How do I best handle large models?

[martinengdahl]

Hi!

 

I am an architecture student, an have bee working on a decent sized library the last semester. It is about 75x50x16 meters, and is modeled in 1:1 in Rhino. How would I go about to texure and render this? Would scaling the model down to, let's say, 1:100 change anything when it comes to outcome? Would it be easier to texture (tiling etc.)? Render times? I don't know the mechanics of rendering and physical size, so any input would be greatly appreciated.

I use free textures (dont have the time or skill to make my own), and free HDRI (or MDR after having read today's newsletter ).

Sample sketch render without textures

 

Cheers

 

/Martin

Edited December 12, 2013 by martinengdahl
Added image

[Devin Johnston]

You want to keep everything 1:1 because there's absolutely no advantage in scaling your model down in a 3d environment.

[martinengdahl]

OK, perfect!

[himanshuchoudhary]

When you mention handling the file, do you talk about handling it in rhino or exported to some other software?

When using rhino, i would suggest to purge your file from time to time.

[martinengdahl]

I was going to ask how to go about texturing large objects, but I realized I can read up on that myself. It was just good to know that the renderer treats the model the same no matter the size of it.