C O N N E C T I O N S
the california polytechnic university-slo
the
university of oregon
the university of utah
2/2/99
Connections Self-Introductions
- Live Self-Introductions: CU_SeeMe , Chat
- Presentation of Web Places
Modeling Charette
Inserting Segments, Faces & Objects
- Create roof forms from a simple volume - Exercise 3.2
- Develop a 10' x 10' x 10' cube by inserting faces of +1' or -1' depth. Example
Boolean Operations
- Create the Eiffel tower abstraction Exercise 5.1,
- Experiment with using primitives to create architectural form
Taking a relevant part of your place, develop a particular room using the doghouse model
- Create a floor base
- Extrude walls
- Cut dooors and windows in the walls
- Create a ceiling and roof
- Create window frames and window panes
- Make them into a symbol, place into the window openings.
3D on the Web
- Virtual Reality Markup Language (VRML) export : Cosmo player plug-in
- Panoramic Movie Quicktime Virtual Reality (QTVR) export : Quicktime plug-in
- Rendered Views to GIF Animation : Graphic Converter or GIF Animator
- Misc. Model formats (.FMZ, DXF) to the Web
- Uploading with Fetch (BinHex)
- Linking to Models & Misc. media
Connections Website
- Postings
assignment: post by Tues, Feb 10:
- Weekly Journal
- Examples
- Media Representation & Technology
- Online readings on Virtual Community
- Teams, Logistics & Schedule for Communication