COMPUTER AIDED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Workshop 9 Notes, Week of November 1, 2011

Projections,  Clip Planes and 3D Human Figures

PART I: GENERATING A PDF PRINT IMAGE AND CUT SECTION


1. WITHIN  MICROSTATION V8i : 2D Print to PDF
   2. WITHIN  MICROSTATION V8i: 3D Print to PDF       3. WITHIN  MICROSTATION V8i: Export to UCDf format 
 

PART II: 3D Human FIgures

1. Transparency Maps. 

Right-click on the material  and assign it to the vertical  places above the cube in the drawing. 



2. RPC FILES

RPC files are provided by commercial retailers who will occasionally provide samples. These files will reorient to the view desired and thus are better suited for three-dimensional viewing. Commercial sites for obtaining such figures include  http://www.archvision.com/.  

G:\Arch541-Mark-F08\Examples\people\simplerpcfiles

3. 3D WAREHOUSE

Microstation's implementation of 3D Warehouse allows direct insertion of 2D and 3D  figures(saved  in the sketchup format) into a 3D model. The dialog box under the utilties menu goes to a web search engine for grabbing 3D and 2D human figures as well as other objects. Some of the 3D objects  may add substantial rendering time to a model, but have the advantage of being  more easily adapted to different views of the model. Note, the option selected under 3D Wharehouse should be "Import as Model". The 3D Wharehouse links to web site that provides many different downloadable 3D models. The example below was provided by searching under "people" and then choosing "Assorted People 3D" authored by "Distressed American. (The "Place as Cell" option would create a instance of object from a "Cell" library, something we haven't covered.)

PART III: USING THE VOLUME CLIPPING PLANE

1. CLIPPING VOLUME