The building is almost double symmetric and that can be a bit confusing. I referenced photos to verify whether the windows where there or not - they are :-)
@@rubenborup Are you sure? There are windows but are they mirrored to both sides of the house in the kitchen as well, I suspect they aren't. There are so many redraws, models and 3D models of the Azuma house online that I think there might be some confusion about this. Some have the kitchen windows on both sides, some only one side. Considering that there is supposedly a kitchen there it makes some sense that the floor level windows (if existing) would be blocked by kitchen cupboards. I've not found any photographs showing the original kitchen interior nor bathroom. Do you have a link that confirms the kitchen windows? Here is a good render showing how the big windows on the second floor actually look and correspond to the walkway sides. i.pinimg.com/originals/aa/52/bc/aa52bc1a8c8cd3249951f9cc14a8b367.jpg
There's definitely more mystery to this story. From photographs of the actual house it looks like there might have been some added volumes at the back or possibly that the house is not built according to the strict one-rectangle footprint that the drawings show. Possibly due to lot restrictions or such. en.wikiarquitectura.com/building/azuma-house-row-house/#azuma-4 You can also see this using google maps.
Hi Daniel, When running the ExtrudeCrv command, use the Direction option (just click it in the Option in the command line) and follow the directions in the command line. I hope this helps. /Ruben.
Hi Daniel, I can think of 3 problems and solutions to this: 1) Your curve isn't flat. Select your curve and run the command "ProjectToCPlane" (this will flatten your curve). 2) Your curve isn't closed - that way Rhino can't create a solid, it will just extrude the curve to a ribbon. Select the curve and run the "CloseCrv" command to close the curve. 3) You haven't enabled the "solid" option when you run the extrude (ExtrudeCrv) command. I hope this is helpful. /Ruben.
Ruben Borup thanks for your answers Ruben. The problem is that when it is vertical it is completely solid, but once i choose to extend it in the direction of the walls of the house it becomes not solid from the side of the wall
Hi Alex, most of the dimensions are covered in the first and second part of this video series. Not all dimensions are accounted for - e.g. I assume that the small windows are square. For plan dimensions, please see part 1 ruclips.net/video/6LP19pKH3DE/видео.html For height dimensions, please see part 2 ruclips.net/video/TcGW1Wc6kfM/видео.html Hope that helps. /Ruben.
i cannot Boolean difference the walls. it works fine on the exterior but does not do anything to the interior wall. i have tried several times but to no avail. Please Help
+Thomas Gaines Make sure your interior wall is one closed volume (polysurface). If there are any openings Rhino won't boolean. Sometimes a quick fix is to select the object and type "cap".
+Ruben Borup Thank you ever so much for taking the time to respond to my message. Your advice solved my issue and I have just competed this portion of the tutorial.
Hi, love the videos. I was wondering I'm working on another project where the plan is less linear than the rectangular Azuma plan but it still consists of two curves offset from each other. However when I extrude them they appear as wire frame and lack a solid interior, do you know how to extrude and make the walls appear solid?
Hi Tom, Thank you for the kind words. Check that the "solid" option is enabled when you run the ExtrudeCrv tool (Solid=Yes in the command prompt). If your walls have flat sides, you can also select the extruded wall and run the "Cap" command. Hope this is any help. Cheers, Ruben.
Hi Danny, You toggle the Gumball on/off from the button at the very bottom of the screen (next to the snapping tools). If you can't find the button, just enter Gumball (and press enter), then follow the directions in the command field. Rhino has several object snaps (the check boxes in the bottom left of the screen). The key is to only use a few at a time - if all snap toggles are on you'll get an inferno of snap callouts which is not really helpful). My standard object snaps are End, Near, Mid. If you right click a checkbox it'll disable all other object snaps and toggle on only the object snap you click on. I hope this is helpful. Cheers, Ruben.
i am a beginner to rhino and ive been using archicad for years... rhino is too messy... any one to explain why this is considered one of the most popular software?
Hi Marios K. ArchiCAD is awesome - it is way better at construction drawings and BIM. I never got to a point where ArchiCAD was effortless for me to use, but It is a powerful tool for sure! To me, Rhino is great at the early stages of the design process, mostly because you are not constrained by BIM and rigid modeling tools. Because of this, Rhino allows you to work more freely when exploring form and design. Rhino has great input/output tools and it is very powerful if you are working with digital fabrication (laser cutting, 3d printing, CAM) and parametric design (grasshopper). The key to a happy Rhino workflow is to use layers and keep curves and surfaces in separate layers. Selection commands and selection filters are helpful as well. Don't sweat it, just because Rhino has a lot of flashy tools it might not be the right software for what you do and that's totally ok. I've spent much time jumping from one software to another but at the end of the day, the software is secondary - what you make is all that matters. If you still want to take Rhino for a spin, check out digitaltoolbox.info - they have a bunch of videos ranging from beginner to expert level. I hope this was helpful. Cheers, Ruben.
