Wow! Frei Otto it is!
Anyways, is this for construction, or just Rendering? and what
programs have you tried to model this in? I got some low-cost options
that I know of that you could possibly use...
Jeffrey
Andre
"Jeffrey McGrew" <jmcgrew@*nospam*huntsmanag.com> wrote in message
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That's some roofing company! :)
> It would just be nice to have a simple
>way of producing
>these roofs or complex curves in Revit.
I completely agree. Can't wait until Revit gets Nurbs, or something
like it, that would allow for 'rails' and 'lofts' and the like.
> I look at Frank
>Gehry's buildings
>and think that maybe the next generation of Revit will
>be able to produce
>easily the drawings necessary to build these buildings.
His office uses an IBM product called Catia. It's ment more for
the Manufacturing sector, and only runs on Unix/Linux workstations.
It's very high-end, and very expensive. But, keep in mind, that
Gehry designs everything using paper models, which are then taken
and put into the computer.
One good low-cost option for complex curved surfaces would be Rhino.
This is a Nurbs modeling software made by the same people that
make Accurender. It's $900 bucks. Another would be Truespace, which
also has rendering abilities, and only costs $600. Either of these
would be easy to work with, and very 'organic'; but Rhino will
export to the CAD software better IMHO.
While Maya or Max could do this as well, you might have better
luck with the easyer to use low-buck options.
Jeffrey
"Jeffrey McGrew" <jmcgrew@*nospam*huntsmanag.com> wrote in message
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>> > Wow! Frei Otto it is!
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