BBIM2ARM: Exporting from BIM to interactive 3D

What is the primary purpose of using a BIM tool like BlenderBIM or FreeCAD? For many architects, one of the main advantages of using such platforms is creating a tridimensional model and generating your 2D documentation with a few clicks. Having this option in an architectural design saves a lot of time. Could we also […]

IFC.js with an option to display ambient occlusion

How do you share a project with a potential customer? The most common way of displaying your designs is with a render or screenshot. You can generate an image and share the results with an e-mail or use an instant message app. Having an image to display the design is excellent because it is a […]

Armory 3D for ArchViz in Blender

One of the most strong trends in architectural visualization as a whole is real-time rendering. Most artists are willing to either invest in new software to use real-time rendering or completely change their workflow to take advantage of instantaneous renderings. Blender had the integrated Game Engine that will no longer be available in version 2.8. […]

Armory 3D 0.4 available to download

The future of architectural visualization is having most of our work as interactive 3d applications and achieving that you need to use game development technology. Not only you will have to create interactive 3d applications, but also have them integrated into mobile apps. Because of license limitations, we could not use the old Blender Game […]

77GB in free sound-effects for interactive architecture

During this week in San Francisco, the Game Developers Conference will showcase the latest trends and technologies, related to the creation of games. Along with the conference a few companies take the opportunity to share some freebies and resources. One of that companies is Sonniss which has a focus on sound effects. They are sharing […]

Real-time water flow for architecture in UPBGE

A feature from Blender that is often misjudged is the Blender Game Engine. Not only it can create full 3d games, but also interactive architecture. I do know lots of architects that uses the BGE to work on quick interactive visualization projects with the engine. Today you have even more power and tools to create […]

Free animated doors for interactive architecture

Besides creating some realistic images from 3d models, a new type of visualization is emerging as the future of architectural visualization. A few years ago interactive visualization of architecture was only created by studios or artists looking to prove their technical skills, or fulfill the request of a particular client. Even the consumer level technology […]

Interactive visualization

Interactive visualization with Blender and V-Ray

Is it possible to work on Blender to create interactive visualization for architecture? of course it is possible! And if you are an old reader of the blog, then probably you already saw some great examples of interactive visualization made with the Blender Game Engine. An artist called Martin Hedin is trying to push the […]

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