Peace Palace Rendering

[Henry D]

This is my first attempt at a presentation rendering. It was not a good file size (too big!) to get familiar trying out different Accurender settings, plants etc. - the computer kept crashing - but at least I know how to spell pachysandra now (is that plant related to an elephant?). I wish I would have had more tiime to play around with the building colors, but I ran out of time.

This is basically the same building as the Vedic Building Model I had posted before, but with a different roof and arches - and a front porch.

[aggockel50321]

Nice job Henry.

The salmon colored hue at the horizon. It reminds me of what you'd see if you drove into Pittsburgh, PA, Youngstown, OH, or Gary, IA in the early '70's. Those blast furnaces would really light up the sky...

[Henry D]

Thanks Andrew. I changed the wall and arch panel colors on this rendering and I think it gives the building more pop. One thing I found out is that for a rendering that takes a long time Revit would lock up after a while - but it wouldn't lock up if I disabled the standby power feature on my computer (didn't allow the computer to go on standby).

[Henry D]

This is a 2 story version of this building (was 3 stories). It was so slick how I was able to delete and re-adjust levels in no time at all. "Revit" which I think stands for "Revise it" really lived up to its name.

I wanted to frame the foreground with tree branches, but the tree kept casting a shadow on the building - is there a way to not a have an object cast a shadow?

[beegee]

"Revit" which I think stands for "Revise it" really lived up to its name.

I think Revise It Instantly was the original idea from someone doing marketing 101.

[Les Therrien]

Actually it's Revise and Edit :wink:

[John K.]

Looks good. Colors are a bit washed for my tastes but lots of nice detail. I especially like the windows & door(s). I'm curious as to how you did your roofs. Family solids? How?

jk

<<edited ca: 1430gmt>>

Just loaded & viewed the 'east' view: veeeeeery nice. Like the attention to the landscaping especially.

BTW, it would be even better to have something to occupy the space beyond. Has anyone found the most economical way to add background 'stuff' without having to model it? I haven't yet gotten into attaching photo backgrounds -- save one experimental hill and sky which looked too much like Teletubbie Land...

[Henry D]

John,

The stepped pyramid type roofs ("Shikaras") I did as extruded solids in a family. I first tried to do all the steps at once as a sweep, but the sweep wouldn't close on itself. If the sweep idea would have worked it would have saved me a lot of time.

I 've read it's a "no-no" to use the default Accurender sky, but I like the color of it. You are right it could use some background, but I'd already blown my rendering budget. Thanks for the comments.