paddy1985 Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Hello guys, I am relatively new to Autocad and i draw plans for a modular building company in 2D. The company now wants 3D visualisations of each of their buildings. I'm currently using Autocad 2010 and i want to know how to convert my 2d house plan into a 3d model? Can someone please take me through each step in a clear and concise manner. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevsmith Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Hello Paddy, The best and quickest way to produce a 3d drawing of the walls is to convert all your wall lines to polylines using the mpedit & join commands then using extrude to give you a height to the walls. Or in 2010 you can use the presspull command. This will get you started off. Can you upload a pdf file of the plan and side elevation to give us an idea of the roof line etc. then we can give you some more better directions. (p.s you need a minimum of 10 posts to upload files) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Unfortunately there is no "magic" button that will automatically transform a 2D plan view of a building into 3D. As mentioned above walls can be given height using Extrude or Press/Pull. Another way to construct a wall is via the Polysolid command. To create openings in solid walls one must either use Press/Pull or create, extrude and then subtract a given shape (ex. - a rectangle for a window or door opening). You might consider picking up a good after-market 3D AutoCAD book such as AutoCAD 2009 and AutoCAD LT 2009 - No Experience Required by Jon McFarland. The book takes the reader through a series of exercises to construct a 3D cabin with step-by-step instructions. The author's own drawing files are available online for download. To work efficiently in a 3D environment it also helps to know how to manipulate the UCS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 OK...knock it off. Bumping your post count this way is frowned upon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevsmith Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 OK...knock it off. Bumping your post count this way is frowned upon. lol, I was not trying to invoke this Can't wait for Rod's decision on what to do with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 my understanding was that you could submit attachments at anytime, you only needed 10 posts to create links. Has this changed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Paddy, I've deleted all of your "Trial posts". I'm not sure why you did that, but please don't do it again. If you want to post an image, you can do so at any time. You don't need 10 posts: http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=8863 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 You might also type in polysolid hit Enter on the keyboard (give it a minute for the command do load) and then hit F1 in the upper left corner of the keyboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevsmith Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Paddy, I've deleted all of your "Trial posts". I'm not sure why you did that, but please don't do it again. If you want to post an image, you can do so at any time. You don't need 10 posts: http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=8863 Sorry for the misleading information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadvision Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 have a look at Plantracer from csoft.com It is designed for taking raster to 3D, so you are already one step there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Raster to 3D? I wasn't aware that we were dealing with raster images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadvision Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 You can use this with a vector floor plan too. You don't have to start with a raster file to use Plantracer. Just a suggestion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 How does Plantracer actually work? Specifically, how does the user tell Plantracer what heights to use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadvision Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Check out www.csoft.com What you do is you set pattern recognitions. So you assign 3d models for walls and doors, windows etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Have you used the program and would you recommend it? If so, who, in your opinion, would benefit most from Plantracer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadvision Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 see http://www.csoft.com/products/plantracer/plantracer_4_acad/ We are the distributor in New Zealand of CSoft products. THis is just one of those really cool products, even for an electrical drafty like me. It won cadence awards when it was fors launched and heaps of praise from within Autodesk. A 'Must have' for Facilities Management The integration of existing drawing archives with computer-aided Facilities Management systems requires an efficient technology to convert and capture FM-related data from original building drawings. The need to keep FM data up-to-date through a simple process has motivated the PlanTracer development. PlanTracer focuses on efficiency and usability. PlanTracer delivers advanced tools for floor plan drawing and editing. Its unique toolset also includes automatic and semi-automatic conversion of input such as 2D CAD drawings or raster floor and building plans into intelligent models. PlanTracer will recognize a floor plan, extract FM data and create Intelligent Objects from vector or raster drawings. These objects will contain all the necessary data for your FM solution. PlanTracer provides an open programming interface for easy integration with Facilities Management applications, databases and MS Office. A Facilities Management solution can access all objects in a PlanTracer floor plan model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeScott Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 But wait!! There's MORE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Whenever I see the word "easy' used to describe a program feature I start to get uneasy. How about you give us a demo? What if we supply the floor plan and you show us what the program can do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadvision Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Sorry guys been busy, here is a link to screencams on Plantracer. Cam is a little old, but you can see what is goingn on. It has been more into part of a FM solution, especially big in Russia where they have a lot of rental units. http://62.193.212.75/csdemo/demo.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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