Spec and Bump Maps:
Before:
After:
Note: I don't think the textures I used were very appropriate for spec and bump map texturing
^ My settings for the spec and bump maps
Progress:
Spent this week remodelling the church of light. Began modelling in Revit and linking it into 3ds max
Materials:
Concrete - Concrete is a material created by combining an aggregate (usually sand, gravel or crushed stone), with a binder (natural or synthetic cement), chemical additives, and water. There are a number of variations which will affect the life span of concrete, maintenance, and environmental factors to name a few. Modern buildings are typically engineered to last 60+ years.
Concrete degradation can have various causes, concrete can be damaged by fire, aggregate expansion, sea water effects, bacterial corrosion, calcium leaching, physical damage and chemical damage.
Concrete has a number of positives, including, durability, easy to maintain, versatile, long lasting. Some of the negatives include, uncomfortable, cold, moisture, environmentally unfriendly.
Concrete is generally used for floor slabs and walls.
Glass -
Glass is manufactured by melting sand, soda ash, dolomite and limestone together. Glass doesn't decompose, it takes a very long time to become a solid. Some types of glass can be made to decompose by adding chemicals similar to what etching does to glass. Glass takes thousands of years to become a solid.
Glass have a number of pros and cons, some pros including, visibility, lightweight, easy to manufacture. Some cons include, fragile, lack of temperature control. Glass is typically used for windows to let extra natural light in.
Steel -
When manufacturing steel, impurities such as nitrogen, silicon, phosphorus, and excess carbon are removed from the raw iron, and alloying elements such as manganese, nickel, chromium and vanadium are added to produce different grades of steel.
Steel much like concrete lasts a very long, however factors like maintenance and environmental factors can play a role in the lifespan of steel. Steel provide many pros and some cons, some pros include, cost effectiveness, resilient to the elements, termites and some natural disasters, steel is actually lighter than wood. Cons include, special tools are required to work with steel, conductor to heat, mold.
Steel is typically used for the framing within a building.
References:
http://www.madehow.com/Volume-1/Concrete.html#ixzz3Ik5IrUnO
Lecture Reflection:
In this weeks lecture we looked back upon some of our fellow class mates EXP1 submissions and was given a run down on the good and bad things about some trailers. We were also given a briefing on materials like concrete and there purpose.
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