Step aside drafting board, pencil and paper, the computer is becoming an architect’s most important tool. Three-dimension technology is making an impact in a wide variety of industries ranging from manufacturing to entertainment to medicine, and the design world is a natural fit with 3D modeling and visualization. Because architecture deals with three-dimensional objects, 3D design is an almost ideal tool to create and represent homes, building and other structures. By using 3D technology software tools to design a building, the architect can take that design and display it in two dimensions through architectural rendering and manipulate this 2D image to view the design from any angle.
Using 3D tools for design offers architects a number of benefits. A 3d architectural visualization can be used to present building proposals to potential clients or competition boards. Once a building has been fully created with 3D software tools a model of the design can be physically printed by utilizing a 3D printer both saving the time of having to create the model, and producing a perfect representation of the design.
Going beyond the design phase, architectural visualization is now even taking a role in selling homes and buildings. In this case a realtor used a 3D model of a home for sale to conduct virtual home tour for prospective buyers with a representation of the home that included features as detailed as electrical outlet placement, the installed fixtures, view from the windows and even the color of the walls.
Using 3D tools for architectural design makes a lot of sense and is a great example of how these tools can be utilized in 3D product design.
