City of pittsburgh ?

[digi_archi]

Where can I find City of pittsburgh ?

It seems like most of CIty 3D sellers don't carry small cities like pittsburgh.

Have you had any simillar experience like mine?

Please let me know.

 

Thank you.

[Ernest Burden III]

It seems like most of CIty 3D sellers don't carry small cities like pittsburgh.

 

You can see that Sanborn is planning Pittsburgh, but hasn't done it yet:

Sanborn

 

There aren't exactly a lot of sellers of city models. Where have you looked?

[skala67]

I went to school in Pittsburgh and remember someone had modelled it...but that was back in 98'. I will try to track that down for you....long shot but may be a good find.

 

cheers

[bully712]

someone had modelled it...but that was back in 98'.

 

That's probably the one that I got. It still has Three Rivers Stadium in it. I have it in a Dwg format. It's over 2mb so I probably can't link it, or can I?

[AJLynn]

That's probably the one that I got. It still has Three Rivers Stadium in it. I have it in a Dwg format. It's over 2mb so I probably can't link it, or can I?

 

I've got 500MB of space, I'll put it up if you want, send me a PM.

[digi_archi]

Thank you very much guys.

Marc and Andrew, that will be so helpful.

Luckly, this project was on hold until now.

Again, thank you for trying to help.

[AJLynn]

The Pittsburgh DWG is here.

[digi_archi]

I got it!

and It looks great.

Thank you so much.

[skala67]

that does look familiar....was that the model they were using at CMU?

[bully712]

that does look familiar....was that the model they were using at CMU?

 

Not sure. I think this was a model that was suppose to be updated as buildings were being built. I've had this modeling for over 5 years, and there's probably a newer version out there somewhere.

[Hazdaz]

Even though that is a DWG, that is a pretty impressive model of Pittsburgh.

 

Any other good resources for city models?... preferably free ones cuz I am just screwing around with them and not using them for any particular projects. Just cool to see an entire city in your screen that you can zoom in and fly through.

 

A google search shows a few building models here and there, but not entire cities.

[AJLynn]

Even though that is a DWG, that is a pretty impressive model of Pittsburgh.

Any other good resources for city models?... preferably free ones cuz I am just screwing around with them and not using them for any particular projects. Just cool to see an entire city in your screen that you can zoom in and fly through.

A google search shows a few building models here and there, but not entire cities.

 

One of my favorites:

 

http://www.cityofboston.gov/bra/BRA_3D_Models/Index.html

 

(Warning: I tried to assemble the whole thing, and failed miserably - too many polys - maybe if you have a QuadroFX 3000+...)

[Hazdaz]

^^ holy crap - thanks for the link.

 

And ofcourse I am also going to TRY to assemble the whole thing. And I know my system won't be able to handle it, but still worth trying. That is damn complex.

 

Thanks

[AJLynn]

I was able to do this much of it on my laptop before it got too slow:

 

[bully712]

Just think... someone had to model that.. Crazy stuff. That looks better than the Pittsburgh model I have

[Hazdaz]

AJLYNN-Looks fairly complete actually.. more than I figured you would be able to get before it got un-godly slow.

Did you work in AutoCAD or MAX? Neither of them being speed demons, I figure I might as well try the MAX files instead of the DWG files cuz I could get better renderings and do some fly-thrus.

Image looks really good though

[AJLynn]

That was Max, Maxtreme, a 64MB Quadro4 and Maxwell, with the parts across the harbor in the distance modeled in ACAD. Maxwell didn't end up being very practical so I went to VRay but the base was in parts that overlapped, which makes VRay's GI get blotchy, so I ended up doing a lot of cutting.