INTERIOR PERSPECTIVES

Professor,

I heard we are allowed to create the interior perspectives and renderings in Photoshop rather than in Rhino...is this correct?

Or do we have to create them in Rhino then import them into Photoshop.

Quiz No. 3 - Make-Up

Quiz No. 3  - Make-Up:

Date: 12-1-2012

Time Limit: 1 hour to be received in email.  Any late submittals will result in a grade reduction (the later it is, the greater the reduction).

Instructions

1: File - Save as - [Last Name][First Initial]_ARC4058_Quiz_3_[image type, ie. Superstudio Objects, Musee d'Orsay Front Perspective, etc.]  Be certain the JPEG file is saved with this format!

2: Photoshop: New File - 11" x 17" - Resolution at 200 pixels/inch - Color Mode at RGB Color - Margins as per the Layout Sample

3: Groups: TBD.   Be certain to work on the Quiz version that is assigned to you!  Working on the incorrect version will result in a lower grade.  The groups will be announce on the day of the exam.

4: Assignment: Create + Render a Rhino model based on the image(s) posted for Quiz 3

• Build the image assigned to you in Rhino with the appropriate layers. Create 3 rendered views (front elevation, side elevation, perspective) of said image(s). Save them as PNG's so that the background does not show when brought into Photoshop (assuming you have it set as such in Vray for Rhino).  
• Rhino Output: try to have all the viewport renders similar, if not equal, in size / scale (especially the side / front views).  To give you an idea of the resolution you should have, an 11" x 17" Sheet in Photoshop (at 200 dpi) has a resolution of 3400 pixels x 2200 pixels.  Use this as a base to guarantee great image quality.  
• Materials for your model: 
• wood_1: dark brown wood with natural grain
• wood_2: light brown wood (think plywood)
• glass_1: blue-grey glass with 30% opacity (70% transparent)
• glass_2: green-grey glass with 30% opacity (70% transparent)
• aluminum_1: light grey aluminum
• aluminum_2: dark grey aluminum
• plastic_1: light blue plastic
• plastic_2: light red-orange plastic
• marble_1: grey marble (with reflecting surface)
• marble_2: pink marble (with reflecting surface)
• The images may further be tweaked in Photoshop. 
• The 3 views should be spaced evenly within the Photoshop file. 
• Each view shall have a child / children interacting with the rendered objects.  They shall be scaled appropriately, shadows placed where necessary, and be relevant to the viewport rendered.
• Grading will be based on both completeness + quality.

5: Save to JPEG - Quality = 8 (if you do not know what this means, try creating a jpeg from Photoshop.  You will be prompted to select the output quality.  Bring it down to 8)

6: Submittal: JPEG file shall be submitted to ecalil@fiu.edu before the hour's end

* Note: if you cannot make it to the day of a Quiz, you may make it up the week after.  A more difficult drawing will replace the one of the original date and the same time limit will be given during class time.  If you know that you cannot make it to class on any particular day, please comment below with the date(s) you will be absent and I will do my best to not have a Quiz on that particular date.  Once the date of the Quiz is posted online, it will not change.

My Recommendations:

• use the Quiz No 3 Sample Image as a reference for what you may be doing on the Quiz
• have a Rhino + Photoshop file ready for it with the layouts ready to start
• have a materials library with the listed varied set of materials ready for use, seeing as how you will not know what materials you will be using on the Quiz
• have your Layers in Rhino to already have the desired materials set to them, as that step will save you some time
• do NOT wait until the Quiz to do these things as it is not the time to figure these things out or worry about setting these things up.  They should be ready at your disposal beforehand so that your main preoccupation is building the model
• Read the instructions on the Quiz beforehand as well so that you know exactly what you need to do!
• I also recommend practicing with the posted Sample Image or with your Assignment 4 + 6 model interiors / fixtures to better prepare for the Quiz

Good Luck!

Class Update: No Class on Nov 26 / 28!!

Due to you having your Design Studio Finals in the last week of November, I am cancelling classes on both days.  Instead we will be having class on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1st @ 9 30 AM - 12 30 PM.

Make up Quiz:
Those of you taking the Make-up Quiz need to be in class at this time and sign in for the Quiz.  If you are more than 10 minutes late, you will NOT be allowed to take the Make-up Quiz.  It starts @ 9 30 AM.  The revised instructions for the Make-up will be posted before the Make-up date.  I highly recommend that you review the instructions and prepare as much as you can before the Make-up date.

Grades

UPDATE ON CLASS FOR 11-21-12

Yes, we will have class tomorrow, Wednesday, 11-21-12.  What we will be doing:

-Student Evaluations at the start of class.
-Lab for the remainder of class.

