jasonstewart Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 you mean you only get revit models etc to work off? these drawings are for casinos.....would it be possible to draw that tipe of detail with revit? moulding details etc etc..... Yes, you can do all that. The resulting geometry isnt great but it is usually good enough considering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marius e Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 Yes, you can do all that. The resulting geometry isnt great but it is usually good enough considering. But it would take ages drawing detailed cornices and moldings etc etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marius e Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 Guys, Please remember it's not the architect's job to make your work easier. If it's too much of a hindrance, let them know that it will cost them more. oh please........having a crap cad file is worse than an architect/ draughtsman or any designer that use to draw on paper. Its important to be neat and treat it the same as if was on paper and pen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonstewart Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 But it would take ages drawing detailed cornices and moldings etc etc.. If they are just swept profiles then it is quick, same as modeling it in max. If it has repeating elements like Dentil Molding then you are better off not wasting your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Schroeder Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Guys, Please remember it's not the architect's job to make your work easier. If it's too much of a hindrance, let them know that it will cost them more. While this is true to some level, a lot of the "garbage" we see is just poor CAD workflow. Which means that if the architect took some time to learn proper CAD flow, they themselves will see a speed increase in getting things done. It reminds me of this quote... Homer Simpson: Kids, there's three ways to do things. The right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power way! Bart: Isn't that the wrong way? Homer Simpson: Yeah, but faster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M V Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 This also counts for Sketchup drawings made by architects by the way. :-) Using groups and layers properly doesn't seem to be something they are able to do. Also, they seem to never have heard anything about components. I often wonder if it would be faster to make the whole drawing by scratch again or to fix their version. 100% agree with this. I think its bad 'CADDING' workflow carrying over to SketchUp. If a SketchUp model is done correctly, it's quite useful for what I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marius e Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 I very rarely get any good 3d models supplied....probably only had two over the years that was good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyderSK Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 If a SketchUp model is done correctly, it's quite useful for what I do. I find this so sad, because learning proper Sketchup workflow (like groups/components, proper thickness and normals,etc..) is thing that can be taught in like, hour or two ? When I remember the shitty models of my classmates my head spins how it was even possible to achieve such mess. Some people don't have the mental capacity to realize when the model is shitty or not, it's not laziness, they honestly don't see it. And it gets blamed on Sketchup supposedly "not being professional" tool. Well,... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockley91 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Awful....just awful, but not surprised. We've all had our share of this stuff....but "wow".....this is really really really really awful work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil poppleton Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Seems the Architect's are taking a bit of a bashing in this thread, whilst we 3d artists are perfect !!! I have seen many a 3dsmax model that's a complete mess and not useful for changing... along with photoshop files full of layer 1 to 1000 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marius e Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 But thats not the discussion....I have merely posted the the drawing here to have a look at some bad drawing practice. I have done cad work years ago in a large firm and I can say that almost 80% drawings done was bad drawing from architects and draughtsman. its not about bashing anybody, most of the guys (that I refer to) do not even know that autocad has a front and isometric view. They just draw 2d and from one person to the next the file just grows worse and worse.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryhirsch Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 ""its not about bashing anybody"" yeah right... do u all feel better now? Life aint fair huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketchrender Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 You actually get a drawing. I called my company Sketchrender, because that's what I generally get, a sketch, rarely do I get a CAD drawings. I have some beauties I could post. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyderSK Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 You actually get a drawing. I called my company Sketchrender, because that's what I generally get, a sketch, rarely do I get a CAD drawings. I have some beauties I could post. Phil I think this is pretty good actually. All the jobs where I got sketches turned out to be quite interesting in scope of work. Drawings have often needless detail but interpreting sketches leaves something to explore and are usually clear to read the main idea and shapes. But unless we're talking the worst of the worst napkin types :- D Rorschack tests... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomaspayani Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 what kind of company is it that sends you this? must be some small offices where its hard to learn old dogs to sit or whatever the saying is. Ive worked as an architect for a couple of years and if we ever got or saw drawings like that the person/s responsible would be gone before they could tie their shoes. If you want a quick fix get microstation, it has an option to save as 2D, it flattens all the z heights and keeps layers, lineweights, styles and so on intact. Or get a script as someone suggested, in any case it really shouldn't take more than 2 minutes to rectify Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now