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3D Software for Architecture
The essential software tool for any architect is a CAD program. Autodesk dominates the field with (AutoCAD and ADT but there are local differences such as Microstation in UK and Allplan in Germany (see CADalyst’s 2007 survey and Evolve Consultancy’s 2006 survey for further details).
The new kid on the block is Sketchup - well worth learning in depth as it is proving a surprisingly invaluable design tool in professional practice. Easy to use, great visuals for presentations and ties in to CAD programs and Google Earth!
As a result of the appearance of Sketchup other 3d programs such as 3dStudio Max are now becoming redundant as it is slower to produce results and feedback. If you enjoy 3D then learning Max can be rewarding. Otherwise DONT and thereby avoiding getting sidelined into 3D instead of doing ‘real’ architecture.
I talk from experience. 3D is now going hyper-real with VRay and Maxwell. Experts are many and therefore images are cheap. Leave it to them and pay them for final images for the client. Remember you own presentation graphics don’t have t be like photos - they just have to communicate well your great architectural ideas!
You will also need knowledge of general office software (word, excel, powerpoint). Depending on the responsibilities of an architect in the country where you will be working engineering calculation or quantity surveying software is useful to now but can be easily picked up on the job.
I recommend the following work flow. Sketchup to Powerpoint until the client is happy then Sketchup to AutoCAD to produce working drawings.
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Working with scale in layouts.
When using the “zoom” command followed by (scale) 1:150 is achieved with a zoom scale of 66/10XP .
How does this command work then? Why not enter 1/150XP?
First let us assume that you are using the command “mview” to creating windows in your presentation layout (or in paperspace depending on your version of AutoCAD).
So, what units are you using?
Lets say you are metric and drawing in meters.
MODELSPACE: 1 unit = 1 m = 1000mm
And let us say that presentation is in millimetres (this is typically so for such layouts):
PRESENTATION/PAPERSPACE: 1unit = 1mm
So the drawing as seen through the window in the layout has to be scaled relative to that layout - hence we use the XP parameter.
CALCULATION
1:150 means that 1mm printed = 150mm modelspace
150mm in modelspace is 0.150units
This is a zoom of 1/0.15
For clarity let us enter the zoom value multiplied by 1000.
So switching to modelspace through the window in our layout (tilemode=1) we enter a zoom of 1000/150XP.
Remember: the two values in the zoom ratio have to be of the same unit (m:m, ft:ft). So your suggestion of 1:150 is correct only if drawing units are mm in modelspace OR the layout is in meters.
Your friend is right if the situation is the same as described above (drawing in m, paper in mm) but it seems a perverse form of saying the same thing and is not as accurate. (1000/150 is 6.6667, 66/10 is 6.6)
Above all it is much simpler to remember that when drawing in m and printing in mm you only have to enter the zoom as:
1000/(desired-scale)XP
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