Architectural Design & Animation In Blender 3X

Design & Create Architectural Animations in Blender - 3D Graphics in Blender - Full project - 3D Modeling in Blender

What you'll learn
Create the house construction animation and render a final video
Draft Accurate 2D Designs in CAD Software
3D Model the layouts into a fully realised 3D House ready for animation
How to work Fast & Efficiently inside the Free Software Blender & FreeCAD
How to Light your scene with Environment textures to achieve real world lighting conditions
Use the Archimesh add-on to quickly create architectural elements inside Blender
Requirements
Computer capable of running Blender 3x or above
You should be able to use a PC at beginner level
Description
Welcome to the course Architectural Design and Animation in blender 3.In this course you will learn to create a modern house construction animation in the free and open source software Blender & FreeCAD. Learn to Draft the house plans in free CAD software before 3D modelling a fully realised house model in Blender. Learn this amazing free software and new skills by getting hands on with detailed instruction.This course will teach you the skills to accurately design the Layouts in CAD software. Then take those design into a fully realised 3D model for animation. By the end of the course you’ll be able to draft designs in CAD and 3D model and create in Blender.The CAD section of the course is designed to help you achieve accurate real world scale while you are learning this powerful design tool. CAD allows for detailed drawings to be created so we can accurately model the house model.This course is designed for practical learning. The videos will take you step by step through the process of design, Modelling, Texturing & Animation. Each step is clearly detailed so beginners to intermediate students can successfully complete the course. With the latest release of Blender there has never been a better time to master the software.This course is project based so each section builds on the previous examples so you are always learning how to work more efficiently in Blender. You will learn everything necessary to complete the project successfully and in your own time.This is a unique skill especially for Architectural Designers, 3D artists or beginners looking to create their own unique architectural models.Some of the Course Highlights:Creation of 2D layoutsGeometry NodesHow to convert Ngons to Quad topology.Asset Library3D Modelling & Texturing the AssetsCreation of trees, rocks & grassSet up the scene & LightingCreate the plans rolling openSetup the animation with camera & key framesRendering with the new Real time render engine EeveeVideo format in Blender's video sequence editorAnimation & RenderingLearn how to design in this amazingly powerful 3D production suite and start designing architectural 3D models, design for 3D games, design unique 3D assets, design for 3D printed objects, or create amazing art work.Architectural visualization in Blender will allow you to impress your clients with photo realistic animations and images of their proposed designs.Unleash your Creative sideOpen Blender and be amazed at the possibilities. Discover a new world of creativity. Blender is free, and constantly improving to deliver industry standard tools. It has a strong online community just waiting to be discovered.More industries than ever are starting to use Blender with more and more small production houses releasing work created using this amazing and user focused software. This will increase greatly overSo jump in and start creating today!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Drafting & Design

