Critiques welcomed

[rengarch]

Here was a rendering that I did quickly. I rendered the model in color and then in the sketch engine. I then overlayed them in Photoshop. It was a quick way to conceal all the details that were not finished or worked out in the model. The client would have ben fixated on the details if I had only shown him the color rendering.

[Anonymous]

i'm annoyed that the sliding door opening arrows show in the render - they should be classed as a part of the vectorial hatching rather than being '3D elements'.

You can simply switch the arrows off in '3D Representation' of door settings (in case you don't know that already )

Nice result. Can you post raw LW render?

[Anonymous]

About the topic subject.
Just some general thoughts:
- I never was a fan of isometric presentation if it is not an urban palning. No matter how fine your model is it will always look like a doll house on the table. I would suggest to look for some more interesting view angle, maybe 'flying bird' perspective if you need to show the whole building. You can also use 'fog' or 'depth cue' in LW Environment setting to cover up site imperfections and add some more depth in your scene. Here's the sample:

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=8575&highlight=grass

I bet that the investor is looking for some good impresion more than the geometrical cohesion in those early stage presentations.

[Thomas Holm]

Thanks, Ben and Tom, I enjoy learning new things all the time!

[rengarch]

I would suggest to look for some more interesting view angle, maybe 'flying bird' perspective if you need to show the whole building. You can also use 'fog' or 'depth cue' in LW Environment setting to cover up site


Did you mean, Bird's Eye View? I must be the only one that likes axonmetrics. I am constantly getting feedback from the model (axonometics) during the design process. Maybe the layman have a difficult time understanding the building in axonometric view. Back in the hand draughting days, I would have to draught the axons in order to understand the true scale of the massing.
I needed to convey to the owner the design of the roof in relationship to the house and ground view perspectives obviously do not have the vantage points for that. I have never implemented the fog feature, maybe now is a good time to do so.

[Anonymous]

Did you mean, Bird's Eye View?

Yes, that's a proper term.

I agree axonometric can be helpful in undesrtanding the scale and proportions during the design, as well as the relation between site and architecture, but it is just not natural for human eye. The design product which is a building itself will be experience from the standing person perspective most of the time, so it should look right (and be presented) from this point of view more than any other. Isometric might be even misleading in this case, but as I said it just my thoughts more than some written rule.
About the fog/depth cue again - when the suroundings are not modeled yet I prefer to use this than to show levitating mockup.

Cheers

[__archiben]

tigr wrote:
You can simply switch the arrows off in '3D Representation' of door settings (in case you don't know that already )

i did. but then how do i get the arrows on the elevations and sections without manually turning it back on?!

i think that 3D documentation elements - such as door arrows and 3D information text - need bundling under a new 'non-visualisation' category of elements . . .

~/archiben

[Anonymous]

~/archiben wrote:

tigr wrote:
You can simply switch the arrows off in '3D Representation' of door settings (in case you don't know that already )

i did. but then how do i get the arrows on the elevations and sections without manually turning it back on?!

i think that 3D documentation elements - such as door arrows and 3D information text - need bundling under a new 'non-visualisation' category of elements . . .

~/archiben

You may recall, ~/ben, that this is available in Door & Window Builder, available from CadImage.....(I should be on a commission).

[__archiben]

s2art wrote:
You may recall, ~/ben, that this is available in Door & Window Builder, available from CadImage.....(I should be on a commission).

DWB only available from yesterday on a mactel mate . . . but thanks for the heads-up . . .

~/ben

[Anonymous]

~/archiben wrote:

s2art wrote:
Door & Window Builder, available from CadImage.

hello
excuse me but i didnt quite understand whats this DWB. is it sth that lets you make your own doors and windows? because im looking for a program like this.
thanks

[__archiben]

WENDY_NEVERLAND wrote:
excuse me but i didnt quite understand whats this DWB. is it sth that lets you make your own doors and windows? because im looking for a program like this.

it's a library part/add-on for archicad produced by the guys at cadimage here in new zealand . . . this (and the rest of their products) can be found and bought here:

http://www.cadimagetools.com/home.php?page=products&PHPSESSID=8183577571acae0d41ec5af98cd7458f

HTH
~/archiben