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Category Archives: 3D Modelling Group

these posts that relate to the 3D Special Interest Group sessions. In these sessions we look at 3-D modelling problems and how to solve them. These sessions are ideal for set designers, exhibit designers, architects, landscapers, and anyone interested in 3-D modelling.

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3D Modeling Special Interest Group – May 2020

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In this session, we showed the benefits of using the Convert to Group command to solve problems with objects, demonstrated modeling custom windows, and constructed a curved glass awning.

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3D Modeling Special Interest Group – April 2020

Posted on May 20, 2020 by jonathan
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In this session, we showed how to bring images of objects such as Delft Blue pottery into your project files, how to create 3D text, how to compose a scene using the Renderworks Camera, and how to set up a Flythrough.

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3D Modeling Special Interest Group – March 2020

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In this session, we covered how to use the Edit Subdivision tool to construct a 3D pool with a complex shape—today’s pool had a “three-headed monster” shape!

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3D Modeling Special Interest Group – February 2020

Posted on March 3, 2020 by jonathan
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In this session, we covered using Multiple View Panes, including how to configure the panes and how to use them in 3D modeling, when adding interior wall paneling, and when adding customized cladding on the exterior of a project. 

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3D Modeling Special Interest Group – January 2020

Posted on January 27, 2020 by jonathan
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In this session, we did a balcony expansion project that combined constructing with Vectorworks objects and modeling objects in 3D.

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3D Modeling Special Interest Group – December 2019

Posted on January 24, 2020 by jonathan
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In this session, constructing a tree-like upright helped us practice the fundamentals of 3D modeling.

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3D Modeling Special Interest Group – November 2019

Posted on January 9, 2020 by jonathan
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In this session, we used various methods to model spiral shapes, experimented a bit with Subdivision modeling, and started a model of a wardrobe built from water pipes.

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3D Modeling Special Interest Group – October 2019

Posted on January 9, 2020 by jonathan
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In this session, we constructed a bathtub using Subdivision Modeling and built a cabinet, which we then exploded and turned into a hybrid symbol so that we could add detail and vary the level of detail shown in a drawing.

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3D Modeling Special Interest Group – October 2019

Posted on November 12, 2019 by jonathan
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In this session, we constructed a bathtub using Subdivision Modeling and built a cabinet, which we then exploded and turned into a hybrid symbol so that we could add detail and vary the level of detail shown in a drawing.

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3D Modeling Special Interest Group – September 2019

Posted on November 6, 2019 by jonathan
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In this session, we used 3D modeling to build appliances, demonstrated how the 3D modeling history has been improved in Vectorworks 2020, created the complex form of a sail for a boat, and built a ceiling light.

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3D Modeling Special Interest Group – August 2019

Posted on August 22, 2019 by jonathan
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In this session, we showed how Working Planes can be used to model objects in the right place to start with. We also covered how to use the Extrude Along Path command to make footings and slab thickenings, and how to calculate their volume so that you know what the fill or hard fill is.

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3D Modeling Special Interest Group – July 2019

Posted on August 17, 2019 by jonathan
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In this session, we reviewed the Screen Plane and Layer Plane, built a gutter and downspout—first, using extrusions and, then, using the Extrude Along Path command—and constructed a cone-shaped climbing gym, while experimenting with different methods and tools.

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3D Modeling Special Interest Group – June 2019

Posted on July 19, 2019 by jonathan
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In this session, we demonstrated using the Extrude Along Path command in 3D, changing the insertion point and level of detail of a 3D symbol, and importing and modifying 3D objects from online.

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3D Modeling Special Interest Group – May 2019

Posted on May 24, 2019 by jonathan
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In this session, we looked at how to join two hollow pipes together. This led us on to how to go back in history to edit a fillet or Shell solid. Finally, we looked at slabs.

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3D Modeling Special Interest Group – April 2019

Posted on April 24, 2019 by jonathan
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In this session, we built a bandstand with a curving, oval-shaped roof. The project allowed us to review 3D modeling basics, working planes, the Project tool, Subdivision modeling, and the Bend Solid tool.

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3D Modeling Special Interest Group – March 2019

Posted on March 27, 2019 by jonathan
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In this session, we modeled a metal bracket, discussed how to get the threaded fasteners that you need, showed some key features for changing the look of fences, and did a solar study of an arbor.

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3D Modeling Special Interest Group – February 2019

Posted on February 27, 2019 by jonathan
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In this session, we covered using roof objects to create ceilings with various slopes and discussed creating textures for tile designs.

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3D Modeling Special Interest Group – January 2019

Posted on February 27, 2019 by jonathan
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In this session, we covered how to map textures, edit textures, use the Extract tool to get better control over textures, and create textures.

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3D Modeling Special Interest Group – December 2018

Posted on December 20, 2018 by jonathan
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In this session, we discussed how to go about modeling various objects in 3D, making the simplest shapes with extrusions and proceeding to increasingly more complicated shapes made from multiple extrusions, sweeps, Extrude Along Path, NURBS curves, and subdivision modeling.

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3D Modeling Special Interest Group – November 2018

Posted on November 22, 2018 by jonathan
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