Introduction to AutoCad 2009 CHAPTER 15 288 Fig. 15.25 First example – Rendering a 3D model – two-view projection Fig. 15.26 Place the model in the ViewCube / Top view Fig. 15.27 The Point Light icon in the Visualize / Lights panel Fig. 15.28 The Lighting – Viewport Lighting Mode warning window Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. Rendering CHAPTER 15 289 of click at center of model (need Z): enter 500 right-click Enter an option to change [Name/Intensity/Status/ shadoW/Attenuation/Color/eXit] Ͻ eXit Ͼ : enter n (Name) right-click Enter light name Ͻ Pointlight1 Ͼ : right-click Enter an option to change [Name/Intensity/ Status/shadoW/Attenuation/Color/eXit] Ͻ eXit Ͼ : right-click Command: 5. There are several methods by which Distant lights can be called: by selecting Default Distant Light from the Generic Lights palette ( Fig. 15.29 ); with a click the on the Distant icon in the Vizualise/Lights panel ; or by entering distantlight at the command line. N o matter which method is adopted, the Lighting – Photometric Distant Lights dialog ( Fig. 15.30 ) appears. Click Allow Distant lights and the command line shows: Command: _distantlight Specify light direction FROM Ͻ 0,0,0 Ͼ or [Vector]: enter .xy right-click of click to the left and below the 3D model (need Z) enter 400 right-click Specify light direction TO Ͻ 1,1,1 Ͼ : enter .xy right-click of click at center of mode (need Z) enter 70 right-click Command: Fig. 15.29 The Generic Lights palette showing the Default Distant Light selected Fig. 15.30 The Lighting – Photometric Distant Lights dialog Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. Introduction to AutoCad 2009 CHAPTER 15 290 6. Place another Distant Light ( Distantlight2 ) in the same position TO and FROM the front and below the model at Z of 300 . 7. When the model has been rendered if a light requires to be changed in intensity, shadow, position or colour, click the Light List icon in the Visualize/Lights panel ( Fig. 15.31 ) and the Lights in Model palette appears. Double-click a light name and the Properties palette for the light appears in which modifi cations can be made ( Fig. 15.32 ). Amendments can be made as thought necessary. Fig. 15.31 Selecting the Lights icon from the Visualize / Lights panel Fig. 15.32 The Lights in Model and Properties palettes Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. Rendering CHAPTER 15 291 N o t e In this example the Intensity factor has been set at 1 for lights. This is possible because the lights are close to the model. In larger size models the Intensity factor may have to be set to a higher fi gure. Adding a material to the model 1. In the Metals – Materials Sample palette select Metals, Structural and Metal Framing Steel ( Fig. 15.33 ) to apply to the 3D model. 2. Click The Materials icon. The Materials palette appears showing an icon of the applied material ( Fig. 15.34 ). In the palettes click the Fig. 15.33 The Metals, Structural Framing, Steel icon Fig. 15.34 The Materials pallete showing the applied material Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. Introduction to AutoCad 2009 CHAPTER 15 292 Diffuse color button and from the Select Color dialog which appears select a suitable colour for the model. 3. Click Apply Material to Objects icon ( Fig. 15.34 ). 4. Click any part of the 3D model to apply the material to the model. 5. Right-click in the Type fi eld of the Material Editor section of the palette and select Realistic in the right-click menu ( Fig. 15.35 ). Fig. 15.35 Select Realistic in the Type drop-down menu 6. Click the Advanced Render Settings tool in the Output/Render toolbar and in the palette which appears select Presentation from the list at the top of the palette ( Fig. 15.36 ). 7. Render the 3D model again and if now satisfi ed save to a suitable fi le name . Figure 15.37 shows four renderings in the four Type settings. Fig. 15.36 Setting the form of rendering to Presentation Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. Rendering CHAPTER 15 293 Second example – Rendering a 3D model ( Fig. 15.39 ) 1. Construct 3D models of the two parts of the stand and support given in the projections shown in Fig. 15.38 with the two parts assembled together. N o t e The limited descriptions of rendering given in these pages does not show the full value of different types of lights, materials and rendering methods. The reader is advised to experiment with the facilities available for rendering. Fig. 15.38 Second example – Rendering – orthographic projection Fig. 15.37 First example – Rendering a 3D model Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. Introduction to AutoCad 2009 CHAPTER 15 294 2. Place the scene in the ViewCube/Top view, Zoom to 1 and add lighting. 3. Add different materials to the parts of the assembly and render the result. Figure 15.39 shows the resulting rendering. Third example – Rendering a 3D model ( Fig. 15.40 ) Figure 15.40 shows an exploded, rendered 3D model of a pumping device from a machine and Fig. 15.41 a third-angle orthographic projection of the device from a machine. Fig. 15.39 Second example – Rendering Fig. 15.40 Third example – Rendering T h e 3dorbit tool At the command line enter 3dorbit . The command line shows: Command: 3dorbit Press ESC or ENTER to exit, or right-click to display the shortcut menu. Right-click anywhere on screen and the 3dorbit right-click menu appears ( Fig. 15.42 ). Click Free Orbit . A circle and movement icon appears on screen. The position and angle of the model can be adjusted by either clicking in one of the four outer small circles or by clicking outside the main circle and moving the mouse. Example – 3dorbit ( Fig. 15.42 ) This is another tool for the manipulation of 3D models into different positions within 3D space. 1. Open the fi le of the second example of rendering ( Fig. 15.38 ). 2. Shade the model using Visual Styles/Realistic . 3. Enter 3dorbit at the command line. 4. With the cursor outside the circle move the mouse. The 3D model rotates within the circle. Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. Rendering CHAPTER 15 295 5. With the cursor inside the circle move the mouse. The 3D model rotates around the screen. 