#Copyrights & Ethics
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I can easily understand the time savings involved in purchasing
pre-modelled meshes but I'm also a poor architect so anything free
fits nicely into my budget. This is why I thought swapping meshes of
common elements (ie. people, furniture, trees, equipment) would be a
common practice. None of these common elements are going to win my
firm a commission, the architecture will. (I hope! :-])
>>> And in terms of manhours spent building furniture for instance,
its alot more cost effective to buy it prebuilt. <<<
You probably know this but I only came across this a few weeks ago.
Steelcase, one of this country's largest furniture manufacturers,
packages up and sends out their product line on 19 diskettes which
includes a software tie-in to autocadd. The furniture items are
available in 2d and 3d and number approximately 1600! That's not bad
for free! I'm currently tracking down other furniture manufacturers
to see if similar software is available. If you or anyone else knows
of a good source please let me know.
I know of one CD-ROM developer who is contatcting these same companies
to try to include these meshes on his CD. Pack enough goodies onto
the disk, put together a nice visual table of contents, keep the
price down to almost free and we architects would go for that.
Robert, I think in time there will be alot more public domain meshes,
and modelers will be contracted for specialized models. Recently I
created a Televison set for Scripps Clinic. They don't actually have
a set or stage to do a "Broadcast" from, so we created one and will
be Ulti-matteing the "Reporters" into the set. We created different
"Camera" angles for the two shots and close-ups etc. Meshes, like the
production of animations, are still going to have to be
individualised for specific applications. But alot of the more common
elements like furniture etc are already being produced and as you've
pointed out even given away. The "world creating toolkit ™" concept
that came with 3D Studio R2 was a big step in this direction and even
included people. I haven't seen the new R3 disk yet but I suspect
there is even more of the same. If you're primarily working in the
conceptual stage with your renderings you can create simple clean
furniture to give a sense of proportion and style. There are some
really simple furnishings provided on the WCT CD-ROM in some of the
buildings etc,. cars, street lights etc,. all of which can be
imported into your scene. For more photorealism however, you're going
to need some attractive furniture, but as it stands now, and I
suspect for quite awhile, you're either going to have to buy them or
build them. And like most things that are worth something you're
going to have to pay. There is too much time and effort involved to
just simply give them away. Of course you can aways get some free
advice around here <G>, well almost free :-). You also might look
into PPG for doors and framing. Are you a 3DS user? -JE
>>>You also might look into PPG for doors and framing. Are you a 3DS user?<<<
Do you have a number/name of someone at PPG?
I just started getting into 3ds and I hope to make it the majority of
my work day. I have been doing 3d CADD modelling for about 6 years
but it wasn't until 3ds came along that I could afford to render and
animate my own creations. I had to rely on a consultant to perform
these services in wavefront.
Robert – Your certainly picked the right package with 3DS, and this is
an unbiased opinion. And what a great time to become involved with
3DS :-). As for PPG, that was several years ago. I'm not sure what
their current situation is. Another possibility is Anderson Windows
and Siding. It is possible that someone over in the ACAD forum might
know. You might check over there. Quite a few of the meshes on the CD
came from ACAD models originally. Anyway Congratulations! -JE
Do you have a number for Steelcase?