I have been very busy over the past few days. Yesterday Ben and I went with our sponsor to a building site where they are currently constructing a house designed by the architecture firm we are working with. Our sponsor gave us a tour of the inside and outside of the house, and he explained various design choices he made, such as placement of certain rooms based on the quality of the view out the windows. This house was somewhat special because the contractor began construction while the house was still being designed; this was due to a tight deadline imposed by the clients. The budget for this house was more than usual, so our sponsor had the opportunity to design even the small details of the house such as the window and door frames, stained glass windows, and intricate cabinetry. These details were all modeled on the computer before hand in order to give the workers a clear visual of what to build.
Today in the office the designer Mike has been showing us his AutoCAD program and the model he is currently working on. His design process is to create 2D drawings of the various views of the house, then to import them into the 3D program and to literally move and manipulate this 2D image into a 3D one. Mike told us that the 3D modeling in this office is usually used a) to show the client what the final project will look like and b) to design custom details in a house (see the first paragraph for an example). While the 3D model is accurate and to scale, the architect and contractor usually refer to the 2D architectural drawings instead.
I have still been working on my own 3D models, and now they are getting more complicated. My favorites this week have been to model a wine glass and to model a jeep. I have included rendered images of the models below.
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