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Renders from my Chief Architect software

Gene_Davis | Posted in Photo Gallery on October 27, 2009 07:45am

Not photos, but what the heck.  Most photos today get photoshopped, anyhow.  What can you believe anymore.

All I’ve done with this package so far is basic structural work, the kind of modeling necessary to be able to produce construction documents.  Plans, sections, details, framing, schematics.

Yawn.

I’ve an opportunity to do some interior design, and so I have been practicing with the stuff you do inside a model to finish it, furnish it, decorate, and light the thing.  These are of a job I actually built, so doing this virtual copy has been a labor of love.

I’ve a long way to go to get as good as the folks that have their stuff posted on the software maker’s website gallery page.

The shoji light fixtures seen in these were scratchbuilt in Google Sketchup, and then imported into Chief, and outfitted with bulbs.

 

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“A stripe is just as real as a dadgummed flower.”

Gene Davis        1920-1985

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  1. MikeSmith | Oct 27, 2009 01:27pm | #1

    pretty   cool, gene

    i've got an online webanair class today with dan bauman  in X2....

    two whole house designs and one whole house as-built to do

     

    Mike Hussein Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
  2. cargin | Oct 27, 2009 03:22pm | #2

    Gene

    Thanks for the pics.

    That was fun to have a virtual look see.

    Rich

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      Gene_Davis | Oct 28, 2009 04:34pm | #3

      Since you liked the pics, here are two views, one into and one back, of the laundry room.

      If you design/build, be aware that the new washer and dryer machines are absolute tanks when compared to the equipment of just a few years back.  Height and depth is considerably greater, for those more expensive ones, and room must be allocated.

      Features are nice, though.  I looked at someone's gear at Sears and Lowe's for which the washing machine, standing up tall over drawer compartments below, put the front load door up so where you don't have to bend over as far.  In those drawers were big poly containers, one each for detergent, bleach, and conditioner, that could be filled with a couple months or more of supply.  The machine self-meters based on the settings you key in, and the weight of the load, which of course it measures.

      You come into the laundry from the pantry corridor, from the kitchen, and the cherry cabs of the pantry are seen in the view looking back.

      The flush cab on the wall opposite the machines, houses a hinged ironing board, which rotates as needed upon being swung down.

       

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      "A stripe is just as real as a dadgummed flower."

      Gene Davis        1920-1985

      Edited 10/28/2009 9:37 am ET by Gene_Davis

      1. Henley | Oct 28, 2009 05:48pm | #4

        Is it possible to widen the view? My El'cheepo program allows that, and I find it
        makes the interior views better.

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          Gene_Davis | Oct 28, 2009 06:08pm | #5

          Yes, it is possible, but the room is a small one, and a big wide angle would distort things and confuse a viewer, making her think it is bigger than it is.

          For my purpose, a "normal" lens focal length is better. 

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          "A stripe is just as real as a dadgummed flower."

          Gene Davis        1920-1985

      2. Piffin | Oct 29, 2009 02:01am | #6

        I love to do renderings - and they can sell a jopb, but they take time 

         

        Welcome to the Taunton University of Knowledge FHB Campus at Breaktime. where ... Excellence is its own reward!

        1. MikeSmith | Oct 29, 2009 03:46am | #7

          we now have about  9 possibilities for rendering.. including "watercolor"Mike Hussein Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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            Dam_inspector | Oct 29, 2009 03:48am | #8

            Does it have shellac renderings for the floor?

          2. Hiker | Oct 29, 2009 03:06pm | #10

            Mike,

            Have you upgraded to X2?  If so is it worth it.

            Bruce

          3. MikeSmith | Oct 29, 2009 07:33pm | #11

            absolutely... and I was just doing some training with Dan Bauman  and he memtioned that there is a  sale on to upgrade from   10  to X2

            ( not X1 to  X2 )Mike Hussein Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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            BarryE | Oct 29, 2009 09:06pm | #12

            Now if they would give amnesty to those of us still using CA 9

            Barry E-Remodeler

             

          5. Hiker | Oct 29, 2009 09:58pm | #13

            there is a  sale on to upgrade from   10  to X2

            ( not X1 to  X2 )

             

            So I get punished for trying to keep up with the new versions, but I have heard good things about the enhancements for x2

            ThanksBruce

          6. MikeSmith | Oct 29, 2009 11:45pm | #14

            X2 is great and the SSA is a good deal too... tons of video trainingMike Hussein Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

  3. mike_maines | Oct 29, 2009 03:51am | #9

    An architect who used to work with us does great renderings, combining several techniques.  This one's my favorite:

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    Not photorealistic, but more evocative than photorealistic to my eye.  Nothing against your efforts, Gene--nice work.

     http://www.gulfshoredesign.com/blog/?page_id=95

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    Gene_Davis | Oct 30, 2009 01:12am | #15

    More work in the same project.  Sure wish I had X2!  ;-)

     

     

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    "A stripe is just as real as a dadgummed flower."

    Gene Davis        1920-1985

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