Architectural Delineations
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Architectural Delineations |
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This image was made with Alfred's SketchTools/PerspectiveTools beta only. This waterfront house on Mount Desert Island, ME, was first designed in 1997-98 and has not yet been built (although its not dead yet). I wanted to create a 3D image for my portfolio while it waited. I was going to sit down with FormZ and grind out a wire-frame to dress up with Photoshop or Painter, or Canvas, or whatever, when Alfred came out with PerspectiveTools. So, I thought I give it a try... I laid out the entire two-point perspective as if I was hand drawing, using "the projection method" ie: picture plane, horizon line, groundline , station point, visual ray, etc. (It wasn't difficult, but a little strange having such a great deal of layout work). Utilizing the Vanishing Point Tools made all this a snap.... I cut and pasted the plan into position and "boxed-it-in" (drew a regular rectangle around it). I then pasted in the two principal elevations and "boxed them in" as well. Using the traditional projection method, I projected-in just the basic 3D box using the Projection Line tool and the Perspective Rectangle tool. The next part was as easy as it was powerful: I then selected sections of the elevations and using the WildTools MovePoints tool I matched the elevation's bounding box to the corresponding 3D basic box plane and drop them into place... easy as pie. I then only to had to "connect the dots", as I drew in, in perspective, roofs and textures, using the amazing magic toolbox. It was then on to rendering the entourage using scanned images (to trace) and SketchTools. It was particularly enjoyable not having to export/import documents, and to work exclusively in the PowerCADD environment. The PowerCADD/WildTools interface is so easy to work in and not having to change "mindsets" between applications was a blessing. Alfred's newest set of 2 1/2-D Cadd -- PerspectiveTools and his expressionistic SketchTools, are powerful pencils indeed... Burnelleschi would be jealous. Bravo Alfred! John DeFazio |
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Of course, you have to have a canoe in Maine. |
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