Lecture 2 Where to get the free & Open Source Software FreeCAD

Lecture 3 Setting up the FreeCAD Interface

Lecture 4 An Introduction to the Interface Part 01

Lecture 5 An Introduction to the Interface Part 02

Lecture 6 An introduction to the Snap menu

Lecture 7 Drafting the layouts part 1

Lecture 8 Drafting the layouts part 2

Lecture 9 Drafting the layouts part 3

Lecture 10 Drafting the layouts part 4

Lecture 11 Drafting the Windows part 1

Lecture 12 Drafting the Windows part 2

Lecture 13 Drafting the Doors part 1

Lecture 14 Drafting the Doors part 2

Lecture 15 Changing the Line styles and Thickness

Lecture 16 Adding the stairs detail

Lecture 17 Setting up the ODA File Convertor

Lecture 18 Importing Furniture Assets

Lecture 19 Adding Dimensions in FreeCAD

Lecture 20 Adding Text to the Layouts

Lecture 21 Creating Layouts in FreeCAD

Lecture 22 Exporting DXF File From FreeCAD

Section 3: Introduction to Blender

Lecture 23 Where to get the free and Open Source Software Blender

Lecture 24 Customising the Interface for easier control

Lecture 25 How to Enable Add-ons

Lecture 26 How to Recover Files After Crashes

Lecture 27 Shortcut Key Guide

Lecture 28 How to Navigate the Blender interface

Lecture 29 Introduction to the 3D View Part 1

Lecture 30 Introduction to the 3D View Part 2

Lecture 31 Introduction to the 3D View Part 3

Lecture 32 Introduction to the Tool Shelf Part 1

Lecture 33 Introduction to the Tool Shelf Part 2

Lecture 34 Introduction to the Tool Shelf Part 3

Lecture 35 Introduction to the Tool Shelf Part 4

Lecture 36 Introduction to the Tool Shelf Part 5

Lecture 37 Layout_Tabs_Editors_And_Splitting_Screens

Lecture 38 Introduction to Collections

Lecture 39 Introduction to the 3D Cursor

Lecture 40 Introduction to Snapping

Lecture 41 Face Orientation & the Direction of Normals

Lecture 42 An Introduction to Coordinates

Lecture 43 An Introduction to the Asset Browser

Section 4: House Construction

Lecture 44 Setting Up the Unit Scale

Lecture 45 Importing the DXF File From FreeCAD into Blender

Lecture 46 Positioning the DXF Objects

Lecture 47 Introduction to Archimesh

Lecture 48 Adding External Walls Using Archimesh

Lecture 49 How to add External Doors with Archimesh

Lecture 50 Adding Internal Walls with Archimesh

Lecture 51 Adding Internal Doors on the Ground Floor

Lecture 52 Adding Windows Using Archimesh

Lecture 53 Adding Large Windows Group using Archimesh

Lecture 54 Modelling The First Floor

Lecture 55 Modelling the First Floor Balcony

Lecture 56 Adding Internal Doors on the First Floor

Lecture 57 Adding Windows using Archimesh

Lecture 58 Using Archimesh to Create a Stairs

Lecture 59 Creating a ceiling for the ground floor

Lecture 60 Creating Floors to the Model

Lecture 61 Ground Floor and Base

Lecture 62 Modelling the roof and Base

Lecture 63 Using Archimesh to Add Railings to the Balcony area

Lecture 64 3D Modelling the Front Step

Lecture 65 3D Modelling the External Walls

Lecture 66 3D Modelling the patio and Grass Area

Section 5: Lighting & Materials

Lecture 67 Adding Lighting Elements to the Scene

Lecture 68 Where to get texture maps

Lecture 69 UV Unwrapping and Texturing Floor

Lecture 70 Creating the External wall Material

Lecture 71 Preparing the First Floor Mesh

Lecture 72 Creating Sill Material

Lecture 73 Creating Door Material

Lecture 74 Creating External Wall & Paving

Lecture 75 Ground Plane Material

Lecture 76 Creating Stone Particles

Lecture 77 Creating Grass Particles Part 1

Lecture 78 Creating a tree using the Sapling add-on

Lecture 79 Creating a tree using the Sapling add-on

Lecture 80 Creating the Tree Material

Section 6: Creating the House Construction Animation

Lecture 81 Combining Objects

Lecture 82 Final Checks

Lecture 83 Adding the Table and Plan Textures

Lecture 84 Roll the plan open

Lecture 85 Setting up the Boolean Modifier

Lecture 86 Setting up the Camera

Lecture 87 Adding the Remaining Booleans

Lecture 88 Setting up the Animation Part 01

Lecture 89 Setting up the Animation Part 02

Lecture 90 Setting up the Animation Part 03

Lecture 91 Setting up the Animation Part 04

Lecture 92 Rendering the Animation

Lecture 93 Combining the Animation in the Video Editor

Lecture 94 Combining the Animation in the Video Editor

Section 7: Drafting & Design – 2.8 Content

Lecture 95 Getting the free & open source parametric modeler

Lecture 96 Creating construction lines in FreeCAD Part 1

Lecture 97 Creating construction lines in FreeCAD Part 2

Lecture 98 Creating construction lines in FreeCAD Part 3

Lecture 99 Creating walls and window lines in FreeCAD part 1

Lecture 100 Creating walls and window lines in FreeCAD part 2

Lecture 101 Creating doorway lines in FreeCAD

Lecture 102 Creating line styles in FreeCAD

Lecture 103 Creating stairs lines in FreeCAD

Lecture 104 The ODA file converter available for FreeCAD

Lecture 105 Adding CAD Blocks to the layouts in FreeCAD

Lecture 106 Adding Dimensions to the layouts in FreeCAD

Lecture 107 Adding text to the layouts in FreeCAD

Lecture 108 Creating layouts in FreeCAD

Lecture 109 Exporting the DXF file we created from FreeCAD

Section 8: Introduction to Blender – 2.8 Content

Lecture 110 Getting Blender

Lecture 111 Setting up the interface and enabling add-ons in Blender

Lecture 112 An introduction to navigation in Blender

Lecture 113 An introduction to the 3D view

Lecture 114 An introduction to the tool shelf

Lecture 115 An introduction to collections

Lecture 116 An introduction to the 3D cursor and the multiple use cases

Lecture 117 An introduction to snapping in Blender

Section 9: Layout Creation in Blender – 2.8 Content

Lecture 118 Creating a landscape and examining two methods of generating the mesh

