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Hi, there are all still relevant, but indeed the UI has changed since then. I will make an update of this that's more recent. As for the edit mode, I usually enable the gizmos to move and scale, even if in the select tool. To enable them, go to the 3d view header, top right hand corner, a little arrow for gizmos, open it, and check move and scale. Let me know if you have more questions, or better yet, join the discord discord.gg/TqzAv5JHbu

Thank you! Yes, there are so many different ways to execute architectural design, beyond the more traditional approaches taught in schools and at the workplace :)

Hi, you can reach out to me personally via the conctact form on uhstudioacademy.com

it is a setting in the array modifierr, but slightly more involved, as shown in the video, with an empty being rotated and used as the point of rotation. Furthermore, now with Geometry Nodes, this can be done in a way that can act as any other modifier and reused in a group, by exposing some of the settings to be instance based and available in the modifier panel.

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I always hope to involve Freecad more and more. Maybe once BlenderBIM (now Bonsai BIM is integrated to the same level as in Blender, I will start experimenting with Freecad again)

@UHStudio I look forward as I know your input will open new ways of thinking with freecad. But for now I'm more excited with what you with blender. Your video and works are Impressive. When I have some time I'll purchase one of your courses to learn your workflow style aswell. So u r on my radars😁

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What a silly comment. Of course it's architecture. Dimitar's designs are 3D buildings and spaces not just shapes. Dimitar's design process here with Blender is a more advanced version of what we were routinely doing back in the mid 2000's with sketches (2D) of a building and then build the mass of the design in 3D Max. After the 3D Max stage the "sliced" 3D object floor plans would be taken into traditional 2D CAD (AutoCAD LT) for working up to production drawings. Nothing new here in my 45yrs+ of professional design experience and that's not to criticize the interesting process Dimtar uses with Blender and the "Tissue" add-on.

Did you watch the video? In it I go through an architectural comissioned project that outlines the typical (yet much more complex) steps of the architectural design process prior to getting to the actual design process. And certainy there are loads of examples that don't go through the full architectural depth of the landscape project I talk about since that would require a lot of work. Yet, the processes that those simple architecture and design exercises require help build up the skill that when a large and complex project comes around, one feels fully prepared. So, yes it is shape-making, and yes it is architecture :)

Thanks for your comment. I feel the same. I once had a more experienced client that was also an architect that told me that these days, with all the 3d, many younger professionals can't visualise what a plan and a section actually mean. Yet, I believe that through 3d design and computational design processes, we can get a much better design (not necessarily, but depinging on the design and the client, the probability is typically higher). So, certainly, all that computational and 3d design is as mentioned in the talk a process that helps iterate through ideas faster to get to the right solution. And with that client from Goldman Sachs, they had a an auditorium for the NY HQ that didn't quite work right with the sight-lines. I had developed a fairly straightforward script with Grasshopper and visualised with Blender to show that the sightlines of our London GS HQ auditorium worked asbolutely properly. Having both the computational and 3d toolset to be able to go through all the iterations the client required, got us in the end to a great design solution faster. Not that we couldn't do it by drafting auditorium sections by hand and sweeping them across a shape to make a 3d auditorium, but that process would have taken up significantly more resources. So, definitely, not that different than switching from hand-drawing to CAD and then to 3d. Yet, interestingly, in my experience, beyond the technical expertise, there is still a fundamential need for designer to comprehend and understand design.

@@UHStudio Great comment. Ignore the Luddites! When I first started in architecture all we had was the MkI eyeballs, pencil, pens and a drawing board. The most technical piece of equipment I bought was a "Haff" Ellipsograph to create various sizes of ellipse (and also in perspective, hah!). Airbrushes anyone? One of the main drawbacks back in the day for anyone wishing to move into architecture or any design discipline TBH was an ability to be able to draw effectively (read timely also as the client is paying). Computers have enabled the possibility of many more great designers having being liberated by the use of all the fantastic CAD tools available today. Especially the free ones like Blender/Tissue etc. I agree that computers/CAD have changed the way we design for the better and without these powerful tools the interesting forms (and the many iterations possible) from the likes of Hadid/Geary et all would not exist or even be able to be detailed/built.