I see... it is upto anyone to chose the right software that suits their needs... As a young architect I am trying to be able to know as much softwares I can... what i realise is that rhino is closer to the traditional way of drawing and by seeing videos of other softwares i realised that all of them share common aspects. Autocad and rhino are very close as close is Archicad to revit. Same logic different tools.
I have tried everything but I couldn't create windows using Boolean Difference or Split. I have created a box, also a curve, used the Intersect command to make sure it touches the wall, but still no :( Can someone help?
Hi John, In order to use the boolean command, you will need two volumes (it won't work with curves). Try this: 1. Extrude (ExtrudeCrv) the window curve so it becomes a box that extend past the wall on both sides. 2. Run the Boolean Difference command (bd), select the wall, then the box you just extruded. Hope that helps. /Ruben.
Hi John. When you extrude a curve to make the outer walls you have the option (up in the command line) to choose "Solid No/Solid Yes". You want this otion to be set to "yes" so that the wall becomes a closed solid, not just two separate surfaces. Boxes (the windows) are solids. Try this, I'm sure it will work.
If you are unable to offset it could be because your drawing isn't flat. Try drawing something with Project Osnap on (this will keep everything 2D), then give offset another shot - hope that does the trick.
Very clean, easy to understand video! thank you!
best tutorial ever
thank you so much!!!
any good vids on front and rear elevation?
What's the story on windows in the Azuma House kitchen? Some drawings have them, others do not.
The building is almost double symmetric and that can be a bit confusing. I referenced photos to verify whether the windows where there or not - they are :-)
@@rubenborup Are you sure? There are windows but are they mirrored to both sides of the house in the kitchen as well, I suspect they aren't.
There are so many redraws, models and 3D models of the Azuma house online that I think there might be some confusion about this. Some have the kitchen windows on both sides, some only one side. Considering that there is supposedly a kitchen there it makes some sense that the floor level windows (if existing) would be blocked by kitchen cupboards. I've not found any photographs showing the original kitchen interior nor bathroom. Do you have a link that confirms the kitchen windows?
Here is a good render showing how the big windows on the second floor actually look and correspond to the walkway sides. i.pinimg.com/originals/aa/52/bc/aa52bc1a8c8cd3249951f9cc14a8b367.jpg
There's definitely more mystery to this story. From photographs of the actual house it looks like there might have been some added volumes at the back or possibly that the house is not built according to the strict one-rectangle footprint that the drawings show. Possibly due to lot restrictions or such. en.wikiarquitectura.com/building/azuma-house-row-house/#azuma-4
You can also see this using google maps.
please help me. I cannot extrude the curve horizontally, it only lets me vertically
Hi Daniel,
When running the ExtrudeCrv command, use the Direction option (just click it in the Option in the command line) and follow the directions in the command line.
I hope this helps.
/Ruben.
Ruben Borup when i do this my wall, the one you did brfore the stairs, becoms not solid.
Ruben Borup also the staris become not solid, like, transpatent, when i do it through direction
Hi Daniel, I can think of 3 problems and solutions to this:
1) Your curve isn't flat. Select your curve and run the command "ProjectToCPlane" (this will flatten your curve).
2) Your curve isn't closed - that way Rhino can't create a solid, it will just extrude the curve to a ribbon. Select the curve and run the "CloseCrv" command to close the curve.
3) You haven't enabled the "solid" option when you run the extrude (ExtrudeCrv) command.
I hope this is helpful.
/Ruben.
Ruben Borup thanks for your answers Ruben. The problem is that when it is vertical it is completely solid, but once i choose to extend it in the direction of the walls of the house it becomes not solid from the side of the wall
I am interested in your tutorial videos !
Is there an attachment for the project plans, so that I can add in the parts the tutorial skips and assumes we know the dimensions of?
Hi Alex, most of the dimensions are covered in the first and second part of this video series. Not all dimensions are accounted for - e.g. I assume that the small windows are square.
For plan dimensions, please see part 1 ruclips.net/video/6LP19pKH3DE/видео.html
For height dimensions, please see part 2 ruclips.net/video/TcGW1Wc6kfM/видео.html
Hope that helps.
/Ruben.
Thanks :)
i cannot Boolean difference the walls. it works fine on the exterior but does not do anything to the interior wall. i have tried several times but to no avail. Please Help
+Thomas Gaines Make sure your interior wall is one closed volume (polysurface). If there are any openings Rhino won't boolean. Sometimes a quick fix is to select the object and type "cap".
