Merging Computer Aided Design Technologies
Architecture is becoming more diversified in both appearance and structure.
This transformation is
happening due to the ever increasing abilities in computer software that are allowing designers of the building professions to discover through experimentation new methods and ways for creating new and exiting buildings and environments. For many years the Autodesk product named AutoCAD had been the industry standard. But with merging technologies, less expensive software, and a
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wider range of talent, the software standard is shifting to many other forms of creation. Some examples of computer aided design (CAD) projects can be seen all over the internet.
Low priced
CAD software such as Sketchup has made it practical for anyone to create 3D environments for proposed sites. I
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created a 3D model in SketchUp for a Transit Oriented Development with general CAD knowledge and very little SketchUp knowledge. The perspective view is from the complex model with an elevated train system, a park, the use of new urban ideas for a live, work, play village. The site overlays existing GIS data from Google Earth. Merged 2D AutoCAD Image 3D SketchUp 3
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