Creating a blueprint in Photoshop is fairly easy and straight forward. The following video by Blue Lightning TV outlines all the steps and techniques in order to transform a picture into an architectural blueprint. There are also many interesting tips and trick in this video with layering, brushes and masking tips.
December 22, 2012
December 20, 2012
Humor: By Architects for Architects
Check out this funny video from BXL Design Architects in Australia.
November 13, 2012
Architectural Rendering: Using Scale People
In AutoCAD
The first way is to add people into your AutoCAD drawing before you import them into Photoshop. This is the simplest way to keep people to scale. There are free CAD blocks online with people that you can add to your building drawings. The blocks are generally not too well defined and you can't manipulate the people too much in Photoshop once imported along with your building drawing. If you are doing quick renderings, keeping people in your imported drawing would help you save a bit of time.November 11, 2012
AutoCAD: Menubar
Even after they created the ribbon in AutoCAD, sometimes the best way to work with CAD is to use the menubar. To show or hide the menubar is quite simple. Type in the command MENUBAR and hit enter or the spacebar. Then it will prompt you to enter a new value for the MENUBAR. Entering 0 will hide the menubar and 1 will show the menubar.
More AutoCAD Tips and Hints from the Architecture Student Blog
Command: MENUBAR hit enter or spacebar
Option 0 : will hide the menubar
Option 1: will show the menubar
More AutoCAD Tips and Hints from the Architecture Student Blog
November 7, 2012
Design Help: Dimensions and Colors
I found these links while doing research for studio and I thought they were worth sharing. The following links outline standard closet dimensions, general home and office dimensions like chair and railing heights as well as RGB color codes while working in Photoshop or Indesign.
Closet Dimensions
Standard Dimensions - This link is broken, hopefully only due to website maintenance
RGB Color Codes
Closet Dimensions
Standard Dimensions - This link is broken, hopefully only due to website maintenance
RGB Color Codes
August 31, 2012
August 27, 2012
Tutorial: Hand Drafting
Picking Lead
Everyone has different handwriting styles which creates the need for different types of leads as well as the need for depth in architectural plans and renderings. B Leads are darker and as you get to 9B they become more and more charcoal like. When starting to draft, always use an H, generally 4H to 9H. They are lighter in shade, with a harder lead that erases the easiest. Just be careful not to write/draw too hard, it will indent the paper resulting in issues with paper texture and eraser. You can also get a ghosting affect when shading.
Architecture Student: AutoCAD Tip Compilation
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Show Lineweights
Lineweights in CAD |
To
show lineweights in AutoCAD, just click on the icon at the bottom. This
can be problematic while drafting in modelspace, though helpful in
paperspace. When you can see line weights and the plot style helps you
edit your drawings without going to plot preview. To set up a black and
white paperspace with plot styles, see Setting up CAD Paperspace with plot styles and line weights.
Top 10 Things you'll never hear your architecture professor say
Need a laugh? Check out Doug Patt's Top 10 things you'll never hear your architecture professor say.
August 19, 2012
August 10, 2012
Architectural Rendering: Adding a Sky in Photoshop
Sky from cgtextures.com |
August 8, 2012
Importing a pdf into Photoshop
August 7, 2012
Tutorial: Learn to Create an Architectural Section Render in Photoshop
Cardiff Bay School Section - David Schnabel |
Learning to render in Photoshop starts with Photoshop basics and once you understand them, you can start to learn how to render architectural drawings. It is also important to learn how to use AutoCAD, Revit, Sketchup or other programs that allow you to create architecture drawings to scale. You can also sketch/draft a section and scan into the computer. Once you have a plan, section, perspective or other drawing you can start to render them in Photoshop. In CAD and Revit you can print a pdf to scale, then import it into Photoshop to keep the scale accurate. Double check to make sure it looks to scale when you import it to be sure. I have yet to figure out how to get Sketchup to export to scale. Scale isn't always that important so use your judgement when you start thinking about how you want to do a drawing. The work flow, steps and videos below outlines the the steps to create an architectural section render in Photoshop.
August 6, 2012
Websites to Supplement your CAD Drawings for Free
When working on a drawing in AutoCAD, it is sometimes difficult to find blocks and drawings to supplement your drawings. The list below are websites that I have found that have free CAD drawings and blocks to help give that extra punch to your drawings. Many also have forums and articles to help you with your CAD-ing.
August 1, 2012
July 28, 2012
Section Rendering: Coloring in PhotoShop
Rendering from following video by Dangeroris |
The following video visually outlines the workflow in making an architectural section. The initial section can be created by hand, in CAD, Revit, Sketchup or whichever software you are proficient in. I recommend using whichever program you work with the fastest. Follow the workflow from the following video:
July 23, 2012
AutoCAD: Getting stuck in Model View
If you ever double-click in model view in paper space and you can not see the border to double click back into paper space. I have deleted Layouts and re-made them before I found this command. Simply enter
and hit enter (or space-bar) to take you back to paperspace. For more helpful tips on AutoCAD see my AutoCAD Tips Page.
See AutoCAD Tips Compilation for more
ps
and hit enter (or space-bar) to take you back to paperspace. For more helpful tips on AutoCAD see my AutoCAD Tips Page.
See AutoCAD Tips Compilation for more