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Modeling for Architecture

More than 6 hours of free tutorials about architectural modeling

Well, this article is not about Blender 3D like the other ones, but I do believe that the resource that I`m going to talk about is very valuable for anyone interested on developing even more, in architectural modeling. Last week I was browsing a few sites when I found a…

Modeling a Barcelona Chair in Blender 3D: The seat

What would be of an architectural visualization project without some great furniture models? Well, just a bunch of walls and planes, but not real felling of humanity in the environment, and the lack of scale to the project. That’s why we must always place some furniture models into our projects….

Modeling for architecture: How to build a balcony in Blender 3D (Part 1)

Today I will start a series of articles, dealing with the modeling of a few elements and parts of a build, which may require more than just hard work to build. The selected parts have a great importance over the full modeling of a project like roofs, stairs and balconies….

How to use the Bevel modifier to chamfer edges of a model?

Almost all artists that start a visualization project want a photo real result at the end. There are a lot of ways to get that result with external renderers, great textures and some other tricks. But, one of the first things that you should do to improve your scenes is…

Tips for precision modeling with Blender 3D

This is a common question I always have to answer about Blender; How to model with precision in Blender? Well, first of all we have to realize that Blender is a visualization and animation tool, not a CAD system like AutoCAD or ArchiCAD. It will never have precision tools as…

New snapping tools for Blender 3D

If there is one thing that everyone involved with architectural visualizations likes is precision tools. And the snapping tools of Blender are evolving a lot, especially with the upcoming Apricot project. A few days ago, they released a test build of Blender, with a small addition to the existing snap…