I attached just a perspective view of the building I'm finishing up now. I'm an AutoCAD user since high school, so Revit integrates very nicely (accurately) with any of those drawings, and the dwg file seem to be a widely used file in many programs so my chances of import/export compatability seem to be high there. I'm also looking into Artlantis for rendering.įor now, I'm going to attempt to work with Revit to produce both my construction documents and model simultaneously. HOWEVER, I just started using Revit Architecture on my latest project and have found it to be very nice in that it creats all those aspects at once, and though I haven't had a lot of time to play with it yet, I understand the dwg export to Max is pretty clean for rendering with Vray. The model is purely for visualization and presenation, no drawings will be extracted from it. I have strong background in drafting and construction drawings from my internship (despite my age) and I'm also a bit OCD when it comes to precision, so even though I realize that a lot of minor differences in dimension won't show in a rendering, I will go crazy(er) if it doesn't match the drawings.įor the most part, I'm building a model off of already made plans/elevations. But this brought out some helpful insight. Too much to reply to (since I'm the one who started this thread). Your models will offer more versatility when created with one of these softwares, and these softwares tend to need a supplemental package to get good renderings, such as 3dsMax or Cinema. They will provide advanced options in creating accurate models that can be used for construction documents. If you need to use your model to then produce drafted plans and elevations from, it will save time to produce them in CAD software. Your models will look better when created and rendered with a 3d software. And will provide you with advanced options for creating visualizations, both in the modeling features, and rendering features. I you are taking plans and elevations that already exist, then Max, Lightwave, Cinema are all good choices. Will the visualization be the end product? Or will there be a need to dissect the model, and create drafted plans and elevations from it? Or will the drafted plans and elevations be crated, and then a model derived from it? Most of the programs listed will work well, but the final answer needs a few more questions to be asked.
I agree with you that drafting a set of construction documents by hand is more than exceptable, but I would add that it is also a lot better than drafting construction drawing in 3dsmax.īut yes, the original question was what is an exceptable piece of software to create an architectural visualization with. in Max, but it would take at lest 10 times as long as it would to simply use a program that is designed to create construction documents. I suppose you could draw all of the construction lines, and tables, and dimensions, dotted lines, ect.
I still stand by "no one in their right mind would create construction drawings in 3dsMax." Max's measurement tools in themselves are lackluster at best, and you need a third party plug-in to even begin dimensioning. (i've even seen photoreal renderings come out of autocad before now) The point is that different tools are 'better' suited to different tasks. learn your chosen tool, whatever it is, and you can do the job. Ok, using 3d software isn't the norm, but saying you wouldn't be in your right mind is a bit extreme wouldn't you say? Peeps still use drawing boards and pens to draw architectural drawings to build from. each has it's own competent 2d drawing elements, and a good drafter or artist can use these pretty easily to knock out drawings and info that you can build from. You can easily build buildings with drawings that come from 3d software like max, maya and lightwave. But no one in their right mind would build a building with information that comes out of Max, Maya, or Lightwave. Think of it this way, you can build buildings with information that comes out of apps like AutoCAD, FormZ, Revit, and I guess Rhino. This is why it is listed under 3d CAD software, whereas applications like Max are listed under 3d software.
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