Blender 3D Architect

Model and texture a Tower in Blender

A lot of tutorials created for artists that use Blender to create games and interactive animation can also be useful for architectural visualization artists. I just found a tutorial called “Tower Tutorial”, which shows the full process of model and texture a tower from scratch in Blender. This is a…

LuxRender contest “Simple is beautiful”

It is competition time at the LuxRender user forums, and the theme of the contest this time is “Simple is beautiful”. For me this competition is somehow special, because I`m one of the sponsors of the contest. So, what about the rules? If you want to join the fun and…

Indigo Renderer 3.0 released with support for Blender 2.5

Back in the days when I was still starting to use Blender, I used to render my projects with two different renderers. The first one was YafRay and the second was Indigo Renderer. My first experiences with an unbiased render engine where with Indigo, back in the days when it…

TurboViewer: Open DWG files with 3D data on the iPad and iPhone

One of the key points of any architectural visualization project is first contact with a client, where we receive a set of technical drawings to take a look on a project. I receive CAD files to evaluate all the time, and since I got a tool like AutoCAD WS on…

Model and render a wooden sculpture with Blender and YafaRay

Here is another great tutorial for anyone looking to start using YafaRay with Blender 2.5 for architectural visualization. In this two-part tutorial, an artist called StugysTomas creates a wooden sculpture in Blender and renders the scene with YafaRay. The sculpture is pretty simple, but since the project uses a studio…

New measurement tool for Inkscape

When I must work on a 2D layout for architecture, one of tools that I like to use to create floor plans is Inkscape. A 2d vector drawing software tool like Inkscape gives us a lot of freedom to add and change layouts, using simple actions like drag and drop….

Learn how to use transform strips in Blender sequence editor

One of the features of Blender that is not directly related to 3d modeling, rendering or animation that impress most people in my classes is the video sequence editor. A lot of people, specially those users from 3ds Max, Maya and other softwares are used to work with a non-linear…

Working with composition in Blender

One of the things that make Blender unique is the incredible amount of tools available on a 3d suite like the video sequencer, game engine and much more. It makes Blender useful not only for 3d work, but for visual effects and TV production. For architectural visualization studios that must…