Rick's Blog

Mar
24
2023

IOTM - Piazza San Marco - Are Geometry Nodes the Best Way To Model Complex Architecture?

My Image Of The Month (IOTM) series has been delayed by many things.  One of those is the complexity of modeling detailed buildings.  I get lost in the details.  With the recent addition and improvements to Blender's Geometry Nodes, I wondered if that would be a good workflow for some of these buildings with complex but repetitive elements.

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May
22
2020

Architecture Visualization - A California Bungalow

When a family member moved to a different house, I decided to memorialize their old house with a 3-D model and associated visualization.  It had been at least six months since I had done anything architecture-related and I was pleasantly surprised to find that both the Blender 2.8X update and associated Add-Ons continue to make the workflow better and faster!

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Rick's Blog

Mar
24
2023

IOTM - Piazza San Marco - Are Geometry Nodes the Best Way To Model Complex Architecture?

My Image Of The Month (IOTM) series has been delayed by many things.  One of those is the complexity of modeling detailed buildings.  I get lost in the details.  With the recent addition and improvements to Blender's Geometry Nodes, I wondered if that would be a good workflow for some of these buildings with complex but repetitive elements.

Continue reading
May
22
2020

Architecture Visualization - A California Bungalow

When a family member moved to a different house, I decided to memorialize their old house with a 3-D model and associated visualization.  It had been at least six months since I had done anything architecture-related and I was pleasantly surprised to find that both the Blender 2.8X update and associated Add-Ons continue to make the workflow better and faster!

Continue reading