How to…

(This section is under permanent construction)

I am (slowly) trying to put together essential information that I find relevant for the architectural visualisation process. Begginers can look for general Blender functions in the newly updated official Blender Wiki. Notice the wiki is organised for the different Blender releases. I also liked this visual Quickstart to Blender.

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Interface

• Changing the zoom and pan settings

Importing to Blender

• This is the first thing I get asked when I present Blender as an archviz tool: “can I import…?”
• Importing 2d cad files as mesh objects
• Importing cad reference as scaled image reference

Building the model

• Precision work in Blender
• Modelling walls with the solidify modifier

Precision tools
Layers, names, outliner

Materials, textures mapping

• Blender mapping methods comparison
• Generated mapping and Texture Space
• Cycles – Wood floor material

 

Light settings

Library items, nature elements, backgrounds

Rendering and compositing

 

Tips, bugs, fixes…

• Batch rendering
• Reflected glossy mirror
• Bump reflection artifact
• Troubleshooting – weird results on various Blender functions
• Particles rotation settings
• Black faces from camera near clipping