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13 Aug 2026 03:02:58 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Hello gang - getting back to it.  
From: Mike Miller
Date: 5 Aug 2026 23:25:01
Message: <web.6a73fddb6db65891e88a116725e430c2@news.povray.org>
"Mike Miller" <mil### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> "Mike Miller" <mil### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > "Mike Miller" <mil### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > > "Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> > > > "Mike Miller" <mil### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Attached are elevations & plan renderings from POV of my current pump house
> > > > > model.
> > > >
> > > > Damn.
> > > > I'm not an architect or a graphic designer, but have done a fair amount of
> > > > building work, and have needed to measure/estimate the sizes of things, and
have
> > > > designed and drawn plans for buildings, staircases, landscapes, etc.
> > > >
> > > > I love this stuff.
> > > >
> > > > Do you model everything as meshes first?
> > > > Do you ever create anything with scripts/CSG?
> > > >
> > > > What about the textures?
> > > > Are they designed with 3rd party tools?
> > > > UV mapping?
> > > >
> > > > Is anything ever done procedurally?
> > > >
> > > > Why/why not would help a lot of people get good work done more quickly and
then
> > > > step two is making it LOOK better without 100 iterations of tweaking.
> > > >
> > > > - BE
> > >
> > > >> designed and drawn plans for buildings, staircases, landscapes, etc.
> > > Nice, that kind of how I got into architecture. I spent summers in high school
> > > restoring churches and was fascinated when I got to work on old sets of
> > > drawings.
> > >
> > > >> Do you model everything as meshes first?
> > > For the production/client work, yes, but in POV, I try to build scenes without
> > >
> > > do use Blender for some complete forms and for exporting position data for POV
> > > types.
> > >
> > > >> Do you ever create anything with scripts/CSG?
> > > Yes, use macros to create 'types' with 'properties' like: bolts, pipes, window
> > > frames, beams, etc. I also use them in writing & testing materials & for
> > >
> > >
> > > >> What about the textures?> Are they designed with 3rd party tools?
> > > >> UV mapping?
> > > For my POV work, it is a mix. I relied heavily on image mapped textures for my
> > > architectural renderings, but I prefer to make procedural textures for my POV
> > > renderings. Professionally, we use a PBR setup with real-time viewing which
> > > makes the texturing process easier. I still export some diffuse and normal maps
> > > out of Substance.
> > >
> > > Mike
> >
> > SORRY -- I posted something very cryptic this morning.
> >
> > >> designed and drawn plans for buildings, staircases, landscapes, etc.
> >
> > youth-group restoring old churches and was fascinated when I got to work on an
> > old set of drawings. I went from drawing comic books to illustrating building.
> >
> > >> Do you model everything as meshes first?
> > For the production/client work, yes, but in POV, I try to build scenes without
> >
> > do use Blender for some complex forms and for exporting position data for POV
> > types.
> > >> Do you ever create anything with scripts/CSG?
> >
> > Yes, use macros to create 'types with properties' objects: bolts, pipes, window
> > frames, beams, etc. I also use them in my writing & testing materials & for
> >
> > use and can post here. I program parametric Revit families and use a simulate
> > setup in POV (using a 2D profile to create extrudes, sweeps, voids, etc.). I use
> > 'mixed' array to create a 'Sudo' class for storing properties that get passed to
> > a 'construction' macro. It allows for creating many variations from the same
> > template.
> >
> > >> What about the textures?> Are they designed with 3rd party tools?
> > >> UV mapping?
> > For my POV work, it is a mix. I relied heavily on image mapped textures for my
> > architectural renderings, but I prefer to make procedural textures for my POV
> > renderings. Professionally, we use a PBR setup with real-time viewing which
> > makes the texturing process easier. I still export some diffuse and bump-maps
> > out of Substance.
> > Miller
>
> I seem to be dropping sentences when I use line returns in my responses. My
> previewed messages look OK except for the mis-spells. :) ?


Attached are POV renderings of my current model / progress. I still a few more
parts to model and then I'll start working on the foreground hardscape and topo.
Mike.


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