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Hi everyone,
First of all I wish to thank everyone who replies here.
I'm relatively new to graphic design. I've used Mechanical CAD, and did some simple house planning (mostly for fun). However, in the near future I'll be doing some heavy design for one of my family's businesses. What I need is an advice with what software will suit my needs best. I've done some research, but there are just so many softwares, that I decided to seek a competent advice first.
The effect I'm looking for is something like this: sample building
Furthermore, I'll need to do visualizations also. Here is an example: sample visualization
So what software do I need? Something that is on one hand not too professional and complex, and on the other hand not too expensive.
Archicad is excellent for whar you want. Not cheap, but worth the money if you're doing this professionally.
For simplifying rendering-animation you might want to add Artlantis Studio. Take a look here: http://www.archicad.ca/?p=77
Thomas wrote: Archicad is excellent for whar you want. Not cheap, but worth the money if you're doing this professionally.
For simplifying rendering-animation you might want to add Artlantis Studio. Take a look here: http://www.archicad.ca/?p=77
Thomas is right, if you are doing professional building design and need to produce technical building documentation too. If your modeling needs are purely for visualization, I would recommend SketchUp-you might get a good start with even the free version. And I agree with Thomas that ArtLantis is a good, relatively easy to use rendering solution. It reads SketchUp files directly, too.
Sketchup is good for sketching up. Try the free version! But as soon as you start elaborating your model, and start detailing, you'll be much faster and more efficient in Archicad.
There's nothing exceptional about either example that would conclusively establish their source application.
The animation could be done in Artlantis or better, but NOT in Archicad/Lightworks since the camera movement is controlled better than can be achieved in Archicad.
