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- Competition for Best VRML Modeler for Architects -
Designers 3D CAD Shoot-Out for Architectural CADD Systems November 25, 1996 - World Trade Center Boston Amphitheater - 12 to 5 pm
On Monday November 25th - At Noon on the Full Moon - a unique ³shoot-out² competition will begin between ten Teams of architects each using one of the ten most powerful CADD software packages for architectural design. The teams will have 3 hours to do schematic design - producing coordinated plans/sections/elevations, 12 quick perspectives, 2 high quality renderings, a walk-through animation, and a VRML virtual reality model all ready for the World Wide Web. To add to the challenge, the design criteria will change every 30 minutes for the first half of the competition - allowing us to see how well the various CADD programs can handle parametric changes - and the designs have required architectural elements that will require sophisticated Boolean 3D solid modeling. A sophisticated computer projection system will switch between the various Teams to allow everyone to follow the action.
All the required drawings are to be produced as GIF files, animated GIF files, animated 3D metafiles, and VRML 3D modeling files for the shoot-out Web site. Both before and after the competition each Team will have a specific Web site featuring their firm, and their architectural VRML modeling software.
Attendee spectators will have a unique opportunity to see side by side comparisons of real architects working with CADD design software that they may be considering, see detailed commentaries of what is going on, and receive all kinds of advice on hardware, software, and networks appropriate for design, as well as for production drawings. They will also have the chance to vote on the winners in several categories - including the overall winner, whose Team and software will win the Architectural CADD Cup.
For more information on the Designers 3D CAD Shoot-Out for Architectural CADD Systems - featuring the new generation of architecturally intelligent 3D design software, check out the Design Shoot-Out Conference on BSA Online, or the World Wide Web : http://members.aol.com/ShootOut3D/event.html To receive a an advance registration form by mail (tickets $30 in advance, or $45 at the door, which includes the Wine and Cheese Reception), or get information about AIA CES credits, contact the Event Coordinator at Architectural CADD Consultants, at 508-927-6796, or 508-921-8421 fax, or email ShootOut3D@aol.com.
Each Team consists of three designers (at least one of whom must be a Registered Architect) working on two networked CADD stations. There can also be up to three Auxiliary Team members who will not be on-stage. Currently there are six established Teams (with Team Coordinators) : The AllPlan Team (Ivan Bereznicki), The ArchiCAD Team (Greg Conyngham), The DataCAD/PowerTools/Referee Team (Curtis Wayne), The MiniCAD Team (Robert Anderson), The TriForma Team (over Microstation, Robert Rowse, and The AutoArchitect Team (over AutoCAD, John Ruby). There are also four other Teams still being formed no official Team Coordinator : The ArchT Team (over AutoCAD), The ArgosBDS Team, the Architrion Team, and the ARRIS CAD Team. More challengers are still expected.
The design problem is meant to be challenging for the Teams to do in the allotted 3 hours, however the building complex to be designed (not revealed until the Shoot-Out) is definitely simple enough to be done - as least as schematic designs - in that time. The intent is not to trivialize architecture - it is recognized that a complete project with design services takes far longer - but to see what the new generation of architectural CADD design software can do, and to highlight this dynamic profession bringing it to the arena and the World Wide Web.
A number of organizations are co-sponsoring the event by helping to publicize it : Architectural CADD Consultants, CAD Direct, The BSA AutoCAD Group, The BSA ArchiCAD Group, The AllPlan Designers Forum, The Boston Computer Society CAD Group. Others are invited to join.
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- Architecture As A Spectator Sport ! -
Designers 3D CAD Shoot-Out for Architectural CADD Systems November 25, 1996 - World Trade Center Boston Amphitheater - 12 to 5 pm
On Monday November 25th - At Noon on the Full Moon - a unique ³shoot-out² competition will begin between ten Teams of architects each using one of the ten most powerful CADD software packages for architectural design. The teams will have 3 hours to do schematic design - producing coordinated plans/sections/elevations, 12 quick perspectives, 2 high quality renderings, a walk-through animation, and a VRML virtual reality model all ready for the World Wide Web. To add to the challenge, the design criteria will change every 30 minutes for the first half of the competition - allowing us to see how well the various CADD programs can handle parametric changes - and the designs have required architectural elements that will require sophisticated Boolean 3D solid modeling. A sophisticated computer projection system will switch between the various Teams to allow everyone to follow the action.
Attendee spectators will have a unique opportunity to see side by side comparisons of real architects working with CADD design software that they may be considering, see detailed commentaries of what is going on, and receive all kinds of advice on hardware, software, and networks appropriate for design, as well as for production drawings. They will also have the chance to vote on the winners in several categories - including the overall winner, whose Team and software will win the Architectural CADD Cup.
For more information on the Designers 3D CAD Shoot-Out for Architectural CADD Systems - featuring the new generation of architecturally intelligent 3D design software, check out the Design Shoot-Out Conference on BSA Online, or the World Wide Web : http://members.aol.com/ShootOut3D/event.html To receive a an advance registration form by mail (tickets $30 in advance, or $45 at the door, which includes the Wine and Cheese Reception), or get information about AIA CES credits, contact the Event Coordinator at Architectural CADD Consultants, at 508-927-6796, or 508-921-8421 fax, or email ShootOut3D@aol.com.
Each Team consists of three designers (at least one of whom must be a Registered Architect) working on two networked CADD stations. There can also be up to three Auxiliary Team members who will not be on-stage. Currently there are six established Teams (with Team Coordinators) : The AllPlan Team (Ivan Bereznicki), The ArchiCAD Team (Greg Conyngham), The DataCAD/PowerTools/Referee Team (Curtis Wayne), The MiniCAD Team (Robert Anderson), The TriForma Team (over Microstation, Robert Rowse, and The AutoArchitect Team (over AutoCAD, John Ruby). There are also four other Teams still being formed no official Team Coordinator : The ArchT Team (over AutoCAD), The ArgosBDS Team, the Architrion Team, and the ARRIS CAD Team. More challengers are still expected.
The design problem is meant to be challenging for the Teams to do in the allotted 3 hours, however the building complex to be designed (not revealed until the Shoot-Out) is definitely simple enough to be done - as least as schematic designs - in that time. The intent is not to trivialize architecture - it is recognized that a complete project with design services takes far longer - but to see what the new generation of architectural CADD design software can do, and to highlight this dynamic profession bringing it to the arena and the World Wide Web.
A number of organizations are co-sponsoring the event by helping to publicize it : Architectural CADD Consultants, CAD Direct, The BSA AutoCAD Group, The BSA ArchiCAD Group, The AllPlan Designers Forum, The Boston Computer Society CAD Group. Others are invited to join.
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