sections and elevations???

Thomas Holm — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:38:54 GMT

The Sketch renderer produces pixel images, just like the other render engines. It only works in the 3D window, just like...
If you want a similar look from a S/E, save it as a pdf and open it in Photoshop and apply the appropriate filters. This will allow you to keep scale as long as you preserve the image's dimensions.

Re: sketch render sections and elevations???

Dwight — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:20:01 GMT

1: Sketch Rendering loses the scale?

Geez. Put an element of known length into the view and stretch the rendering back to scale using it as a guide.

There is also a product called "ArchiSketchy"

http://www.archisketchy.com/

Crude solution:

You can take the section, convert it to a drawing, and substitute the straight linework with a squiggle line.

You'd make a squiggle line with some short line segments arranged irregularly and save it as a line type.

Re: sketch render sections and elevations???

TomWaltz — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:04:45 GMT

Dwight wrote:
1: Sketch Rendering loses the scale?

Geez. Put an element of known length into the view and stretch the rendering back to scale using it as a guide

But teacher, that could be 3/16 of a millimeter off!!

Re: sketch render sections and elevations???

Dwight — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:15:13 GMT

Well, grasshopper, it IS just a *******g sketch.

Re: sketch render sections and elevations???

Thomas Holm — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:34:48 GMT

TomWaltz wrote:
3/16 of a millimeter

Tom, I think you've misunderstood the benefits of the metric system!

Re: sketch render sections and elevations???

Dwight — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:39:58 GMT

Yup.

3/16mm = seven thou.

Re: sketch render sections and elevations???

TomWaltz — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:46:39 GMT

Thomas wrote:
TomWaltz wrote:
3/16 of a millimeter
Tom, I think you've misunderstood the benefits of the metric system!

Yeah, but I've got sarcasm down!

Re: sketch render sections and elevations???

Dwight — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:54:35 GMT

Not to mention your invention of a fractional metric syystem. If it catches on, we'll need to buy a whole new set of wrenches.

Like Whitworth spanners.

Re: sketch render sections and elevations???

Jefferson — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:56:48 GMT

Adri -

Dwight was on the money, as usual, but, if you place a marquee oriented with your desired section, before you move to the 3d window, with the 3d camera set to parallel and side view, render the view, save + copy it into the section, it is very easy to resize it to the section, because, as you can see, you are looking at exactly the same thing. Once you've located your rendering and properly resized it, move it back...........you'll get the all the dimensions, notations, what ever you want, with crisp lines on top, or move it forward, select just dims + notes and set them to the top of the stack...........for what it's worth this took 10+ minutes including the photoshop screen shot time