Hi all. I got a proposition to work freelance on modeling Architecture in 3d for advertising on a serie of apartment which will be constructed. I have to show them realistic visual of the interior and exterior of the building and maybe allow them to circulate in the building ( with the game engine) or simply do an animation walkthrough or using flash and doing some simple animation. So the problem is that Its the first time I got a project like this. Modelling is not a problem. Is there anyone has involve in such project? How do you proceed with the project, the plan? I want to use yafaray for final photo and animation, is this a good choice? I want to satisfied the client and I’ve been waiting a job like this for so long. Please can you help.
Ok, what is the scope of the whole project? How big are the apartments? How long of an animation do they want and what is your deadline?
Yafaray is completely fine for rendering, it is very capable of producing outstanding renderings.
I assume you have CAD drawings from the developer/architect? Not just PDFs, you need the actual DWGs or DXFs (well, you don’t NEED them, but it makes everything so much easier). At least some sort of document with dimensions on it.
My workflow tends to go something like AutoCAD (disabling or deleting any information that isn’t important to me (labels, text, hidden things such as electrical and hvac and plumbing details, etc.) and exporting as a DXF) to Blender (via the DXF importer script) then to any renderer of choice.
Start a thread over at Focused Critique or WIP so we can take a look at how you’re doing 