FULL SITE VRML!

Screenshot from the fully compiled VRML file. There are supposed to be colors/textures mapped onto the ground and sky. I know the sky is invisible because it's beyond Cosmo's cutting plane, but the lack of texture on the ground surface is a little worrying. Oh well, we'll see how it looks in the cave this afternoon!




Attempting to upload the VRML file now, but it's 265MB. I think there might be a maximum allowable upload amount of 50MB at a time, but it's uploading right now and so far I haven't gotten any errors... I'll add the link here if it succeeds. The upload succeeded, so here's the link.

Site model on CTools

The Rhino site model is up on CTools, in a new folder within "Resources" called (appropriately) "Rhino Site Model." The file "compiled_model.3dm" is what you want, but it's just an empty file that loads all the individual parcels as linked block references. So, in order to view the whole model, you'll need to download all the other .3dm files and keep them in the same folder as the "compiled_model" file. Originally I had imported everything into one single stand-alone file, but that grew to 60MB with only 14 parcels, so I couldn't imagine trying to deal with it once all 78 parcels were in there.

Also, I updated the link for the VRML version of the model of the site. It is viewable, but it's rather wonky. See the addendum to my last post for a more detailed explanation of that wonkiness.

Site Model - compiling

We have a few parcels loaded into the full digital site model. Here's a first look:



Isn't it a better "first look" than the Digital Project site model from a few weeks ago?

Try the VRML model, too.

[Note: the link has now been updated to the WRL2.0 file. It works.... kinda.... it takes a LOT of zooming out/panning/rotating/moving to got into a position to see anything. Part of the problem is the ground plane, which is the same color as the background, so if you get under the plane, everything becomes a sea of gray.

Another issue seems to be the viewing extents. Once I navigated to a point above the middle, I could see buildings that were near me, but others were obscured by the gray background. As I rotated around, they would melt in an out of this background. I did surround the entire model with a sphere so that a background image could be mapped onto it, but the sphere is plenty big enough that it shouldn't be obscuring any towers.

Yet another issue is that the Zoom and Slide buttons don't seem to work properly. Oh, and somehow the orientation of the model has tilted 90-degrees, so using the Straighten button really screws up the orientation. Hopefully all this can be sorted out by Monday, when it will be time to take the model across the street and set some views....]

DP, you are NOT helpful

Dear Digital Project,

Thanks. Thanks so very much. No, really, I am truly in debt to you for providing me with such a wealth of information. Your communication skills are enviable. Dick Cheney would be proud of you...

Sincerely,
Nate

Full Site - first look

Thar she blows!




Quite the motley crew of structures there. Disregard the red; this screenshot was taken before attempting to run a global update. There were several problems when the update was run, but I'm not sure why... each individual part file operates fine by itself, but when the full product is opened, there are suddenly errors (over-constrained sketches, fills with self-intersecting wires, etc etc). We'll see...

Bionic Architecture and the Vertical City

Check this out:


http://www.cerveraandpioz.com/bionic_megacities_v.htm

Tower with a height of 1,228m, holding 100,000 people, that's only about 150m in diameter...

Ok, now DP is just messin' with my head

This error was the result of attempting to use the "remove" command to subtract one solid from another. The thing about it is, I had used this command a good half-dozen times this morning with no problem. I didn't notice anything change between when the "remove" command worked and when it gave the error...

DP - Digital Pessimism

I think this says it all: