Thanks that corrected the problem.

I have a material that is used on multiple planes; in one group the material is the normal scale and in another group the material is scaled only in one direction. If someone knows what the problem is let me know, I don't want to recreate the model again.

Thanks. There isn't a time span that it has to be inside, I am trying to find improvements for the field starting in school where most of it starts anyways. I am envisioning that since this kind of technology just got developed/ing that it wont hit the market for 5-10 years (my guess.) I have been trying to come up with security issues since the building would be extremely high tech and a lot of expensive gadgetry, but I wanted to stay away from retina scans and that sort of thing at least for the main entrance being that I don't want there to be a lag time for doors to open in front of you. This way as the students/teachers etc. can walk up to glass sliding doors and not have to wait for them to open. Which is why I came up with the bracelet, similar to key fob technology that I have seen buildings use to enter a main door but this will allow them to send a signal to a sensor that will either open the door or keep it locked. The entrance I want to look as if it is a solid piece of glass and you get close to the doors and they slide open, and with a set behind so no stragglers can follow you in. The second set will close if someone tries to get inside without a bracelet.

I'll attach part of my document if you want to breeze through it sometime. The only big part I haven't come up with a great solution for is classrooms. Unless they become a tutor style class or one on one with the professor in your studio "room." But I still have a lot to think about, for most of the building. I have been shocked that no one at my school has done this kind of project. I originally wanted to base it on my campus but it kinda of got shot down by my thesis adviser.

p-p where do you go to school?

My thesis is a 21st century / new age architecture school. I am using UCONNs campus as the site location even though I go to school in RI. I am using new technology that changes the way that architecture students/architects will design and present their ideas. The major part of the design is the studio space and the review spaces. Both are going to be using the "Multi-touch displays that Jeff Han has developed. These will be used for drawing the designs in AutoCAD, SU, Maya, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. so there is the feel of the old school way of drawing but with a modern and technological twist.

In the review spaces the walls will be these screens so the students only have to attach a thumb drive or a newer type of storage device and display there projects digitally while looking like a print out. The displays being interactive will allow students to blow up sections for more clarity or rearrange them in any way they want. The other part of the review is going to be a room that the students can upload there 3D model to and it will project it on the walls as if you are walking through the building when it is built, the other option was to have a holographic model displayed that the student can spin around or interact with during the presentation.

The reason I posted the question I did is, I am going to have this keypad I came up with next to the doors in the building. But, mostly on the studio doors since they might become a room that each student has by themselves. So, you will need a password or code to open the door. The other idea I came up with is a bracelet that you have to wear to enter the building, otherwise the main doors will not open for you. But the first part might change from the keypad to that being linked to the bracelet you are wearing (similar to an ID card at college.)

Let me know what you think, plot-paris.

Thanks for your input. I still have some time before this will happen, since my thesis hasn't technically started yet. I am getting the mindless things that I want in my project out of the way right now.

I am trying to come up with the easiest way of replicating a dialog box that will be displayed on a glass panel. I don't know if I should just draw it as lines in SU or import .png images of what I want. It would be similar to what was used in Ironman or in Minority Report. If anyone has suggestions that would be awesome.