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Guide to Making a Model???
Hi, I'm new to the architecture field and I have just begun my first studio, how do students typically begin the model making process, what types of tools & materials would you say work best. Any techniques or modeling secrets, and what scale is best for a 12x12x12 envelope? Any websites that specialize in model making? What about software, would you recommend any 3D modeling programs to use? can you using them with a laser cutter so that the appropriate shapes and sizes are created?
dude, check out archinect's very own 237 am. i know he's started a model building forum.
i'm sure he'll post the link soon.
aha, found it:
model building 101
yup....
thanks for the referral...........
also check out my portfolio at www.237am.com i have some student models that i did back in college and some professional models too....
feel free to check out the forum and ask questions there.......
b
: 2:37am :
take care
There's also this thread.
hey thanks, i appreciate it!!!!!
don't forget to ask your instructors and classmates, too! that's the whole point of school (in an ideal world).
also, for an envelope that small i would build at 1/2" = 1'0", giving you a six inch cube. this will allow for layered details as small as 1.5" if you are using single-ply chipboard.
boy, kids have it easy these days!!
easy? and no I am not modeling an envelope, i'm modeling in an imaginary 12X12x12 envelope
then it's already done :)
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ok... time to get back to work...
the : 2:37am : site is down for some maintinance but i think the forum still works...... should be up soon..........
I found that you can make a model pretty much out of anything, from foam to wood to wire, to buttons and nails and paper cups and gauze. .. Seriously, ANYTHING.
just stay in scale and make it look good.
How you do that doesn't matter.
As far as soft goes - 3D max and Rhino are personal favorites, though I am on a PC, which makes it easier - you don't have to run Rhino through parallels.
Don't worry about the laser cuter - you probably won't be allowed anywhere NEAR it until your fourth or fifth studio. At least that's how it is in Berkeley.
just a bump....
i opened the forum so you dont have to register to view.....
www.modelbuilding101.com
feel free to help out...
b
(on a side note... my t-shirt line is almost done for 2008)
b, you still in the D?
hey.... just seen this..
yeah i'm still in the D.....
same ol' ish different day...nothing changed but the size of the potholes
cool, let me know if you ever hit philly. we can go grab a drink! and keep the vette away from the potholes!
yeah.... i'm about to grow dirt and sell it
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