#Architectural Front end
09-Feb-94 10:47:00
Sb: #82408-#Architectural Front end
Fm: David Cohn, CADalyst 73417,167
To: – Visitor 73554,2147
Facade is a 3D face-based modeler that runs inside of AutoCAD and
makes it very easy to quickly build 3D models of buildings complete
with windows, doors, floor slabs, roofs (with dormers and skylights)
and detailed 3D stairs. Everything is built using meshes so that
there are no extruded lines. And the models have all their normals
set properly so that they are ready to render as soon as you bring
them into 3D Studio or any other rendering package.
Facade is basically a specialize region modeler. It deals only with
the architectural elements, so it is able to run very fast. You
create individual building elevations (facades) in 2D and then Facade
takes them and converts them into 3D walls with thickness and
assembles them into a complete 3D model.
It's much faster than doing it by hand in AutoCAD, which of course is
the alternative. And the program is very inexpensive. I'd be glad to
send you some information.