+Ruben Borup Thank you ever so much for taking the time to respond to my message. Your advice solved my issue and I have just competed this portion of the tutorial.
Hi, love the videos. I was wondering I'm working on another project where the plan is less linear than the rectangular Azuma plan but it still consists of two curves offset from each other. However when I extrude them they appear as wire frame and lack a solid interior, do you know how to extrude and make the walls appear solid?
Hi Tom,
Thank you for the kind words.
Check that the "solid" option is enabled when you run the ExtrudeCrv tool (Solid=Yes in the command prompt). If your walls have flat sides, you can also select the extruded wall and run the "Cap" command.
Hope this is any help.
Cheers,
Ruben.
at 4:55 how do you only shade the selected area like you have and not the whole outside aswell?
The outside stuff that is not shaded is just 2d drawings. Only surfaces and polysurfaces shade, so that's why.
How do I turn on the green and red arrows when I click on something?
will that allow me to place something aligned to near by point like in Autocad?
Hi Danny,
You toggle the Gumball on/off from the button at the very bottom of the screen (next to the snapping tools). If you can't find the button, just enter Gumball (and press enter), then follow the directions in the command field.
Rhino has several object snaps (the check boxes in the bottom left of the screen). The key is to only use a few at a time - if all snap toggles are on you'll get an inferno of snap callouts which is not really helpful). My standard object snaps are End, Near, Mid.
If you right click a checkbox it'll disable all other object snaps and toggle on only the object snap you click on.
I hope this is helpful.
Cheers,
Ruben.
i am a beginner to rhino and ive been using archicad for years... rhino is too messy... any one to explain why this is considered one of the most popular software?
Hi Marios K.
ArchiCAD is awesome - it is way better at construction drawings and BIM. I never got to a point where ArchiCAD was effortless for me to use, but It is a powerful tool for sure!
To me, Rhino is great at the early stages of the design process, mostly because you are not constrained by BIM and rigid modeling tools. Because of this, Rhino allows you to work more freely when exploring form and design.
Rhino has great input/output tools and it is very powerful if you are working with digital fabrication (laser cutting, 3d printing, CAM) and parametric design (grasshopper).
The key to a happy Rhino workflow is to use layers and keep curves and surfaces in separate layers. Selection commands and selection filters are helpful as well.
Don't sweat it, just because Rhino has a lot of flashy tools it might not be the right software for what you do and that's totally ok.
I've spent much time jumping from one software to another but at the end of the day, the software is secondary - what you make is all that matters.
If you still want to take Rhino for a spin, check out digitaltoolbox.info - they have a bunch of videos ranging from beginner to expert level.
I hope this was helpful.
Cheers,
Ruben.
I see... it is upto anyone to chose the right software that suits their needs... As a young architect I am trying to be able to know as much softwares I can... what i realise is that rhino is closer to the traditional way of drawing and by seeing videos of other softwares i realised that all of them share common aspects. Autocad and rhino are very close as close is Archicad to revit. Same logic different tools.
Do you mine telling more detail on how to rotate the elevation from 2D to 3D? at 0:25? I tried couple of times but without success... Thanks.
If you prefer, you can just click the red arc/semi-circle in the Right view and type 90 and press enter - this will rotate the selected object/group.
I have tried everything but I couldn't create windows using Boolean Difference or Split. I have created a box, also a curve, used the Intersect command to make sure it touches the wall, but still no :( Can someone help?
Hi John,
In order to use the boolean command, you will need two volumes (it won't work with curves).
Try this:
1. Extrude (ExtrudeCrv) the window curve so it becomes a box that extend past the wall on both sides.
2. Run the Boolean Difference command (bd), select the wall, then the box you just extruded.
Hope that helps.
/Ruben.
Indeed I already have two polysurfaces, the walls that I have extruded using extrudeSrf and a box, but it does not work for some reason :/
Hi John. When you extrude a curve to make the outer walls you have the option (up in the command line) to choose "Solid No/Solid Yes". You want this otion to be set to "yes" so that the wall becomes a closed solid, not just two separate surfaces. Boxes (the windows) are solids. Try this, I'm sure it will work.
could i buy this file from you?
Hi there,
unfortunately I lost the file due to a hard drive crash a while back. Hope you'll be able to find the model elsewhere.
/Ruben.
sorry I cant use offset IncPlan. in rhino4?
If you are unable to offset it could be because your drawing isn't flat. Try drawing something with Project Osnap on (this will keep everything 2D), then give offset another shot - hope that does the trick.
awesome
Please can you give me the dimension of the plans to this house
I believe I got the drawings from "Tadao Ando Complete Works" (ISBN 9780714837178).