Petrik Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 For those of you that model from 2D plan drawing could you possibly post a couple of screen shots showing how you start out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Hi Petrik, I was tempted to take a photo of a drawing spread out on my desk but that would have been cheeky! If you read the last couple of posts on this forum, you'll see what I mean, as I think this topic has been covered. Just look at the drawing either on your desk or on a simultaneously running 2d package and model away. Otherwise, build your model in 3d on cad and import as 3ds or dxf. Cheers, Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrik Posted December 22, 2003 Author Share Posted December 22, 2003 I'm not sure what previous posts have to do with my post. The ortho view post shows the house from different views. I am working from a flat floor plan. I'm not an architect that is why I was asking to SEE (rather than some lengthy explaination. I'm a visual person) how people approached it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Here you go... All I was trying to say was that it's easier to model from scratch using the actual plans and elevations as reference (as discussed in the orthogonal post.) The above was imported as 2d polylines from Autocad, extruded to the required height and then the openings booleaned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yog Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Agreed, I always start from scratch, hopefully with the 2D DXF of the ACAD floor plan in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BladeFX Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 IC, Are there any extra metric tools/plugins you could recommend? Or do you extract from the floorplan and then use booleans for your windows based on the front views? I'm not new to Lightwave, but I used to use Acad for my architecture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixym Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Hi I am Architect and Lightwave user. the same work will take about 20 mn to be done in Archicad, then export it in LW to add some detail and make the render. Modeling from scratch this king of building in LW takes too much time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 I use booleans with the cutting blocks modelled numerically. That way they are accurately placed and sized. There are some good snap plug-ins you can get from Flay.com but I tend to find the workflow is easier just using the standard tools with numerics. Modelling in Cad programs works for a lot of people-I just find it easier to get the small details right (especially minute bevels) doing everything in LW. Also get a much cleaner model-even using booleans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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