ASRO@sBuild

Main Sections

IDEA +
  My main task at the department is helping in the development of IDEA+, an Integrated Design Environment for Architecture, where the "+" stands for the extra tools for tests in different design phases.

More information about the project can be found on the IDEA+ page.

     
3D database   I made a database of the most interesting CAD & 3D-tools. This is an overview of publicly & commercial available software for modeling, texturing, lighting, rendering & animation, next to some of the best utilities.
(A few updates in february 2004)
     
Render Study
  I made a rendering study of a building modeled in ArchiCAD and exported to different rendering software. The results are not always top-notch, but interesting for the sake of comparison. I'm not an expert in all of these tools...

Some renderings were donated by friendly surfers (and new ones are always welcome).

     
Web Study
 
 
TO DO: I'd like to do a similar thing as the render-study, but with web-tools (3D mostly). I know this is a huge undertaking, so if any of you have some experience to share... I'm not sure that I should use the same model... It's a bit boring in the end.
     
Tutorials   The tutorial section contains everything I believe is worthwhile for other people to learn...

It mainly handles 3D & CAD but if I have something I want to share, this is the place.

Latest Updates

2006 september

  Slight update.

2005 november

  Finally re-started updating this site...
Added a new ArtlantisR image in the Render Study.

2004 may

  Updated the popular page with realtime WEB-tools: Real-time 3D

2004 february

  Updated the database with some CAD-tools and modified the navigation on the site a bit.
There is also a new Art*lantis rendering in the render study.

2003 october

  Tutorial "ArchiCAD 2 Cinema4D"

2003 september

  Updated the database with a few new tools. Decided to give up covering news. It takes to much effort :(
The IDEA+ pages are also updated a bit, so I can show that I do work from time to time

2003 january

  Some minor updates... (The big changes are still in preparation...)

2002 august

  After slowly adding content to the site, the main design of the page has been completely redone. You might notice that FrontPage has been used...

2001 august

  The previous version of the page was published and got about 8000 visitors.

Site Info

External links

www.cgarchitect.com   news, tutorials & forum on architectural visualization
www.3dbuzz.com   free video-courses, tutorials, links and active forum
www.highend3d.com   news, scripts & info, but only for pro's (Maya, XSI, Houdini, ...)
3drender.com   tips & tutorials from the writer of "[digital] lighting & rendering"
www.cgtechniques.com   rendering contests, HDRI & forum
www.3dluvr.com   contests, tutorials & tips
www.3dtotal.com   forums, news, tutorials & contests
www.bakhter.com   info, news, downloads...
www.rendermania.com   news, articles, HDRI, Renderman, ...

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