6. With the cursor inside any one of the small quadrant circles the 3D model can be moved vertically or horizontally as the mouse is moved ( Fig. 15.41 ). 7. Fit the 3D model into a Four: Equal viewports setting. Note the Realistic visual style still shows in each of the four viewports and that the 3dorbit tool can still be used as shown in the bottom-right-hand viewport ( Fig. 15.43 ). Fig. 15.41 Third example – Rendering a 3D model – exploded orthographic views Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. Introduction to AutoCad 2009 CHAPTER 15 296 Fig. 15.42 The right-click menus of the 3dorbit tool Fig. 15.43 Example – 3dorbit in a Four: Equal viewport layout Producing hard copy Printing or plotting a drawing on screen using AutoCAD 2009 can be carried out either from Model Space or from Paper Space . In versions of AutoCAD before AutoCAD 2004, it was necessary to print or plot from Pspace . Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. Rendering CHAPTER 15 297 First example – printing a single copy ( Fig. 15.45 ) N o t e The drawing being printed in this example is in a Visual Styles/ Conceptual shading mode. 1. With a drawing to be printed or plotted on screen click the Plot tool icon in the Standard toolbar ( Fig. 15.44 ). 2. The Plot dialog appears. Set the Printer/Plotter to a printer or plotter currently attached to the computer and the Paper Size to a paper size to which the printer/plotter is set. 3. Click the Preview button of the dialog and if the preview is OK, right- click and in the right-click menu which appears, click Plot . The drawing plots producing the necessary hard copy ( Fig. 15.45 ). Fig. 15.44 Calling the Plot tool from the Standard toolbar Fig. 15.45 First example – printing a single copy Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. [...]... The aims of this chapter are: 1 to show that AutoCAD 2009 is a suitable computer-aided design software package for the construction of building drawings; 2 to show that AutoCAD 2009 is a suitable CAD program for the construction of 3D models of buildings Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark 303 CHAPTER 16 304 Introduction to AutoCad 2009 Building drawings There are... CHAPTER 17 322 Introduction to AutoCad 2009 3D space So far in this book, when constructing 3D model drawings, they have been constructed on the AutoCAD 2009 coordinate system which is based upon three planes: ● ● ● the XY Plane – the screen of the computer; the XZ Plane at right angles to the XY Plane and as if coming towards the operator of the computer; a third plane (YZ) lying at right angles to both... Introduction to AutoCad 2009 Second example-extension to 44 Ridgeway Road Working to a scale of 1:50 and taking dimensions from the drawing Figures 16.5 and 16.6 (page ??) and in a manner similar to the method of constructing the 3D model of the original building, add the extension to the original building Fig 16.20 shows a Realistic visual style view of the resulting 3D model, In this 3D model floors... layer current and in the Top viewport, construct an outline of the boundaries to the fields and to the building Extrude the outline to a height of 0.5 3 Make the Road layer current and in the Top viewport, construct an outline of the road and extrude the outline to a height of 0.5 4 In the Front view, construct a single plank and a post of a fence and copy them a sufficient number of times to surround... The 3D model was then rendered with Output Size set to 1024 ؋ 768 and Render Preset set to Presentation, with Sun Status turned on The resulting rendering is shown in Fig 16.26 Material attachments and rendering Third example Fig 16.27 shows the third example after attaching materials and rendering Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark Introduction to AutoCad 2009. .. plane The UCS allows the operator to place the AutoCAD coordinate system in any position in 3D space using a variety of UCS tools (commands) Features of the UCS can be called by entering ucs at the command line, or by selection of tools from the UCS panel (Fig 17.2) or from the two UCS toolbars – UCS and UCS II (Fig 17.3) Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark 323... list There are differences between saving a 2D and a 3D drawing, in that when 3D model drawing is shaded by using a visual style from the Home/View panel, the shading is saved with the drawing Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark CHAPTER 15 300 Introduction to AutoCad 2009 Exercises Methods of constructing answers to the following exercises can be found in the...CHAPTER 15 298 Introduction to AutoCad 2009 Second example – multiple view copy (Fig 15.46) A 3D model to be printed is a Realistic view of a 3D model which has been constructed on three layers – Red, Blue and Green in colour To print a multiple view copy proceed as follows: 1 Place the drawing in a Four: Equal viewport setting 2 Make a new layer vports of colour cyan and make it the current... purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark Introduction to AutoCad 2009 CHAPTER 16 308 Fig 16.8 A small library of building symbols 3D Models of buildings Details of shapes and dimensions for the first two examples are taken from the drawings of the building and its extension at 44 Ridgeway Road given in the Figs 16.2 to 16.6 on pages 305 to 307 First example-44 Ridgeway Road-original... Saving and opening 3D model drawings 3D model drawings are saved and/ or opened in the same way as are 2D drawings To save a drawing click Save As… in the File drop-down menu and save the drawing in the Save Drawing As dialog and enter a file name in the File Name field of the dialog before clicking the Save button To open a drawing which has been saved click Open… in the File drop-down menu, and in the . T h e 3dorbit tool At the command line enter 3dorbit . The command line shows: Command: 3dorbit Press ESC or ENTER to exit, or right-click to display. www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. Introduction to AutoCad 2009 CHAPTER 15 296 Fig. 15.42 The right-click menus of the 3dorbit tool Fig. 15.43 Example – 3dorbit