Introduction to Autolisp: AutoLISP is AutoCAD's inbuilt programming language. AutoLISP is used to create programs that will automatically generate drawings. User defined customized commands can be added to AutoCAD using AutoLISP. These customized commands will perform the activities that we want to automate. The very simple example can be creating parametric shapes of any complexity. These shapes will be...

Modeling always comes first, it is powerful, useful and even necessary in every project. Visualizing and rendering comes after to give life to the project and make it seem a lot more real. To do that we're going to be using another program from Autodesk which is called 3ds Max. For architects, it is important to know and...

After going through a couple of basic commands and functions in AutoCAD, it was time to apply them directly to an architecture project. The main goal of this exercice was to create a 3D model of a studio to visualize it in 3ds Max. As usual, we'll go from the 2D plan to the 3D volume. Creating the...

As it has been covered during the previous classes, it is important if not necessary to have the 2D drawing in order to start the 3D modeling. In this case, we took as a base/guide a section, not an entire section but just a half of it since the model is symmetrical. First of all, we start by...

It's common knowledge that there are plenty of softwares and applications dedicated to 3D modeling: some of them are easy to use, others require a good knowledge of geometry principles. However, the most famous of them all is AutoCAD. AutoCAD is a computer-aided design (CAD) program used for 2-D and 3-D design and drafting. AutoCAD is developed and...

In order to document the work which I have done for the 3D Modelling and Visualization in Architecture curricular course over the period of the spring semester from my Erasmus mobility. It was recommended to create a blog and link it to a web page. The home page: To create the web page where all of the information related...