Christopher Roehl
Architectural Designer/Technology Coordinator
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Christopher Roehl
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Technical illustration of the Starship Enterprise from Star Trek:
The Next Generation Series.
Shown here to demonstrate that you really can draw anything in
PowerCADD.
Download the full drawing in Acrobat
format.
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An exerpt from a letter I had recently written to Steve Jobs I feel describes my thoughts on the technology I use: I am a young 25-year-old architectural designer who acts as the Technology Coordinator for a large architecture firm in Ohio. The reasons I picked this firm was firstly I went to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where I took classes that focused on Form-Z and Photoshop in our computer labs. Of course I picked Miami University's architecture program because I knew they use the Macintosh exclusively in their teachings and in their studios. I was ten years old when the first Macintosh was introduced, up until that time I was using Apple computers from the time I was seven. My dad brought home a Mac Plus when I was young and from the first time I used it knew that the Mac was the best tool for me to use in many things. I was hired at the firm here even before I had officially graduated from Miami, and I was excited because I knew that the office used Macs. They gave me the extra responsibilities of maintaining the computers in the office even though I did not have a degree in computer science, but because I have used the Mac since its inception, I was better off than many people who had computer science degrees. I managed the Macs in Miami's Fine Arts department while I was a student, about 500 in 5 different buildings and I did it with the help of only one other person. A testament to how easy a Mac is to maintain. |
I chose to do this drawing of the Enterprise because a lot of the people I work with are always talking about how they want AutoCAD, they don't feel that PowerCADD is a very powerful platform and since most of our consultants are on AutoCAD, they feel we should be too. So I took the time I had in the evenings, resaerched this subject and drew it to demonstrate that some very complicated drawing can be done in PowerCADD, and it really wasn't too hard. The drawing is very detailed and is a large 48 X 36 drawing which will be displayed proudly in my home. I have made a pdf available for you to enjoy and truly appreciate the research, and detail that was involved. It was drawn entirely using PowerCADD and WildTools.
Christopher D. Roehl
Christopher Roehl is an Architectural Designer/Technology Coordinator at Voorhis, Slone, Welsh, Crossland Architects in Mason, Ohio. Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio class of 1998. One of the PowerCADD gurus of the firm, he is also very well versed in FormZ, Photoshop, Electric Image, Illustrator, FileMaker 5, Quickime VR Authoring Studio, GoLive, InDesign, Quark Express, Director 7, and Flash 5 to name a few. He has given seminars at Miami University in FormZ, and is certified in Mac OS X Server, as well as a Certified AppleCare Technician. Email address: chrisr@vswc.com Phone: (513) 398-4931
Drawings by Christopher Roehl
Dorsal/Forward Elevation/Warp Nacelle Deflector/Starboard Elevation/Bridge
