Organize your models
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sometimes i roam around cyberspace in search of models of buildings by important architects. the idea is to show them to my design students, to be able to "enter" them in a way pictures do not allow.
however, most of the models i download are useless in that respect, the reason being the fact that their geometry is not well organized: all you get is faces and edges. walls, floors, roofs, posts, beams, etc are not grouped and this makes it difficult for anyone attempting to explore the object. when i try to hide a wall, for instance, i end up only hiding the external face. and so on.
so, my suggestion to all of you who are starting with SU: always draw on layer o, group all the elements of a building, make them components if there will be more than two instances of an element, and organize by layers for the sake of making visualization easier (both for you and for others who may have to deal with your model).
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i would like to add that if ur importing ACAD dwgs.. please make sure u have all the lines in one single layer.. (for this i make a separate cad file called "SU Export" or similar and do it so as not to harm the original file) usually all the layers from ACAD makes navigation with the SU layers sooo damn difficult!!!
thanx!
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