Posted by Kevin Matthews on July 01, 2002 at 13:21:26:In Reply to: true 3 d solids for architecture posted by Waldbauer on June 30, 2002 at 12:50:21:
I like to build a house assembly out of 3d parametric solids, not 2 1/2 d images. I like to have solid bricks or steel reinforced walls that can be drilled, processed and processed the same way as it would be done manually or with cad/cam. Is there such an high end 3 d software for architecture around, needs to be something like proengineer, catia, ugs for architects or homebuilders?
There's a basic reason this doesn't make sense for 99.999% of buildings. Unlike engines and home appliances, buildings are designed from assemblies, where some of the exact details of each assembly are left ambiguous to be filled in during construction.
This flexibility in both traditional and contemporary building design and construction processes provides crucial efficiencies that allow buildings to be customized to site and occupancy, to a much greater degree (relative to cost) than goods which are 100% engineered in every detail.
That said,you might want to take a look at ArchiCAD and Revit, which provide two different approaches to parametrically-based 3D building design -- without forcing the absurd specification of every individual fastener in a building.
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