Lecture 119 Marking out the site position

Lecture 120 Importing the DXF file into the scene, converting and scaling to correct size

Lecture 121 Positioning the DXF imports in the scene

Lecture 122 Adding the external wall positions to the layouts

Lecture 123 Adding the internal wall positions to the layouts

Lecture 124 Adding the door positions to the layouts

Lecture 125 Adding the door open direction to the layouts

Lecture 126 Adding the window positions to the layouts

Lecture 127 Adding Dimensions to the layouts using MeasureIt

Lecture 128 Adding text to the layouts using MeasureIt

Lecture 129 Adding material to the layouts and enabling Freestyle to create the hard line re

Lecture 130 Rendering the layouts in Blender and combing with dimensions in the compositor

Section 10: House Construction – 2.8 Content

Lecture 131 Setting up Archipack with material library and thumbnail images

Lecture 132 Using Archipack to create external doors

Lecture 133 Using Archipack to create internal walls

Lecture 134 Using Archipack to create doors on the ground floor

Lecture 135 Using Archipack to create windows on the ground floor

Lecture 136 Using Archipack to create large windows

Lecture 137 3D Modelling the first floor

Lecture 138 3D Modelling the balcony area

Lecture 139 Using Archipack to create doors on the first floor

Lecture 140 Using Archipack to create windows on the first floor

Lecture 141 Using Archipack to create a stairs

Lecture 142 Organizing the collections in the Outliner

Lecture 143 Using Archipack to create ceilings for each room on the ground floor

Lecture 144 3D Modelling the floor to accommodate the stairs

Lecture 145 Using Archipack to create floors for each room of the house

Lecture 146 Tidy up the floors issues and organize the Outliner

Lecture 147 3D Modelling the roof

Lecture 148 Using Archipack to create railings for the balcony area

Lecture 149 3D Modelling the concrete base

Section 11: Lighting & Materials – 2.8 Content

Lecture 150 Adding lighting elements to the scene

Lecture 151 Creating floor material using texture maps

Lecture 152 Setting up a render camera to preview the material

Lecture 153 Creating window material using texture maps

Lecture 154 Creating railing material using texture maps

Lecture 155 Creating door material using texture maps

Lecture 156 Creating an external render material for the external walls of the house

Lecture 157 3D modelling the external environment

Lecture 158 Creating stone tile material for the external paving area

Lecture 159 Creating stones and using the particle system to disperse in the scene

Lecture 160 Creating grass and using the particle system to disperse in the scene

Lecture 161 Creating trees with the sapling add-on

Lecture 162 Creating tree texture images to add back into the scene

Lecture 163 Setting up the camera and arranging the scene

Lecture 164 Updating the House external plaster with texture maps

Lecture 165 Rendering out an image using the Eevee render settings

Section 12: Creating the House Construction Animation – 2.8 Content

Lecture 166 Combing each set of objects and preparing for the animation part 1

Lecture 167 Combing each set of objects and preparing for the animation part 2

Lecture 168 Using the boolean modifier to setup for the house reveal

Lecture 169 Creating the table and plans with textures for the material

Lecture 170 Using the curve modifier to create the plans rolling open on the table

Lecture 171 Setting up the Camera to capture the Animation

Lecture 172 Setting Key frames and creating the animation

Lecture 173 Rendering the animation and combining them in Blender's VSE to Create a Video

Section 13: Bonus Section

Lecture 174 Bonus Lectures

Students Who Want To Be Capable Of Adding Animation To Architectural Visualization Projects,Students Who Want To Learn A Free Design Package For Their Own Professional Use,Designers And 3d Visualization Students,Beginners Who Want To Design & 3D Model Successfully,Students Who Want To Create Unique 3d Models,Designers Who Need To Iterate Quickly And See Their Ideas In Physical Form,Architects Who Need Accurate Designs & Models,Blender Users Who Want to Learn Quickly