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I've always been I interested in this and I recently been thinking of swapping from Architectural technician to visualisation.
I already know and do some 3d as we are currently using Revit but I don't really do any viz work.
Any tips? I'd like to do a course but I'm struggling to find anything that is either distance learning or evening based.
I have used 3d studio max and Viz in the past, but not for a long time.
Take a look at Unity3d, very accessible, free, and massive community support.
Just posting so I can find the thread again as I also have an interest in the answer(s)!
What courses *did* you find?
I used to work [url= http://www.hayesdavidson.com ]here[/url]. Although not strictly on the visualisation side of things.
Tools of choice were 3D Studio Max, AutoCad and photoshop. I am still in touch with a lot of people doing the same work and the software that they use hasn't really changed beyond version updates. There was a surprising amount of work done in photoshop.
It's probably a bit different now but when I worked there people mostly came from and architectural background, like yourself, but were self taught as far as the visualisation software was concerned. I don't remember there being a single person that did a visualisation course. There were two of us that had done technical illustration courses but weirdly neither of us did visualisations.
My current drawing software usage is: AutoCAD, Revit, Photoshop, Sketchup, if that helps.
I don't remember there being a single person that did a visualisation course.
The problem is access to the software: My company doesn't use anything other than those I've listed above (apart from the rest of the Adobe Creative Suite) and it is very expensive, as you are aware. I did have a student version of 3D Studio Max when I was doing my HNC but it's expired now.
The problem is access to the software
Too true, friend of mine did a masters course purely so he could use Maya/softImage for a year and make himself a showreel. Only ever did just enough coursework so that he didn't get thrown off the course.
Do you know anyone in education that would be willing to lend their name to a licence?
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Or is there no way to convince your company that they need to up their game in terms of what they offer clients and that you are just the man to do it?
3d studio max , CAD , Sketchup and we do a lot in Photoshop now .
I was in motion graphics/design and 3d for some years and did a number of architectural visualisations. We used a combination of Max for extruding from plans, and lightwave for modelling finer details and rendering.
My personal experience of it was that it was a massive pain in the hole. Clients were of the opinion a cinema quality render would cost about £500. Then, being architects they would insist every texture was pantone perfect to what they thought they "might" use if they actually decided on the final material. Would never do it again.
Autodesk, who make Maya and Max have got alot more easy going these days regarding student licences. If you have a school age child you're in. Otherwise you can claim to be studying from home. Adobe creative suite has gone all 'cloud' but again, for study purposes you can get a big chunk off the monthly payment.
I do some very basic stuff for work with [url= https://www.rhino3d.com/ ]https://www.rhino3d.com/[/url]
It's relatively cheap at about £700 for a single user but yo probably want a rendering package which are about an extra £250.
Some of my colleagues who are a lot better than me with it have achieved some amazing results with it. Not sure if it's good enough for want you want but there is a 90 day evaulation period which could let you find out.
I use Maxon cinema 4d with vray render engine, along with Adobe creative suite and sketchbook and pencil.
I had a play around on Cinema 4D a while ago, when they did the cheaper "Go" version. It seems to have come on a long way since then.