Hi Ted,

these are great tutorials, I have only just started to teach myself Viz 2007 and already in my second week I have started to model my house. Keep up the great work.

If you could recomend and good Viz book on best approaches to modeling Architectual buildings that would be great. So far there are not many Viz 2007 (Except Sybex's Mastering Viz) which I have and have nearly finished the first read of. If you know of books with your training style that would be perfect.

Cheers Peter (Sydney Australia)

>>(Except Sybex's Mastering Viz) which I have and have nearly finished the first read of.<<

Hi Peter,

Thanks very much for letting me know the tutorials are helpful to you. I should be back at them next week.

There is a book by George Omura on VIZ, but it's a market that's a bit too small for most publishers and a topic that's tough to write without being too focused for general consumption.

I'll have some DVD/online content soon available through http://www.CADLearning.com that will be the style these blog topics and I'm trying to keep the exercises functioning in both max and viz.

The modeling is fine, but materials will require a few adjustments on the viz side to disable the "helpful" presets like Real World mapping and Exposure Control that get in the way of learning the fundamentals.

Thanks again
Ted

Hi

thanks for the reply, I will check out CADLearning, I had a quick look but it didnt seem to have much in the way of 3D software mainly Autocad and Desktop Arch. Could be mistaken so will check again.

One thing I am struggling to work around is creating a roof. The method you described was effective but followed a simple single cross sectional profile. My roofs have various ridge hieghts and intersect each other at different hieghts. Any pointers on the net for some tips. I have been trawling for a few days now.

Cheers Peter (hope the cold is better)

I think I cracked how to form the roofs. Create editable splines that are extrude. Each shape is in the roof foot print. Then move the vertices up to the gable ends to form the pitched roof. Then to tidy up the intersections I used the slice method you described here. http://www.cgarchitect.com/upclose/article26_TB.asp (although I had to include an extra step to orientate the slice parrallel to the roof.

I hope this method is clean and will not cause rednering issues when applying material at the intersections of the roof.

Cheers Peter

>>I will check out CADLearning, I had a quick look but it didnt seem to have much in the way of 3D software mainly Autocad and Desktop Arch.<<

It won't be posted there for a little while yet, Peter, I'll post something here when it's available.

>>Create editable splines that are extrude<<

Yes, that's a very good method for creating roofs with ells. The method that I use most often is just to create each roof individually and push them into the intersecting roof. There's no real need usually to have roofs built as they are constructed and the intersections will render correctly.

For example if I have a dormer on both sides of a gable roof I just make a very long dormer and let it run completely through. This is much easier to edit.

Thanks again
Ted

Many thanks for your help

Peter

i can't see tutorial 15 it was important to me because i want to know how you assign material for glass window. i bealive you will teach in tutorial 15. thanks ted

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redzuan (malaysia)

i can't see tutorial 15 it was important to me because i want to know how you assign material for glass window. i bealive you will teach in tutorial 15. thanks ted

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redzuan (malaysia)

>>i can't see tutorial 15 it was important to me because i want to know how you assign material for glass window. i bealive you will teach in tutorial 15.<<

Hello Redzuan,

Sorry about that; it is posted back now. I had a problem with my FTP.

No materials in this set of tutorials, but soon (I hope) I'll begin posting those.

Thanks very much and good luck.
Ted

I really want and I really need this file, I am so glad you have shared it with us. Right now I am working at my now home building project and things are kind of difficult because I have to respect the budget, I hear that a manufactured home could be a good option for me...

>>things are kind of difficult because I have to respect the budget<<

Hi Gordwick,

Glad the files are helpful and you have my sympathies about having to stick to the budget!! :) There are way too many variables in building a house that can surprise you, so you have to be conservative to be safe. I've never had the ambition or nerve to even own a house.

Good luck with the project
Ted

Architecture for buildings is very complex as it go with strict rules but it also leaves a lot of room to creativity. That would explain why architects make such good money, they earn them with a lot of hard work.
Gordman at Louisville roofer

You're right, Gordman, except you might get an argument from architects that they make "good money", especially these days.

Later
Ted