Using photos I took last fall, I spent about 12 hours in AutoCAD to create the 3D model. Click here , or on the image, to see how this model was created. Mike Szilagyi 3D architectural computer models, like their cardboard and wood predecessors, need only to have surfaces. Building computer models with solid properties only makes sense in engineering, when the prototype part may actually be built from the CAD model. Here a product has been built with the AutoCAD Release 14 solid modeler, and rendered in 3D Studio.
Cutaways reveal internal parts and processes otherwise hidden from view.
CyberMill Studio will build solid models when a client needs, for instance, to import a 3D object into Finite Element Analysis applications. The image used on the home page was created to spur discussion at a recent meeting of the Philadelphia 3D Studio Users Group. The topic at that meeting compared the different tools 3D modelers use to generate geometry. Click here , or on the image, to see how this wireframe was created. As that site is developed, much of the material from this home page will be enhanced and placed on the new page.