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Improvements for the Ray tracing system in Blender 3D internal render

In the last articles here in the blog, I’m talking a lot about the advantages and uses of external render engines used with Blender 3D. I have to say that I really like to use those render engines, and today very few renders are created entirely with the Blender internal…

Workflow to create architectural visualization in Linux

If you use Linux to create architectural visualization or develop architectural projects, how can you define your workflow? I have to say that I don’t know much architects or companies that have a workflow for develop architectural visualization or projects, based on Linux machines. Some of that is related to…

How to study the Sun position for architectural models in Blender 3D?

The correct and efficient use of solar energy to warm and illuminate environments is even important for architectural projects. Last week I was talking with a friend of mine, who asks me about a way to project the sun position in Blender 3D, to show a client the position of…

Adding scale to 3D Scenes: Using 2d cutout trees and people in Blender

A scene produced for architectural visualization is never complete without some elements or objects that represent a real sense of scale for the viewer. In most cases people can’t get a real idea of how big or small a project is, until they see a common image or a reference….

Blender 2.47 and architectural visualization

After a long pause, I`m finally back to the blog. This long time without updates was due to the revision of my Brazilian Blender book, which is going to the third edition. I guess it`s a great milestone for me, after all, the editorial market here in Brazil is not…

Blender 3D for architectural visualization

How to produce architectural visualization with Blender 3D? And before anything, what is Blender? Well, Blender is the free open source 3d content creation suite. It has a huge user community, but most of them use Blender only to create character animations, or animations not related to architecture. Since I…