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John Callan <[log in to unmask]>
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This isn`t an orifice, it`s help with fluorescent lighting.
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Leland,

I'm still running into routines that I find confusing and therefore
difficult.  Cutting holes in concrete floor slabs and combining floor
slabs are currently driving me nuts.  But, Dan is right, once I have
all of the drawings, animating it should be somewhat easier than
drawing.  It will indeed become much easier once I'm dealing with a
slide show or movie program, it will get easier.  Unfortunately, I do
not have a DVD burner, yet.  (There are so many cool tools & toys; it
will take a lifetime to collect them all.)

(I awoke this morning with the realization that the computer does
nothing confusing with my concrete slabs; I simply wasn't paying
attention to what it was telling me.  Learning can be like that.)

I'll send you an animation when I get that far.

-jc

On Mar 7, 2004, at 3:48 PM, Leland Torrence wrote:

> John,
> I enjoyed reading this post.  I have seen a lot of 3D animations from
> the likes of Zaha Hadid, mainly because the buildings probably can't be
> understood without them, but I would love to see a "time lapse" of an
> historic building over time.  Mel did his film, now its your turn.
> Best,
> Leland
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: This isn`t an orifice, it`s help with fluorescent lighting.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John
> Callan
> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 9:32 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [BP] Surprised again
>
>
> It's a gift.  (When it doesn't make people think you are crazy.)  All
> of my paintings, drawings and photographs, back when I had not studied
> architecture were dealing with "depth of field", "atmospheric
> perspective" and other illusions of depth in a two dimensional medium.
> I just always knew there were four axes (time is always there, as well
> as the 3D's of geometry).  Drawing with a CADD program forces you to
> identify all three geometric axis.  Cool.  But, then you realize that
> you can deal with time as well.  So today I will complete a computer
> model of the building as it was constructed in 1934 and then quickly
> create models of the building at times when changes to the building
> happened.  Then if I get ambitions, I could even animate it and
> represent the 3D changes over the course of the last 60 years.  I
> suppose a brighter person could figure out how to show the shifting
> population and uses of the building and the changing of the seasons and
> technology.
>
> So, what is going on, is that I'm seeing things.  I'm surprised by what
> I am seeing.  I'm enjoying the drawing more than I ever have before.
>
> AND SURPRISE!  It is not foreign to preservation.  In fact, I've
> discovered little mistakes copied from one drawing to another over 60
> years, and little assumptions being asserted repeatedly and incorrectly
> over 60 years.  Then I see the discrency.  I assume I did something
> wrong, I check the photos...nope, my drawing is correct.  I then see
> the change happening in increments on the hand drawn work.  Its the way
> we work.  We always go back to the last document and work from there.
>
> Of course, I loose things.  But they are different things that get
> lost.  And their are real benefits in return.
>
> But the best thing is that I'm enjoying drawing again.  I've always
> been surrounded by people who's ability to produce beautiful drawings
> made me self-conscious.  I learned to avoid drawing in public.  (In the
> field with the contractor or the inspector, or in the maintenance shop
> with the guys is not like being in public.  At least, I'm not
> self-concious there because people understand my scribbles and smears.)
>
> But CADD drawings don't smear, no matter how many times you erase and
> redraw something, the paper doesn't tear.  Tape doesn't come loose.
> Your parallel rule doesn't jump its track.  Coffee rings don't appear
> on your drawings.  Your bad habits like doodling on the sides, or
> rendering while you draft don't cause any trouble at all.  And when you
> want to look at a model, it gets built in moments.  This is sooo cool!
>
> I don't know whether CADD is good for designing new buildings or not,
> but it surely is good for studying old ones.
>
> Thanks for listening.
>
> -jc
>
>
>
> On Mar 7, 2004, at 8:57 AM, Ruth Barton wrote:
>
>> John,  So, what's going on?  I can't see things in 3D even if they're
>> right
>> in front of me.  Ruth
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> At 10:19 PM -0600 3/6/04, John Callan wrote:
>>> I have been drawing two historic buildings in my CADD program.  The
>>> nature of the program is such that 3D is just how it works, or at
>>> least how I have learned it.  As I was drawing the building today, in
>
>>> order to study it and know it better, in its original construction, I
>>> realized that I was not only seeing things that have not been seen in
>
>>> a
>>> long time, but things that may have never been seen before.
>>>
>>> CADD drawing does amazing things, like defy gravity and the laws of
>>> physics.  Two things CAN occupy the same space at the same time.  I
>>> was drawing in a storage system that had been placed up against a
>>> counter. I never questioned it before, but when that sucker popped up
>
>>> in 3D, it was a surprise to me.  Must have been a surprise to the
>>> inspector on the job too!
>>>
>>> The 3D views help to confirm that what I think is going on really is
>>> going on.  That's great for an insecure guy like me.  Builds
>>> confidence.  I do think in 3D pretty much all the time and pretty
>>> effectively, but it is such a relief to have my minds eye view of the
>
>>> world confirmed.
>>>
>>> Cool.
>>>
>>> -jc
>> --
>> Ruth Barton
>> [log in to unmask]
>> Dummerston, VT
>>
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