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BrianKitts · February 5th, 2008

As we are picking at names and companies, I'm curious to Jeff as to why the site is called cgArchitect.com....Was your thinking that it is a site for Architects creating CG, or is architect being used more as a verb for the act of creating something, such that it means CG creation? Because if the first of the two scenarios is true, then my big point would be that the site is called cgArchitect..... not cgCreations.com. I feel it's our jobs to support the Architectural community.

As visualization artists for the architecture community I think it's important that we keep in check with the direction that Architects head. And yes, Architecture is without a doubt heading into a BIM structured environment. I can seriously see Autodesk dropping Autocad down the road and only supporting Revit. In which case we will refer to the people who use 2D drafting instead of full 3D BIM production software just like we now talk about the old schoolers who used to draft on paper.

A good visualization artist will always be able to support a client/employee in the creation of renderings regardless of the provided materials. I'll accept a design on a napkin, tracepaper, orally communicated, in autocad, 3ds, dwg, revit, architcad, etc.... I can go on forever. BIM production of Architectural documents has such a large advantage that any firm would be foolish not to see it's benefits and support the technology as we move to the future. It's all going to 3D, and we should embrace it and support it, it will be to our benefit if we learn how to work with it in turn.

That being said my role in the last year has taken a large change such that over half the projects I have started are being developed on a BIM platform, and most of the time half of the modeling is done for me. I've recently changed employment to a company that supports Archicad instead of Revit, and one of the first things that I requested was to be placed in the next Archicad training course available. As a visualization coordinator for the company it's my job to make the daily workings between BIM production and high end rendering development as seamless as possible. My heart is in marketing rendering production, but I need the tools in my belt to support the BIM based world that we are all headed to.

I'm actually not happy to hear that some of the BIM based presentations will be running concurrently because there is much from both world's that will be to my benefit to learn. But that's just the way conferences are, last year you couldn't attend both the vray and the sketchup forums @ DMVC, you pick your sessions, or if your lucky bring more fellow employees so you can divide and conquer.

So back to my original point, this site is heavily populated with illustrators, but keep in mind that most of us are in-line with Architectural Production. So why on earth would you ever push against learning to work with the development of the Architectural community.

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BrianKitts Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Columbus, Ohio Age: 28 Posts: 1,588 Name: Brian Kitts	Re: DMVC 2008; Why Boston? As we are picking at names and companies, I'm curious to Jeff as to why the site is called cgArchitect.com....Was your thinking that it is a site for Architects creating CG, or is architect being used more as a verb for the act of creating something, such that it means CG creation? Because if the first of the two scenarios is true, then my big point would be that the site is called cgArchitect..... not cgCreations.com. I feel it's our jobs to support the Architectural community. As visualization artists for the architecture community I think it's important that we keep in check with the direction that Architects head. And yes, Architecture is without a doubt heading into a BIM structured environment. I can seriously see Autodesk dropping Autocad down the road and only supporting Revit. In which case we will refer to the people who use 2D drafting instead of full 3D BIM production software just like we now talk about the old schoolers who used to draft on paper. A good visualization artist will always be able to support a client/employee in the creation of renderings regardless of the provided materials. I'll accept a design on a napkin, tracepaper, orally communicated, in autocad, 3ds, dwg, revit, architcad, etc.... I can go on forever. BIM production of Architectural documents has such a large advantage that any firm would be foolish not to see it's benefits and support the technology as we move to the future. It's all going to 3D, and we should embrace it and support it, it will be to our benefit if we learn how to work with it in turn. That being said my role in the last year has taken a large change such that over half the projects I have started are being developed on a BIM platform, and most of the time half of the modeling is done for me. I've recently changed employment to a company that supports Archicad instead of Revit, and one of the first things that I requested was to be placed in the next Archicad training course available. As a visualization coordinator for the company it's my job to make the daily workings between BIM production and high end rendering development as seamless as possible. My heart is in marketing rendering production, but I need the tools in my belt to support the BIM based world that we are all headed to. I'm actually not happy to hear that some of the BIM based presentations will be running concurrently because there is much from both world's that will be to my benefit to learn. But that's just the way conferences are, last year you couldn't attend both the vray and the sketchup forums @ DMVC, you pick your sessions, or if your lucky bring more fellow employees so you can divide and conquer. So back to my original point, this site is heavily populated with illustrators, but keep in mind that most of us are in-line with Architectural Production. So why on earth would you ever push against learning to work with the development of the Architectural community. __________________ Brian Kitts ANSHEN + ALLEN Last edited by BrianKitts; February 5th, 2008 at 12:50 PM.