architectural modeling

[flavrsaver]

I'm interested in learning more about modeling homes and other buildings and would like to know if anyone knows of some good tutorials or tips for getting started. I found one tutorial at Evermotion that talked about modeling an interior and it was pretty helpful.

Do most of you who do this kind of work begin with plans and then build from those? Do you build to scale? Any help would be great.

[gadzooks]

flaverseaver,
Try to always build to scale! It makes life a lot easier, and besides if you get plans from a designer and or architect, it will be to some scale. Most cad packages usually draw 1'=1'. As far as my experience goes I usually get a set of plans and or a cad file to begin the modeling. If you really want to learn to model interior and even exterior architectural stuff, the best place to start is www.cgarchitect.com. This site is a great destination. Hope this helps. Gadzooks

[flavrsaver]

Thanks for the link. I'm checking out their stuff right now.

[paulison]

if you are building a brick building all openings (doors and windows) should be to brick dimensions. Most houses are Brick in Australia so all openings for me are standard sizes which I get by referring to brick coursing charts. For example, the top of most doors and windows is either 2143 (25c) or 2400 (28c). This also applies to floor heights, with a multistory building generally (as an example) being 3000 floor to floor, comprising of a 2828 high wall and 172 thick slab.

If you are building in concrete panels or timber etc maybee there are different standards to follow. If you have the drawings you dont really need to know any of this though eh?

Not sure what software you use to model but generally you build directly on top of an imported dxf plan and elevation. Getting the scale right when importing is the most important step. I mostly use ArchiCAD so I usually print out the elevations and scribble heights down on them to refer to.

Id suggest getting hold of sections for reference as there are usually a few details in the contruction which arnt visible in plans and elevations..

Im probably off track, but maybee this info helps, maybee not !

[Da_elf]

natty should "hopefully" be doing a nice tut on his techniques. there are also some cool techniques for some interior stuff on cgarchitect.com