Blender 3D Architecture, Buildings, and Scenery Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Blender and Architectural Visualization
• Architectural Visualization
• How about Blender 3D?
• Download Blender
• Hardware and Software Requirements for Blender
• Other Tools for Visualization
• CAD and 3D-Architectural Modeling
• 3D Models from the Internet
• Visualization with Blender
• Summary

• Chapter 2: Blender 3D: Quick Start
• Interface
• Windows and Menus
• Multiple Windows
• Merge Windows
• Header
• Add and Remove a Header
• Active Window
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• 3D Visualization
• Selecting Objects
• Selecting by Name
• Renaming Objects
• 3D Cursor
• Cursor Snap
• Modes
• Creating Objects
• Duplicating Objects
• Transforming Objects
• Cameras
• Render Basics
• Render Preview
• Summary

• Chapter 3: Modeling
• Types of Objects
• Mesh Primitives
• Mesh Editing
• Transformations
• Transforming with Precision
• Loop Subdivide
• Knife Tool
• Selecting Loops
• New Edges and Faces
• Merge
• Removing Double Vertices
• Extrude
• Extrude with Vertex
• Extrude with Edges
• Extrude with Faces
• Constraining the Extrude
• Modeling Example
• Modifiers
• Subsurf Modifier
• Smoothing Faces
• Array Modifier
• Array Example
• Boolean Modifier
• Mirror Modifier
• Groups
• How to Create a Group
• Proportional Editing
• Summary

• Chapter 4: Modeling for Architecture
• Architectural Modeling
• Modeling by Proportions
• Planning Is the Key to Success
• Precision Modeling
• Edge Length
• Transforming with Precision
• Layers
• Modeling in Practice
• Walls
• Rounded Corners
• Symmetry
• Openings
• Floors and Lining
• Modeling Using the Walls
• Modeling with Separated Objects
• Starting From a CAD Drawing
• Preparing the DXF Files
• Importing DXF files
• Summary

• Chapter 5: Modeling Details
• Level of Detail
• Windows
• Doors
• Summary

• Chapter 6: Modeling Furniture
• Create Models or Use a Library?
• How to Get Started?
• Appending Models
• Importing Models
• Modeling a Chair
• Modeling a Sofa
• Summary

• Chapter 7: Materials
• Creating and Organizing Materials
• Material Color
• Gradient Colors
• Shaders
• Diffuse
• Specular
• Ray Tracing
• Creating Glass
• Simple Glass
• Mirrors and Reflections
• Ray-traced Shadows
• Wireframe Materials
• Self-illumination
• Summary

• Chapter 8: Textures
• Procedural Textures vs. Bitmap Textures
• Texture Library
• Applying Textures
• Mapping
• Normal Map
• UV Mapping
• Unwrapping Scripts
• Summary

• Chapter 9: UV Mapping
• What is UV Mapping?
• Why UV Mapping?
• What Makes a Good Seam?
• Unfold the Model
• Editing the Unfolded Model
• Export the Unfolded Mesh
• Unwrapping Scripts
• Summary

• Chapter 10: Light Basics
• Lamps
• Energy
• Distance
• Color
• Controlling Light
• Hemi
• Sun
• Lamp
• Area
• Spot
• Volumetric Shadows
• Soft Shadows
• Lighting Exercise
• Summary

• Chapter 11: Radiosity and Ambient Occlusion
• Global Illumination
• Radiosity
• Vertex Paint
• Ambient Occlusion
• Outdoor Scene
• Indoor Scene
• Summary

• Chapter 12: Global Illumination with YafRay
• Installing YafRay
• Blender and YafRay
• YafRay Setup
• YafRay GI Setup
• SkyDome
• Lighting with SkyDome
• Full
• Interior Light with the Full Method
• YafRay Materials
• YafRay Lights
• Summary

• Chapter 13: Animation for Architectural Visualization
• Animation
• Planning the Animation
• Animatic
• Animation and Frames
• Keyframes
• Creating Keyframes
• Timeline
• Managing Keyframes
• IPO Curves
• Editing the Curves
• Using Curves
• Animating a Camera
• Adding a Target
• Rendering Animation
• Video Sequence Editor
• Editing Video Files
• Preview the Video
• Effects
• Meta Strip
• Exporting the Video from the Sequencer
• Interactive Animation
• Logic Bricks
• Sensors
• Controllers
• Actuators
• Walkthrough
• Export Walkthrough
• Summary

• Chapter 14: Post-Production with GIMP
• GIMP Interface
• Selection Tools
• Selecting Regular Shapes
• Selecting by Color
• Color Adjustment
• Color Balance
• Hue and Saturation
• Color Level
• Layers
• Create a New Layer
• Create a New Layer from a Selection
• Adding a Background Image
• Fixing Errors
• Watermark
• Summary

• Index