Blender 3D Architect

Free download of IES profiles for architecture

Allan Brito — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:18:59 +0000

One of the common tasks that an architectural visualization artist can get in a project, is to create a light setup that might show how exactly the lights will look like on the physical world. This demands a really good knowledge about light and render, or the use of special... Related posts:

Free download of a LP Centrum pendant lamp for Blender Last week a friend of mine asked me to model...
Free download of HDRI maps for architecture A really nice way to light up a scene is...
Free download of 2d cutout people for architecture There are basically two ways to add people to an...

Animation for architecture made with Blender

Allan Brito — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:00:43 +0000

An architectural visualization artist is always looking for examples of animations and stills produced to show architecture. It is always good to know what other artists and studios are producing in terms of architectural visualization, and push our own work forward and improve the quality of images and animations. The... Related posts:

WakYak: Architectural animation made with Blender and Octane Render The life of an architectural visualization artist is not made...
Tips and tricks about the Blender camera for architecture You may remember an artist called Viralata that produced some...
Motion trail: Changing the timing of animation at the 3D View If your project deals with the production of animation for...

Add-on for wire renders with Blender internal and Cycles

Allan Brito — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:42:55 +0000

A wire render has a lot of uses in architectural visualization and most of them involve the demonstration of the structure of a 3d model for other artists. I ask all my students to produce a wire render of their 3d models to evaluate their work. In Blender we have... Related posts:

How to add lights to an interior scene in Blender Cycles? The use of Cycles for architectural modeling is really cool...
Rendering a bedroom with Blender Cycles In the near future we will have a great addition...
Using Blender Cycles for Architectural visualization In the past few days a los of experimental versions...

Rendering a bathroom with Blender and YafaRay

Allan Brito — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:20:52 +0000

Even with the release of Blender 2.6 and the option to use a stable version of Cycles, we still find lots of artists using external render engines in Blender. There are a few features that must be incorporated in Cycles, before we can totally abandon external render engines for architectural... Related posts:

Rendering and compositing a Gallery with Blender and YafaRay Another great example of architecture made with Blender and YafaRay,...
Rendering a Hotel Room with Blender and YafaRay There is a simple rule to work with YafaRay and...
Rendering stairs with Blender and YafaRay Even with the development of a powerful renderer for Blender...

Blender Cycles tutorial: Creating grass for architectural visualization

Allan Brito — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:28:53 +0000

One of the most interesting tools added to Blender recently was the new render engine called Cycles. With this new and incredible addition to Blender, architectural visualization artists can work with options that were only available on external render engines like YafaRay, LuxRender and others. The Path Tracing integrator of... Related posts:

Creating grass with particles in Blender 2.5 There are lots of different ways to create grass in...
Using Blender Cycles for Architectural visualization In the past few days a los of experimental versions...
Rendering a bedroom with Blender Cycles In the near future we will have a great addition...