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Mark, Yep, I like Facade a lot. It's probably something you'd mostly use _instead_ of Auto-Architect, though, unless you want to just occasionally do a model, and don't want to be bothered with Auto-Architect's 3D capabilities otherwise. If you're looking for inexpensive, Facade and AccuRender are a potent, amazingly inexpensive…
Dave, AA Doors render fine; windows are less successful – not enough detail if the window is in the foreground. I've recently been using the Marvin Windows software to generate 3D windows that are pretty nice. Nice software, and the best of the window manufacterer's free stuff, for sure. AA…
Dave, I'm working with AA Version 12.12. (12.14 is the current shipping version) AA draws walls directly with 3D polyfaces, in addition to extruded lines, and in addition to the ability to convert extruded lines to faces. What I usually do is draw a Wall Style that consists of lines…
Dave, You are obviously using an outdated version of Auto-Architect – over two years old…? A-A, and a couple of other AutoCAD third-party architectural applications, like Ketiv and Facade, will draw all or most of a building structure with polymeshes, not just extruded lines. You could save yourself quite a…
Ya know, I've seen these log wall discussions before, but haven't paid much attention, since the focus has been on rendering in the past… But now that I think about it directly, yeah, Softdesk Auto-Architect would do it – at least kinda-sorta… Facade wouldn't do it in any way I…
No need to rein in the expression of your philosophical underpinnings regarding architecture. Your 'real architecture and CAD' thesis is probably more appropriate in a place like the LEAP Forum's Architecture section, though, than in a thread that started as a question about a specific piece of software. I wouldn't…
Dave, I think that Facade and AA could complement each other nicely in some respects, although I haven't worked with them together like that, yet. Certain things, like generating sloped roof forms, are stronger and more flexible in Facade than in Auto-Architect. 3D Walls and openings in them are probably…
Joe, Perhaps you can get an internship/apprenticeship at an organization that uses the tools you are interested in learning. This is a traditional method of people getting specialized training that is valuable to their career. Of course these kinds of situations pay little-to-nothing, but you can't expect anyone to pay…
Joe, Let me first apologize for my intemperate reply to your statement about "anything else is just a light." I'm sure if I had taken a bit more time in replying I could have come up with a much better way to say 'I think you're full of it' than…
David, Heh, heh… "since it's written by Autodesk it's virtually bug free"? Not this year…or last…or anytime in recent memory… You can use AME to model architecture, if you insist, or straight AutoCAD for that matter. But to say anything else is "just a light" is patently absurd.
Yes, I'm well aware of AME. There's no comparison or relationship between AME and a product like FACADE, either in the kind of AutoCAD entities they work with, or in ease-of-use and performance. For the kind of easy and inexpensive architectural modeling I think was under discussion here, FACADE would…
FACADE is a third-party add-in to AutoCAD that allows you to model a 3D structure directly from a 2D, single-line plan. It uses polyface meshes to build walls, doors, and windows to your specifications. It's only $189, which is a real bargain if you need its capabilities. As opposed to…
There's nothing on the market currently that compares directly with Facade in terms of price/functionality. Facade is pretty nifty, and a great bargain at it's modest price. For inexpensive, quick architectural modelling with AutoCAD you can't do better… There are other products from Softdesk, Ketiv and others that will do…
AutoVision performance seems to be very sensitive to shadows – as you've discovered. With shadows turned on, with or without ray-tracing, you need to be very careful about the materials you use. Materials that use a bitmap as a bump map seems to result in AV trying to cast more…
Curtis, Auto-Architect certainly makes drafting 3D AutoCAD drawings much easier than trying to construct them with bare ACAD. For realistic 3D models suitable for rendering, there's nothing better in third-party applications than A-A, although there are many other ACAD architectural products around that you could look into: Ketiv, Architectural Power…
Thomas: I haven't heard that one. There are several of us here using Stacker with no ill effects. I've been using it for several months with no corrupted drawing files. Michael
Brian: This Kelvin fellow *may* be the famous Kelvin Throop, who has been known to hack some mean Lisp code back at the factory…in addition to some interesting memos. If this is the case, then he's _definitely_ in Sausalito, for the moment. Michael
#plotting & FAX boards
Message #33628
Robert: Sounds like a ROM conflict. What version of QEMM? Optimize doesn't always find all the ROM areas to avoid on it's own, so you need to go through the drill outlined in the documentation: Set the command line param ON instead of RAM, run *all* your programs including CCOM,…
#Shade2/ADI rendering
Message #33570
John: Panacea's Panarender driver for Shade supports your card, for about $50. No doubt there are others… Michael
Hi again, Mike, I think your inquiry was DCA Civil tablet drawings? They're definitely available from the Softdesk BBS. Your dealer can get them… Michael
Mike: PCTools V7.1 Unerase works w/ Stacker. Don't know any reason why the ohters wouldn't also. Michael
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AutoManager Follow-up
Message #21579
Hi Katie! Do you have to be a Cyco user to get the Cycodelic? If not, put me on the list. I used AB a bit when I was at Vertex, but not since leaving there, unfortunately. I think you have my address, which was passed along through Mark M,…