I proposed writing a paper to my architecture-professor friend, one on the topic
of auto-generation of buildings from a given land contour, but he wasn't
interested.
"Kene" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:> > Every time I see something like> >
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Tatev_Monastery_from_a_distance.jpg> > I think "You know, there *has* to be modeling software that would make> > recreating something like this as a model at least a little bit easy."> >> Totally agree. That is a beautiful view! I am working on a set of macros that> will do just what you mentioned and I think in a user friendly way too. It does> not seem like a popular thing to create a building design tool using POV-Ray SDL> but I am trying anyway. Will post/announce some functioning set in a week or so.> Hoping to convert to pure SDL too.
"gregjohn" <pte### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> I proposed writing a paper to my architecture-professor friend, one on the topic> of auto-generation of buildings from a given land contour, but he wasn't> interested.>
Auto-generation is a bad idea for architectural design, which is what architects
are interested in. You want to be as interactive (actually, visually
interactive)
as possible. This is also why POV-Ray is not considered an appropriate tool or
even a possibility in the tools for architectural design. It needs an
appropriate user interface.
I am not surprised by your professor's reaction.
What about Art of Illusion:
http://aoi.sourceforge.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_Illusion
http://www.friendlyskies.net/aoiforum/index.php
http://sourceforge.net/projects/aoi/forums/forum/47782
Lots of the same tools as Wings and Blender, exports to POV-Ray directly. Java,
works on all machines.
H
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