We are fairly new to the 3d game. We are an architectural firm. We are preparing a 3d model for presentation of a church. I can't figure out how to get trim arched and shaded on my o2c model? Typically for trim or band boards I use a slab and color map it thru rendering settings for the desired 3d color. Also what about gothic style arches for trim or gothic top windows? Maybe I don't have the full program? Working from Datacad 12 w/out any add-ons or extras. Is there a more complete library of 3d items? Like trees, bushes, specialty windows and doors etc... Currently we have basic standard 3d window and door styles/configurations, no 3d trees and no 3d bushes etc. in our Datacad 12 symbol browser. Is there more? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Mountain Design wrote: I can't figure out how to get trim arched and shaded on my o2c model?
I'm not quite sure what you are referring to here. Do you have the arched trims modeled and they're not displaying correctly in o2c?
Mountain Design wrote:Is there a more complete library of 3d items?
You can purchase the Cheap Tricks Ware here: https://www.datacad.com/store/ctw_list.htm
Also, with DataCAD 12, you can import 3D items that you can download from the Sketchup 3D warehouse.
For 3D trees and other plants, if you want true, realistic 3D, you may want to export your DataCAD model to Sketchup (which you can download for free) or some other 3D rendering program. True 3D plants have so many entities that it will really slow down your DataCAD drawing.
For rough, non-realistic 3D plants, you could try the 3D trees located at the bottom of the downloads page here: https://www.datacad.com/download/frame.htm
For arched smart windows, you currently can't do this easily, but it can be done. Right now, smart windows are limited to rectangular shapes, but you can use a 3D symbol of an arched window in the "Sash" tab of the "Window Type Manager". Since the wall opening will still be a rectangular shape, you would need to fill in the wall with 3D slabs or polygons.
For more information about using 3D symbols for smart windows, look at the following posts:
http://forum.datacad.com/viewtopic.php?t=7716
http://forum.datacad.com/viewtopic.php?t=7727