Looking for a Sketchup Model

Autokidd · 7 Sept 2008, 21:23

This may sound wierd but I am looking for a sketchup model of FLW's Unity Temple I tried searching at the 3D Warehouse and had no luck any one know where I could find it.

remus · 7 Sept 2008, 21:45

If its not n the 3d warehouse i think youll have trouble finding it anywhere else, from my very brief research, it doesnt seem like an overly complex building. You could probably model it yourself fairly easily.

Alan Fraser · 7 Sept 2008, 23:40

Here you go...courtesy of greatbuildings.com . There is some further reference here .
It'll need scaling to the correct size and probably cleaning up some too.

Unity_Temple.zip

remus · 8 Sept 2008, 08:22

Shows how much i know about anything outside of SU

Alan Fraser · 8 Sept 2008, 09:01

It's an excellent site for details on iconic buildings...especially good for architecture students. ..hint, hint.

The only problem is that all the spatial and massing models are in 3d metafile format, so it'll take someone like me or Solo with Deep Exploration to convert them to SU.
Maybe forum members ought to embark on a convert and clean-up mission. I couldn't understand why the edges weren't visible on the model. The style settings are ok, but then I realised that not only are they all hidden, but they are all coloured light grey too...and every individual wall is grouped...and triangulated.
On the plus side, the model does show interior details.

Gaieus · 8 Sept 2008, 09:10

@alan fraser said:

It's an excellent site for details on iconic buildings...especially good for architecture students. ..hint, hint.

A couple of years ago I taught architecture history (mainly from ancient up to the turn of the 19-20th century) to Architecture DLA students. This was before I started to use SU (first I was introduced to it when Google made the free version).

Ever since I'm collecting 3D exmples of buildings as they are great for teaching, taking them into "parts", making them understand how things were built those times.

Thanks Alan for the link!

Alan Fraser · 8 Sept 2008, 09:20

It just occured to me that a direct translation in DE causes problems of triangulation. If, on the other hand, you first convert to dwg, you can then import into SU with settings to merge coplanar faces.
Here's a second model done that way...much cleaner. It is however completely inside-out, with the back faces showing. And if I remember correctly, translation from 3dmf also tends to flip the model laterally. This model seems to be symmetrical, so you don't notice, but I remember that Falling Water looked a little weird. It was on the wrong side of the river for a start.

The list of 3D spatial models is here .

Unity_Temple.zip

plot-paris · 8 Sept 2008, 13:59

@gaieus said:

Ever since I'm collecting 3D exmples of buildings as they are great for teaching, taking them into "parts", making them understand how things were built those times.

that sounds like a great way of teaching about historical buildings. my architecture history teacher at university only had slides that were almost as ancient as the depicded buildings themself. quite difficult to pay attention.
I once considered to start creating a library of the buildings he talked about - but the list contained several hundred different temples, palaces, monuments...

oh. just got an idea. if there is ever going to be our european SCF-camp, you have to give us some presentations on architecture history, Csaba!

Autokidd · 8 Sept 2008, 14:35

You guys are awesome, thanks so much for the help, and the link. Looks like i need to do some more investigation into 3D model sites!

Anssi · 8 Sept 2008, 15:54

@plot-paris said:

that sounds like a great way of teaching about historical buildings. my architecture history teacher at university only had slides that were almost as ancient as the depicded buildings themself. quite difficult to pay attention.

You were lucky

Some of my teachers showed b&w images from books with an episcope - try to keep awake with that

Anssi

Alan Fraser · 8 Sept 2008, 16:30

Gai, you'd have loved the models the Prof Bob (de Witt...he illustrates the Bonnie Roskes books) use to make for his students. Bob used to be a forum regular in the early days.
http://betaforum.sketchup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=119091&d=1045506551

Gaieus · 9 Sept 2008, 07:49

Now that's what I'm talking about, Alan!
I've seen images of the book covers of Bonnie's books and they are all beautiful - but I don't have those books.

@Jacob; I'm surely planning to do it - just wait.
Next year our bishopric see is 1000 years old. I'm planning to go back in time and reconstruct all the phases of the cathedral and the surroundings for instance.

JuanV.Soler · 9 Sept 2008, 10:22

beautiful links
thanks Alan