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Drawing from the Model

By : Frank Melendez
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Drawing from the Model

By: Frank Melendez

Overview of this book

With advances in computing and the invention of computer-aided design (CAD) tools in the 1960s, the production of architectural drawing shifted from hand drafting to computer-aided drafting. Drawing from the Model presents design students and professionals with a broad overview of drawing and modeling in architectural representation. The book starts with an overview of drawing, modeling, and computing, with descriptions and examples of drawings that range from hand sketching to computational visualizations. You’ll also learn about digital physics-based simulations and explore digital drawing and 3D modeling tools, techniques, and workflows for creating geometry in Robert McNeel & Associates Rhinoceros® (Rhino 6 for Windows) software. Moving ahead, you’ll be introduced to conventional architectural drawings, such as plans, sections, and elevations. In the end chapters, you’ll learn about computational design processes, scripting procedures for developing various types of incrementally varying patterns and get an overview of robotics and physical computing platforms. By the end of this book, you’ll have digital drawing and modeling skill sets that are required in contemporary architectural education.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

3D Modeling Exercises

Exercise 4: 3D Modeling and Generating Axonometric Projections

In this exercise, a 3D model is created and used to generate a series of axonometric (isometric) projection drawings that represent the “void” space of an architectural massing model. This process introduces basic 3D modeling and projection tools, techniques, and workflows. The intent of this exercise is to develop the ability to understand solid-void relationships through the use of 3D models and axonometric drawings.

Begin the drawing in the Top viewport by creating an orthogonal grid, with equally spaced lines, parallel to the X and Y axes. Use various viewports to model a composition of three-dimensional cuboid forms (boxes) that are positioned and defined by the grid spacings, divisions, and intersections and extruded to various heights, and positions, in the positive Z axis. (See Exercise 4.1.)

The illustration shows composition cuboid boxes in a 3D model.

Exercise 4.1. Composition cuboid forms (boxes) in a 3D model.

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