It is always good to have a firm grasp of architectural terminology, and abbreviations go hand in hand with it. Here wie will include a long list of architectural abbreviations...
3D File Formats
Typically we get emails from clients asking what format of file should they be sending to us. For architectural work it is rather straight forward and we can tell them...
BIM Terms and Acronyms
A useful list of Building Information Model terms and acronyms is listed below. If you are doing architectural visualization you are sure to come across the need...
What to Look for in a Rendering Studio
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR - Having a good understanding of your scope of work and priorities is a good start in figuring out your needs and who best suits them. Generally...
3D Studio: Big Guy or Little guy, Foreign or Domestic?
It's All Subjective:I can say a rendering is bad and the average person off the street might say they see nothing wrong with it, so why should anyone care? This is the...
Architectural Visualization
3D: 1 : three-dimensionalal-lus-sion:1 : the act of alluding or hinting at 2 : an implied or indirect reference. Our Mission:To provide clientele with the visual aides...
Architectural Rendering Checklist
Well we wanted to start covering some items that relate to actually practice of professions such as architectural visualization, or architecture....... To create a resource...
Image Composition
The topic of composition came up during the last challenge and recently I saw that Susan Sorger of 'Entourage Art' had posted some links (3,4 and 5 below) at CGA, so...
Architectural Construction Terms
Working with individuals from around the world, I sometimes get asked to define or clarify certain terms that are on blueprints or architects instructions from people...
Appropriate Architectural Rendering Foliage
Proper selection of plants and trees is an area that gets overlooked is the selection of plants and trees for landscaping. You probably don't want to show a Japanese...