That design is the result of a team of 4-8 professionals, and external consultants working continuously on for 8 months on the project :) I always mention that great design requires the proper design processes, so many iterations testing and re-defining the project requirement and program until we get to a solution that both the design team and the client team are satisfied with. Unfortunately, in this case, the client reallised that they don't have the budget to fulfill the vision they comissioned us to produce.

no, you still need a regular mouse. The space moue is only for 3d navigation.

yes, you can have another set of raycasting happening the removes points in the middle with another sets of shapes, or scaled versions of the existing shapes.

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Thank you!

Yeah.. documentation is apart of architecture. And that what most people struggled and time consuming process ever. As a 'Bim addon' , is should come with capability and features like Revit, Archicad or Vectorworks, all those thing come as an addon for Blender. Now we can declare it as.. BIM ADDON for Blender.

Yes, I definitely hear you and the fact that there is perhaps an even larger need among design professionals for good Revit documentation alternatives. BlenderBIM is evolving well and going towards better documentation, and Freecad with its recent topo-naming update is getting much better. Yet, unfortunately none at the time come as fast as drawing walls, tagging spaces, adding dimensions, producing schedules, and adjusting the design as Revit at the moment. However, when comparing to pure 2d CAD documentation, there is actually quite a bit of comparison towards the possible efficiencies of the processes.

They are called symbols in Affinity Designer. However, for floor plans, if they are simple, I do them mostly in Rhino as most others do them in Autocad with Blocks and control the lineweights and looks there. Affinity designer does not come with library of architectural assets. But if you happen to have cad or vector symbols, you can makes your own symbols library.

Yes, indeed, loop tools is a great addon.

It's not cheap, especially for emerging markets, indeed. Unfortunately these types of tech, well actually including laptops, phones, even cars, etc are more or less the same price points throughout the world, which makes them more accessible in higher-income economies compared to lower-income ones. Actually, even Photoshop and Autodesk licenses are similar, which is crazy. So, yes it's definitely much more expensive in India than it needs to be. These types of niche devices offer productivity performance, which at the end of the day is not that much, so it needs to be judged compared to what it offers. Yet, I once watched a very interesting video by Casey Neistat about his vido gear and the exponantially more expensive that prodcuts that offer a bit higher quality become. I think he callled it the law of deminishing returns. You can buy a standard mouse for $10, and better mouse for $35, or a higher end mouse for $100 and a space mouse. At the end of the day, it's a mouse, but it does offer benefits, which may seem that what they offer is less signficant for the higher price. Yet, if ergonomics are important (as they should be for everyone), you are working in 3d all day, and you work long hours, then a higher price can justify the comfort and also the price it would cost to look after a wrist injury.

You need to press Clanp Overlap (i'm done )

Glad you solved your problem. By the way, now with Geometry Nodes and a repeat zone, radial arrays in Blender are even more powerful

@@UHStudio Would like to get better with Geo Nodes

Cheers! Happy to help

Cheers! And really happy to hear that! Blender is this fantastic tool that I hope more and more designers start to work and find out how productive and fun it can be to do our job :)

Yes, meshes work a little faster that Nurbs, which Rhino meshes for display purposes in any case indeed. By the way I think you mean Nurbs, not vector object, as both GH and Geometry Nodes use Vectors for transofrmations.

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Cheers, ok, good to know. Have you joined the discord server yet?

Yes indeed!

Yes, I mention in the video. Sample nearest surface, and sample index.

You would first "unwrap" it to get each panel separately, positioned in the best possible way to use it for creating a mold. There can also be an intermediate step, where instead of having a huge number of different panels, they can be optimised to have 3 or 4 different types. This is typically done by a facade consultant like Newtecnic or Case Inc. with the help of the Kangaroo plugin in Grasshopper inside of Rhino.

Thank you! Cheers!

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I am using material preview, so baiscally eevee, have wireframe on, use a sun light and a more reflective ground surface so it creates this type gradient effect. As for the material for the geometry, it's just teh default one. Hope this helps. Thing may also be a bit different now in 4.2 with Eevee Next, which is a new version of Eevee.

You mean the lattice modifier? Yes, the lattice is applied only to the pavilion geometry

That's probably for direct sunlight?

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Hi, at the moment, there are various different solutions, none as good as proper CAD or BIM. BlenderBIM can do drawings. There is also MeasureIt_Arch, and also Archipack. However, I usually tend to do drawings in Rhino or sometimes freecad