What do you think is the best way to model a house?

[SandmanNinja]

What do you think is the best way to model a house?

 

I have a floorplan from a homebuilder with SOME dimensions of the rooms and overall dimensions of the outer edges of the building.

 

I just tried to make a 3D representation of just the outer and some of the basic inner walls and it went from absolutely a no-brainer to .

 

With some of the rooms missing dimensions, it made a right kafuffle in getting the interior rooms to behave right.

 

So, I made smaller boxes (with the normals NOT flipped), to the exact dimensions of the rooms on the floorplans, and then switched to the top view and positioned them as per the floorplan.

 

By then I was thinking maybe I should ask someone here if they have any tips they could share with a newbie.

 

Thanks in advance...

[olli96]

If you only get this as a reference and no CAD data, then i would simply trace the outlines with splines and use the outline tool to create some thickness, then extrude them. you can of course do the same thing for the inner walls.

 

Olli

[6 Degrees]

What I always like to do in a situation like this is bring the file into Autocad. Import it as a raster image and then do a scale reference to something you know the dimension of say like the front door which maybe is 3'-0" or a room dimension that is provided. Then once Autocad scales the image accordingly I trace over top of the floor plan. When that is finished I then delete the Raster JPG image and then save my Autocad file to then import into the 3D Software. Thats the best way we have found as often we have clients who come in and want us to produce renderings for houses out of plan books that don't give you all of the answers. The scale reference works really well since the plan regardless of how it is presented is set to an original scale. Hope this maybe helps.

[Exellite]

With some of the rooms missing dimensions, it made a right kafuffle in getting the interior rooms to behave right.

 

 

welcome to my world!!

 

like the guy above says, autocad is defineately your best bet if you have it, the reference scale is a godsend for jobs like this!!!, once you have the 2d plans marked out then modeling will be simple in either cad or max.

 

if a max type program is all you have then you will just have to persevere, my old boss had a great term for these types of jobs. You will need to use a little "Draughtsman's Liscence" in other words, if it don't fit, make it!!

 

lol good luck

Mark

[SandmanNinja]

Thanks to everyone for such wonderful replies.

 

Glad to know it's not just me! hehe

 

I'll pick up a bottle of that "Draughtsman's Liscence" next time I'm at the Chemists...

 

Cheers all...

[Onzki]

What do you think is the best way to model a house?

 

I have a floorplan from a homebuilder with SOME dimensions of the rooms and overall dimensions of the outer edges of the building.

 

I just tried to make a 3D representation of just the outer and some of the basic inner walls and it went from absolutely a no-brainer to .

 

hi there.. i agree with previous suggestions. just to add up, another procedure is to use

1. Autocad for drawing the plan (dont forget to setup units first). just be sure to use polylines for your wall (closed poly). .name that layer as "wall" for example. then using 3d max/viz, (dont forget to setup units first) merge the file--but merge only the layer "wall". from thereon-- you can apply extrude modifier & make further additions...doors,win,etc. OR ANOTHER procedure i learned is

2. Using 3d max/viz alone to do all 3d.. check out the site...

http://www.3dtutorials.sk/index.php?tutorials=4&software=1&id=94&page=1

 

the choice is yours. good luck dude:)

[ChooChoo]

screen calipers work good too when you have elevations and such to try to extract dimensions. also work well with floor plans.

 

screen calipers