AutoCAD viewer on an iPad. Sweet!
WS has been recently replaced with Autodesk 360. Guess I need a new photo.
Hand drafting for Interior Design, SketchUp, Autodesk 123D and MakerBot
WS has been recently replaced with Autodesk 360. Guess I need a new photo.
This photo is from Kohler and appears in my text Architectural Drafting for Interior Designers. Just love this shower. It makes a nice little project to draft up, too; its floor plan is more than a square with an “X.” Continue reading A Kohler shower
This simple study model was made by printing AutoCAD elevations and gluing them to foamboard. The foamboard pieces are held together with straight pins. The model shows the relationship between the floor plan, elevations, and 3D space. It’s a quick Continue reading Foamboard study model
These are tools needed to render an architectural drawing. Color pencils, fine-tip ink pens, markers, and pastel chalk. Use them together. For instance, cover large areas with smooth color with the chalk and over-draw highlights with the pens. A high-quality Continue reading Tools for Architectural Rendering
Been working non-stop on SketchUp for Interior Design. Anticipated publication date is Jan 2014. Been a fun journey if a bit stressful. Enjoy the following image, it’s a SketchUp model imported into Photoshop and colored entirely in it (Matthew Kerr, Continue reading Been awhile
Don’t leave home without them! Step ladder, surveyor’s wheel (it clicks off distances like a pedometer), plumb bob for checking walls, carpenter’s triangle for checking corner squareness, a level to check, well, levelness!, a clipboard with graph paper, pencil, flashlight, Continue reading Site Visit Tools
Coming in Jan 2014, to be published by Wiley. When I finished writing it, SketchUp 2013 was released. So I wrote it again. That’s ok, it got even better the second time. SketchUp Make is what the free version is Continue reading SketchUp for Interior Designers
Swing doors have hands, that is, which side they’re hung on and which way they swing. The viewer stands in the corridor or outside the building, looking at the door. If the door is hinged on her left and swings Continue reading Door Hands
If you haven’t learned Photoshop yet, what are you waiting for? It’s a fabulous tool to enhance your renderings, both hand and digital. You can also build an entourage library with it. Import digital photos into it, cut them out, Continue reading Using Photoshop for Interior Design Rendering
Cabinets are made to standardized sizes. (Wall cabinets are 12″ to 18″ deep and 12″ to 36″ high. Base cabinets are 24″ deep and 34″ high; when the countertop is added, the base cabinet is 36″ high. Widths are multiples Continue reading Cabinets