#Architectural Front end
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I don't know if you're taking wish-list items for Facade, but one feature I
would like, would be the ability to "unfold" or "flatten" all or part of the 3D
model for plotting and assembling into a cardboard model. Its great to be able
to take a model into 3DS or to create a walkthru, but there's nothing like a
real model to convey the real form. I've been looking for something like this
for months. There was such a package back in R10 days, called "ACAD Makette",
but its no longer available. If one is going to take the time to create a 3D
CAD model, it would be great to use that to cut down on the time-consuming
model building process. It seems as though many of the tools for this are
already in Facade.
David:
That's an interesting idea. We'll kick it around and see what the rest of
the design team thinks. The architect in me kinda likes it.
David
David
> That's an interesting idea. We'll kick it around and see what the rest of
> the design team thinks. The architect in me kinda likes it.
I hope you do a better job of it than A CAD Group did!
Dave
> > That's an interesting idea. We'll kick it around and see what the rest of
> the design team thinks. The architect in me kinda likes it.
I hope you do a better job of it than A CAD Group did!<
I never saw Makette, so I don't know its capabilities, but in all fairness, its
a considerable programming problem. It seems to me it would have to be
implemented at the core of any modeling procedure, used for preliminary
modeling, then set apart for more complex modeling. The masses would have to
be fairly simple and discreet. It seems to me something more suited to AME or
another solids modeler, since much of the info needed is already there, and the
forms tend to start out simpler. It would be great if it can be implemented in
Facade, but I only hope they determine the market is there to support it. of
course any additional cost would be far less than any CNC milled output, and
more architects would buy Facade if they could use the 3D geometry for
presentation models as well as for renderings/walkthroughs. It would be more
feasible to use 3D if design and production tools were built in. I don't think
the architectural model will ever loose its importance, although I'll be
pleasantly surprised if hardware/software come together to generate rendered
holograms and casual VR use. BTW, do you have an old copy of Makette lying
around unused for sale? I'll try anything since my need is immediate.
David – I had a copy of it to review for CADalyst a couple of years
back. In spite of numerous calls to Atlanta and a supposed bug fix, I
never could make the thing work. We ended up scrapping the review.
Dave:
Have you had a chance to play with Facade 2.0? I guarantee that if we
were to include that feature in a future release, it would only be included
if it worked as flawlessly as the rest of the product.
While I've already compiled quite a list of features that users and I want
to see included in the next release of Facade, what it is already capable of
doing is quite amazing, especially for a program with an SRP of $189.
Needless to say, we're selling lots of them. <G>
David [Eclipse Software]
David –
> Have you had a chance to play with Facade 2.0?
Why, no, I haven't <hint, hint>. But I'd really like to! It sounds pretty
slick from Michael's review.
Dave