mzagorski Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 Hey all, Ive seen some NPR 3D line drawings which I like.. but wondering what workflow you guys might use to create this kind of stuff? I need to make something like this for a fairly large 3 floor building for a University presentation 6 days from now... (and I'm still designing...) So maybe 1-2 days to make this model from Autocad plans, sections, and elevation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Miranda Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 Hello Mike, There are several workflows that you could use to achieve that NPR look. Here go a few: 1. The combination of 3dsMax with a plug-in called Illustrate + finishing in photoshop. With Illustrate you can create hidden-line and or solid renderings and much more. 2. You could draw the perspective in Autocad using closed polylines for all your planes export the drawing as a .dxf file, import the file into a vector illustration soft such as corel draw and then fill the planes with the colors of your choice, change the line styles, draw or add vegetation... 3. If you prefer producing a 3d model, you should model the several pieces render them as 32 bit .tga files and composite them using layers in Photoshop. You would have to use a software like Coreldraw or Illustrator for the different linestyles though. I hope that helps. rgds, Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcos Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 sketchUP is great software for making such NPR images, you can download trial version from www.sketchup.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingo Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 Hi Mike, you can also use a Toon- or Cellshader to do this. Look at this thread about my NPR sketch rendering and (attention, shameless self promotion ) at my excellent tutorial which gives a rough impression about how to achieve this look by using a ToonShader. HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mzagorski Posted January 10, 2003 Author Share Posted January 10, 2003 Hey guys... thanks for the replies so far. I got an e-mail from an Arch. Vis company in the UK who tell me that they use Vectorworks (previously called Minicad) to produce this type of work - It allows different line thicknedd by plane. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kid Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 I've done some stuff like that for school. I did a 3D model in autocad then plotted the views to .pdf files, openned them up in Illustrator and editted line thickness/linetype and added some solid colours, fluff, and some text. I have Acrobat installed on my computer and that gives me the .pdf printer thingy, but here is a free pdf writer which may be good. I don't know as I've not used it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mzagorski Posted January 10, 2003 Author Share Posted January 10, 2003 Thanks.. Ive got Acrobat 5 full... and have used it for autocad 2D in the past. Must play about with a small 3d model later and see what I can achieve. A tip - if you import into macromedia flash.. you can fill areas very easily... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcahunak Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 For this kind of stuff, definitely sketchup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_vinoir Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 that image was drawn in vectorworks. you can tell different drawings appart quite easily. Vectorworks as a 2d pacakage is about as good as it gets for me. it is sooo quick and draws soo well. i love it! a close runner up is microstation for 2d , lovely line quality. however, if you aren't too good with 2d perspectives then try archicad to model it and then save the perspective of the model as a 2d line file. then you can edit it about the show the cuts and any other 2d studd you want to add in. goos way to get acurate perspectives that. anyway. there you have it. bye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mzagorski Posted January 10, 2003 Author Share Posted January 10, 2003 I've worked closely with Sketchup in the past... and communicated with the main guys there (Yasser et al.) ... and I'd say that its not what Im looking for. Just not accurate enough for what I want to do. If someone out there has actually made an image like the one I posted above.. please let me know how you did it. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mzagorski Posted January 10, 2003 Author Share Posted January 10, 2003 Vectorworks seems to be what I need.. shame the company dont have a demo for me to try out - gotta get a CD sent out ... if anyone out there is a Whizz with vectorworks and knows how to make a 3d exploded model within 1-3 days .. and wants to earn some money. (but not much.. this is a student project so Im not going to break the bank).. let me know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dollus Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 I have used Illustrate for this in the past with great results. John D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mzagorski Posted January 11, 2003 Author Share Posted January 11, 2003 Hi John, What kind of settings did you use for Illustrate? I was experimenting with it last night but wasn't able to get nice results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nisus Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Hi mike, Illustrate! is really really good for that kind of job. Be sure to do all tutorials that come along because they don't take so long, but give you great insight in the possibilities rgds nisus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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