Modeling a home from CAD files

[KResop]

I'm new to this, has anyone modeled a home using architectural CAD files and then building it in Architectural Desktop? Any help would be much appreciated, thank you.

 

Kit

[Tim Nelson]

Do you mean modeling it twice or what? Not exactly sure what you're asking.

[KResop]

CAD files are all 2D, I want to take these files and import them into Desktop and model it in 3D. I don't have the software yet so I'm just trying to get a jump on things. Any info would help a ton.

 

Kit

[Tim Nelson]

I have architectural desktop, and while I find it really useful for making floorplans, I use standard solid & surface modeling in Autocad. ADT has a really steep learning curve if you want to use it to model everything & have it come out the way you want it. When you model it yourself, you can usually cheat on things that don't matter & model only what you need to.

[KResop]

So it's pretty difficult to convert the 2D CAD files to a 3D model in Desktop?

I know it wouldn't be as easy as the rep said (he said it blows up into a 3D model straight from the CAD files on import) which I really didn't believe it was that easy. If you have any more advice I would really appreciate it, thank you for your time thus far.

 

Kit

[William Alexander]

So it's pretty difficult to convert the 2D CAD files to a 3D model in Desktop?

I know it wouldn't be as easy as the rep said (he said it blows up into a 3D model straight from the CAD files on import) which I really didn't believe it was that easy. If you have any more advice I would really appreciate it, thank you for your time thus far.

 

Kit

AutoDesk has either found the magic bullet to solve the 2d to 3d issues, neglecting to tell everyone or your rep is smokin rope and blowin it where the sun don't shine on your body. But I could be wrong:confused: .

 

ADT walls, floors, windows are all fairly easy. Walls for example, in the dialog box set the wall hieght & thickness, then with snaps on-vertices, snap off the lengths of the walls based on the 2d lines or polys. The hardest part is keep the justifaction left or right thinking straight.

Doors and windows are similar use the 2d line work to properly line up the AEC windows and doors. Floor slabs simply polylines made into an AEC object. Sloped Roofs, well they are a bear, solids or pure face modeling rule the day!

 

ADT is a good product. If you are brand new to it, see your rep about a local training program. The money spent can be 1/3 the value of lost productivity, not to mention stresssssssssssssss!

 

Cheers

WDA

[kulbir bal]

if architectural desktop automatic convertes 2d drawings to a 3d model then i think our future is in danger.....................hehehehehe

[Kerry Thompson]

Hi

Basically I ADT model a lot from existing 2D CAD drawings. The sections and plans are used as xrefs orientated correctly in 3D Space. I then make constructs of each level and then combine them in a view as attached. The original 2Ds are used as templates for the ADT model.

 

Here we have an ADT model of a 6 level house on a steep hill. It shows 2D sections and a level xref which is used to check all of the levels.

 

The second view shows just the floor platforms, stairs etc. - and the 2D section drawings used to construct the model.

 

Converting 2D to 3D is not automatic, except for the most simple of plans where the 3D is extruded. A project like this one has to be modelled.

 

Cheers

 

 

 

Kerry