Please bring your models so that we may discuss them tomorrow.  We shall also discuss what we are to do next week.  Seeing as how most of you have Design Midterms next week, I would like to discuss the possibility of moving either Monday or Wednesday's class (or both) to either Saturday or Sunday.  These classes will be dedicated to completing your work for the Final.

Quiz No 3 Images - Exam

Images:

 Group: A-G

Architecture for Dogs

Hiroshi Naito
Materials:
Aluminum: light grey (curving bed tubes)
Wood: light brown (curving bed wood blocks)
Wood: dark brown (base wood structure)

 Group: H-O

Architecture for Dogs

Kenya Hara
Materials:
Wood: light brown (main frame)
Aluminum: light grey (structure)
Plastic: light red-orange (steps / platform)

Group: P-Z

Architecture for Dogs

Sou Fujimoto
Materials:
Plastic: light blue plastic (frames / structure)
Glass: green-grey glass (platforms)

Quiz No 3 Images - Sample

Sample Images:

Group: Sample Image

Architecture for Dogs

Atelier Bow-Wow
Materials: light brown wood (structure + platforms + ramps)

Quiz No. 3

Quiz No. 3 :

Date: 11-19-2012

Time Limit: 1 hour to be received in email.  Any late submittals will result in a grade reduction (the later it is, the greater the reduction).

Instructions

1: File - Save as - [Last Name][First Initial]_ARC4058_Quiz_3_[image type, ie. Superstudio Objects, Musee d'Orsay Front Perspective, etc.]  Be certain the JPEG file is saved with this format!

2: Photoshop: New File - 11" x 17" - Resolution at 200 pixels/inch - Color Mode at RGB Color - Margins as per the Layout Sample

3: Groups: TBD.   Be certain to work on the Quiz version that is assigned to you!  Working on the incorrect version will result in a lower grade.  The groups will be announce on the day of the exam.

4: Assignment: Create + Render a Rhino model based on the image(s) posted for Quiz 3

• Build the image assigned to you in Rhino with the appropriate layers. Create 3 rendered views (front elevation, side elevation, perspective) of said image(s). Save them as PNG's so that the background does not show when brought into Photoshop (assuming you have it set as such in Vray for Rhino).  
• Rhino Output: try to have all the viewport renders similar, if not equal, in size / scale (especially the side / front views).  To give you an idea of the resolution you should have, an 11" x 17" Sheet in Photoshop (at 200 dpi) has a resolution of 3400 pixels x 2200 pixels.  Use this as a base to guarantee great image quality.  
• Materials for your model: 
• wood_1: dark brown wood with natural grain
• wood_2: light brown wood (think plywood)
• glass_1: blue-grey glass with 30% opacity (70% transparent)
• glass_2: green-grey glass with 30% opacity (70% transparent)
• aluminum_1: light grey aluminum
• aluminum_2: dark grey aluminum
• plastic_1: light blue plastic
• plastic_2: light red-orange plastic
• The images may further be tweaked in Photoshop. 
• The 3 views should be spaced evenly within the Photoshop file. 
• Each view shall have a dog / dogs interacting with the rendered object.  They shall be scaled appropriately, shadows placed where necessary, and be relevant to the viewport rendered.
• Grading will be based on both completeness + quality.

5: Save to JPEG - Quality = 8 (if you do not know what this means, try creating a jpeg from Photoshop.  You will be prompted to select the output quality.  Bring it down to 8)

6: Submittal: JPEG file shall be submitted to ecalil@fiu.edu before the hour's end

* Note: if you cannot make it to the day of a Quiz, you may make it up the week after.  A more difficult drawing will replace the one of the original date and the same time limit will be given during class time.  If you know that you cannot make it to class on any particular day, please comment below with the date(s) you will be absent and I will do my best to not have a Quiz on that particular date.  Once the date of the Quiz is posted online, it will not change.

My Recommendations:

• use the Quiz No 3 Sample Image as a reference for what you may be doing on the Quiz
• have a Rhino + Photoshop file ready for it with the layouts ready to start
• have a materials library with the listed varied set of materials ready for use, seeing as how you will not know what materials you will be using on the Quiz
• have your Layers in Rhino to already have the desired materials set to them, as that step will save you some time
• do NOT wait until the Quiz to do these things as it is not the time to figure these things out or worry about setting these things up.  They should be ready at your disposal beforehand so that your main preoccupation is building the model
• Read the instructions on the Quiz beforehand as well so that you know exactly what you need to do!
• I also recommend practicing with the posted Sample Image or with your Assignment 4 + 6 model interiors / fixtures to better prepare for the Quiz

Good Luck!

Class Goals

NOVEMBER 7 (Wednesday):
Details for Assignment No 4: COMPLETE!

