a little bit of organic architecture
A house we designed for a friend who owns an apple orchard. J
HOW TO create any kind of complicated/fine work 3D in ArchiCAD
I know, I know, not many firms out there use ArchiCAD anymore, but thank god there is still some and for those who do, like us, this is for you :) Fretwork for federation house Usually, if you are not after much detailed 3D work, using the slab and wall tools are sufficient enough to get the job done. you would get the basic shape of this fretwork. However, if you are after delivering an exact representation of the existing house, like above, this tutorial is for you. We are going to work on a plane and save the work as an OBJECT to then be used in your 3D. STEP 1 On the ArchiCAD file you are working on, start by importing an image of your fretwork in AC (short for Archicad, I will be using this word a LOT, I just realized) on a blank story level. Click on the 'figure tool'. It looks like a little house icon. You can pretty much import almost any kind of file into AC with this tool, PDFs, JPEGs, TIFs.. like so.. After you are done, start drawing ou
Tree-fic! ;)
ReplyDeleteI love it! Better go and plant two seeds 15 metres apart right away then!
How do you stop rain-water running down the stairs to the ground level though?