Showing posts with label Autodesk Discussions group. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Autodesk Discussions group. Show all posts

Friday, October 7, 2016

To The Autodesk Community Moderators...



Quick Note to the Autodesk Community Moderators….
Just wanted to follow up with anyone that monitors input to the forum.
Lately there seems to be a problem with setting up the format of board posting. I actually think for me at least, this has been a problem since 2013, or basically since the community board updated the site. Prior to this “Upgrade” I really have had no major complaints, in fact from showing other CAD users here in my office how the forums worked we were able to resolve problems here in the office by a simply  “Goggling” the question, or problem, reviewing what was on the forum and resolving the issue.
Again, prior to 2013,  If the problem we had was not listed or shown, for me  there seemed to be no issues with asking or posting the question adding the screen views, or attachments.
Now, (since 2013) this seems to be a problem. When I researched this issue and found that others were having the same issue, (link xxx), I thought for sure the moderators would at worst go back to the old format, and at best “Fix” how the forum currently works.
Well… (at least for me) the issues with uploading or changing the format of how postings get listed “STILL” is not working properly.
Yes… I was able to post the question, and yes, I was able to get a partial resolution, if not the whole answer in a nutshell but… the initial posting of the question had to be done in several attempts, and “Just like This Post” formatting of the questions and inclusion of attachments did not work so we had to go another route. By the way, I am posting this on my own personal blog (Tech-Info and Rants) and it should be in the right format as I intended to show.
Most likely as dgorsman (http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/253793) has pointed out to me on my other community board postings, this will look like a “Wall of Text”
Today’s alert (10/07/2016):
BTW… I’m sure this is exactly what anyone that has been “Forced” to move to a subscription plan was afraid of:


Forum post prior to 2013: (In the AutoCAD Board)

(Note: The text is in “Paragraph Format” & “Attachments are allowed, or included)


Yet another Forum post prior to 2013: (in REVIT)
(Note: Again, the text is in “Paragraph Format” & “Attachments are allowed, or included)


My Most Current Forum post: (10/05/2016)
(Note: Text is “Not in paragraph format” thus creating a “Wall of Text” & attachment were omitted)
 
Comments received about my current forum post: (10/05/2016)
(Note: Text is “Still Not in paragraph format” thus creating a “Wall of Text” & attachments and linking to other post, or members that can help within the forum were omitted).

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Realistic Renderings in AutoCAD without Add-ons…



This was actually supposed to be posted on the Autodesk Community Board / Forum:

Realistic Renderings in AutoCAD without Add-ons…
To All Members,
Just wondering if there was an easy way to get “Realistic Renderings in AutoCAD without Add-ons?
Specifically I’m looking for an option that works similar to Revit for those of you that have use both programs and really know what I’m talking about. For those that do not have Revit, or that do not understand what I mean by realistic renderings, all you really need to do is look at some of the latest Autodesk advertizing or check out my attachments.
What I did was “redraw, or re-cad” another drawing to make it 3D (converting flat 2D elevations to 3D) This was sort of a “No Brainer”, and should be for your intermediate to advance CAD personnel except… the newly created 3D file “Still” has a “Cartoony Look” (again refer to my attachments).
Up until recently, I have had no real complaints doing this type of work, meaning converting files over to 3D especially since most of the “BIM” work has been just to check for collisions. In fact, most of the other trades prefer to use the “Cartoony Look” because things will stick out if something looks out of place. This also has been the case for my 3D printed files meaning the customers don’t really care about the look, the just want to see that the file is workable, or “printable”.
The reason I’m asking about “Realistic Renderings” is that this now seems to be the norm for people using Revit. Lately I’ve been hit with questions such as “Why don’t your files look Realistic”? or “How do I know if that file is in 3D”, or the usual “How do I know if that’s to Scale”?
So, without using an “Add-on” is there a way to easily create a realistic rendering in AutoCAD? My guess is “No” which is no problem for me because I am using other CAD software, “BUT WOULD PREFER” to just stick with Autodesk.
As usual, any information or help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Milt
My original "Converted" 2D drawing to a 3D model:


Alternate view of the "Converted" 2D drawing to a 3D model:


Rendering that is close to what my customer was looking to get:
(Note this is not my drawing & I believe it was done in Revit)

Using another program, these are the files I created:
Again, I was looking to do this type of work with AutoCAD but wound up with the "Cartoon Look" in the 1st two renderings.

Again, using another program, these are the files I created:

Sunday, March 8, 2015

So it’s been awhile, Again...



OK....
Once again it’s been awhile since I last sat down to write or rant about anything. In fact, this technically is my 1st blog of the New Year on this blog site.   I guess I’ve just been too busy to really rant about anything. As far as writing or posting questions or help that’s a different story. Seems I have been on the Autodesk Discussions group, LinkedIn, and the usual FaceBook social sites to do a lot of postings lately.  That doesn’t mean I am giving up running my own blog.

That being said if anyone needs to get in contact with me please feel free to write, post a comment, or contact me via the other sites.  Anyway, hopefully the next time I post a blog I’ll have a bit more to say.
Take care,
Milt