NOVEMBER 14 (Wednesday):
Basic Masses with some details of your Building: COMPLETE!


NOVEMBER 19 (Monday):
QUIZ!! Be ready!  Bring me some Printouts to review before Wednesday.


NOVEMBER 21 (Wednesday):
Masses with Details and Materials all set and ready to go.  Photoshop file with  environment started.


NOVEMBER 26-28 (Monday-Wednesday):
Diagrams: COMPLETE!  Details for your model pretty much complete.  Environments only need some tweaking.


DECEMBER 3 (Monday):
FINAL DUE no later than 7 45!......also, pizza


DISCLAIMER:
I will no longer be answering questions for Assignments No 1-3 in class unless a printed version of work with improvements is given to me.  This may either be answered in class or taken with me with notes to be returned on the following class.


DISCLAIMER 2:
Assignment No 2:  In addition to all the previous requirements, all resubmittals for Assignment No 2 at the time of the Final shall have:
- a  North arrow at each floor plan / site plan
- spaces named or a legend for the named spaces with the spaces being called out numerically

RECAP!!

PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED LESSONS:
RHINO SPECIFICS:
Rhino - Basics:
UNITS (be certain that it is in Inches)
LAYERS (Each Material shall have it's own Layer; ie. Win_Glass_Type1, Glass_Type_2, Win_Mullion, Door_Wood, Door_Frame, etc.  The Layers change as the material changes)
PROPERTIES
POLYLINE
JOIN (to join separate Polylines)
GROUP / UNGROUP
EXTRUDE (either as a solid mass or as wall-type extrusions with Offsets; with Cap)
OFFSET
MOVE
COPY
SCALE
SCALE1D
SCALE2D
ZOOM - EXTENTS (Z - E)
ZOOM - SELECTED (Z - S)
CAD to Rhino (save CAD as a 2004 or previous version; open CAD file with Rhino 4.0)
Changing Viewports, utilizing the one that is most relevant to building the model.

Rhino - Modeling:
BOOLEAN - Union - Difference - Split - Intersection
BOOLEANDifference (for openings; ie. windows, doors, open space, wall fenestration, etc.)
ROTATE (2-dimensional plane)
ROTATE3D (3-dimensional plane)
EXPLODE (Polylines to individual lines; Solids to multiple Surfaces)
INSERT - (select a Rhino file to Insert as a block; use this for objects / items that shall repeat: ie. doors, windows, etc.)
Save a Viewport -- Right click Viewport - Set Views - Named Views - Save it and name it what you will


VRay for Rhino Specifics:
Options - Output (change to the quality that best suites your final print size;  it is better to render at a larger quality, when in doubt)
Materials - Adding a Bitmap Texture
Materials - Transparency (whiter = more transparent; blacker = more opaque)
Materials - right click - apply to layer
Materials - have a File set up for all of your Materials)


NOVEMBER 3 (SATURDAY):
REVOLVE
PIPE (for circular railings, ect)
PROJECT TO CPLANE, PROJECT
SOLID--FILLET--CHAMFER (, FILLET, BLEND)--ADD HANDLE(edit handles)
Viewport Properties--Capture--To File (for Printscreens)
Change Viewport Background
Same Angles for Render as for Model View for Assignment No 4
Output -- No Background -- Save as PNG
Material in Vray -- Bump Maps (the same as regular mapping, but in B&W--White = closer.  Black = further)

NOVEMBER 5 (MONDAY):
LOFT (after creating a series of planes or ribs)
SHEAR (for a Surface.  use Control Points) 
SWEEP1, SWEEP2
MAKE2D
PLANARSrf
REBUILD
Viewport Camera Settings (50mm, 35mm, 20mm, etc)


NOVEMBER 7 (WEDNESDAY):
EXTRUDE SURFACE
EXTRUDE Along Curve
Control Point Editing - INSERTKnots - INSERTControlPoints
Transparency Mapping - Material PNG (Color) - Material Alpha PNG (Transparency) -- This is useful for Mesh-Type Materials where you would like to see beyond said mesh.
Materials - Import / Export / Package Materials
SUNLIGHT


NOVEMBER 12 (MONDAY):
NO CLASS!!  VETERAN'S DAY!


NOVEMBER 14 (WEDNESDAY):
SUNLIGHT (Part 2)
Interior Lights
Emissive Materials

NOVEMBER 18 (SUNDAY):
Bonus Class @ 9 am to review lights in Rhino and answer questions pertaining to your models.

NOVEMBER 19 (MONDAY):
Quiz No. 3


NOVEMBER 21 (WEDNESDAY):
TBD

Assignment No. 4 Sample Image

Below is a sample of the required layout for Assignment No 4.  The Printscreen / Captured Image view is on the left and the Rendered View is on the right.