Grand Designs

[Anonymous]

There is an excellent UK TV show on at the moment called Grand Designs http://www.channel4.com/4homes/ontv/grand-designs/grand-designs-abroad/index.html

After a few series showing "Grand Designs" in the UK, they are off to Europe and have been recently filming in France and Spain.

There are a couple of small animations which are downloadable from their web site, that have been IMHO executed fairly well.
http://www.channel4.com/4homes/ontv/grand-designs/grand-designs-abroad/malaga-4.html

and

http://www.channel4.com/4homes/ontv/grand-designs/grand-designs-abroad/lot-4.html

I would be interested to know what others felt about the animations, as I know that in general some Archi "masters" have not recommeded using animations for presentation work.

[Dwight]

ArchiShock?

[Anonymous]

Navisworks!

http://www.navisworks.com/

[Anonymous]

Dwight wrote:
ArchiShock?

Not to put down our own product here but ArchiShock3D is not a perfect fit for what was described here. ArchiShock3D is really a Web presentation tool - as such it has to cut a lot of corners to have a file size reasonably small and rendering rates "interactive" on many computer systems (even lower end).
What is needed - and there is a work being done in this direction - is an off-line tool written directly on top of OpenGL. That can potentially provide much higher image quality and smoother navigation as well as plenty of other functgionality (layers,...)

Pavol

[Anonymous]

Pavol wrote:

What is needed - and there is a work being done in this direction - is an off-line tool written directly on top of OpenGL. That can potentially provide much higher image quality and smoother navigation as well as plenty of other functions (layers,...)

Pavol

Please keep us posted!


Mark Burginger
Available for Quality Beta Testing, grocery shopping, walking your dog, etc.

[Anonymous]

Burginger wrote:
Being that this is a graphical discussion group thread, it would be very interesting to learn by seeing. Please post links to small animations you feel hit the nail on the head.

Finally, thanks to Buringer and Dwight, you can take a peek at the small movies I presented at the ArchiCAD University. They are the Do and Do Not, and should be seen in this order:

http://www.burginger.com/Example/flythrough.wmv

and then

http://www.burginger.com/Example/flythrough.wmv

Thanks again guys.

[Anonymous]

oops, sorry, wrong order, it's Do NOt and then Do...

[Anonymous]

Burginger wrote:
I posted the thought long ago, "Can Graphisoft publish an ArchiCAD Model Viewer? Just the section with the OpenGL window, the cameras selectable, simplified navigation. This way we can just package the necessary elements up for our clients to view at their computer. Many newer computers support OpenGL. Every time I have a client in the office, they are very impressed with the OpenGL presentations done within ArchiCAD. I can only imagine what it would be like to present with the 30" Apple Display. If you swing the house around on that big monitor the client is liable to suffer from vertigo, stumble and fall down.

Couldn't agree more. What about vrml solutions? Such as www.zermatt.se for example.

/Mats

[stefan]

You've linked the same movie twice 😉

[Anonymous]

stefan wrote:
You've linked the same movie twice 😉

Darn, when I'm good, I'm good
Let's see if I get it right this time:

Don't do:
http://www.burginger.com/Example/flythrough.wmv

Do:
http://www.burginger.com/Example/movie.wmv

[Djordje]

Krippahl wrote:
Darn, when I'm good, I'm good

Maybe naming them Do and DontDo would be more obvious?

Have been known to issue empty CD box to an overseas client ... even FedExed it once ... so I am also good 😉