alexwoody Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Hi, am doing my sections and they are looking too flat. I want to make them appear 3d within the 2d drawing what techniques can i use with vectorworks and photoshop. I havent yet put them into photoshop. link below for images http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/alexwoody/sectionsunrendered.jpg Quote Link to comment
Guest Wes Gardner Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 I quick method - in your Section Viewport, find Projection and click Perspective...regulate the amount of "depth" by clicking on Perspective Type... Hope this helps Quote Link to comment
gmm18 Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 http://techboard.nemetschek.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=21879&Number=102460#Post102019 Quote Link to comment
Jeffrey W Ouellette Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 (edited) You can also select other Oblique and Cavalier projections for a section viewport. Add that with defining a Finite value for the Depth Range of section display in the "Advanced Properties...", and you get a pretty cool view of a wall section. Edited May 23, 2008 by Jeffrey W Ouellette Quote Link to comment
joerg Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 am i right this is a 2d? i do this a lot myself using image fills etc . but for this reason shadowdrop (like in "pages" or photoshop) for elements or layers is still on my topwishlist. But until now it is an option to draw the shadows with polygons and set them transparent... but no soft edges than! and a lot of work. cheers joerg Quote Link to comment
Jeffrey W Ouellette Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Joerg, The image I attached is a Section VP of the 3D building model. Currently, there is no 2D drawing elements inside that VP. All the graphic info you see is the model. Quote Link to comment
brudgers Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Is that a negative sloped roof !?!! Where do I get one? Quote Link to comment
Jeffrey W Ouellette Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Ben, If you notice, it is NOT a roof object. I did use roof face objects, as the sheathing on top, the ceilings and soffits below. The roof is modeled as it would virtually be built, lots of pieces, including Framing Members (rafters, joists, beams and trimmers). The roof crickets are 3D polygons. The same goes for the floor construction; Floor object as structural sheathing and finish floor (bamboo flooring) with Framing Members (Open web wood truss). Another Floor object is used as the flat ceiling. This is VW BIM. Quote Link to comment
gmm18 Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Bummer you can't apply textures to the bottom of a floor object though, so using it as your ceiling is problematic... Quote Link to comment
mike m oz Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 METHOD 1: Use the 3D modelling Extract tool to create another surface from the bottom face of the Floor object. Move this down 5 mm and apply your ceiling texture to that surface. METHOD 2: Trace the outline to create a 2D polygon. Convert this to a 3D polygon and move it up so it is just below the bottom surface of the Floor object and apply your ceiling texture to that surface. METHOD 3: Use the AEC command Create Polys From Walls. Convert the resulting 2D polygons to 3D polygons, and move them up so they are just below the bottom surface of the Floor object. Then apply your ceiling texture(s) to these surfaces. Quote Link to comment
gmm18 Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 All good, but they are still work-arounds, as I would bet you would also prefer a floor/ceiling/roof object (literally why couldn't it just be one all-purpose object?) that you can just render how you want it on each different face right in the object settings. Quote Link to comment
mike m oz Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 The ability to apply different textures to the top, bottom and edges of floor objects has often been asked for. There are circumstances though where you need more than a single finish to each of those three elements. That is when you need to be able to use other methods like the three descibed above. Quote Link to comment
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