tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34258813.post116038103849027128..comments2023-09-15T01:53:08.513-07:00Comments on BIMania: The “pencil as a brain extension” BSMiguel Krippahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06313224856404924680noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34258813.post-12992760559465461722007-01-08T01:01:00.000-08:002007-01-08T01:01:00.000-08:00Brian
Your way of doing things (10 quick sketches...Brian<br /><br />Your way of doing things (10 quick sketches at the beginning) is just that: Your way.<br />As it happens, it is also mine, and probably that of the majority of architects.<br />But that does not mean it is the best possible way. It only means it WAS the best possible way, at the time we learned to design.<br />But things are changing.<br />So, what I am trying to ascertain is if this new technology that is coming to age, will it change fundamentally the way we design?<br />My guess is yes, it will. Not for you, or me, or thousands of other architects, but for the newer generations, the guys who are coming out of schools now.Miguel Krippahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06313224856404924680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34258813.post-1166908339710917252006-12-23T13:12:00.000-08:002006-12-23T13:12:00.000-08:00But "should move away entirely" is a subject state...But "should move away entirely" is a subject statement as well. I find doing a group of very quick sketches before I model anything to be much faster than going directly into the process of mass modeling. <BR/><BR/>I personally do 95% of my design process on the computer, yet in the very initial stages a couple napkin sketches will allow me to sit a quick series of ideas side by side to choose the best ones to develop. <BR/><BR/>Of course, if you are not like me with the tendency to have 5-6 initial design concepts crop up in the first 10 minutes of the design process then its likely that this way of work won't be needed. Personally, I find it easier to organize my ideas on something (sketchy and quick) first before stepping back and deciding on what project/ideas I wish to develop. True this could be digital, but it wouldn't be an immediate jump to a mass model state as this does take a bit longer to quickly develop and generically detail.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01169945533654193400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34258813.post-1161589558550752832006-10-23T00:45:00.000-07:002006-10-23T00:45:00.000-07:00Of course the kind of interface you suggest is hig...Of course the kind of interface you suggest is highly desirable, even technically achievable, with today's technology.<BR/><BR/>But what I am suggesting is that we should (and will) move away entirely from the pencil/paper paradigm.<BR/><BR/>This will take some time, because we (from the analogical school) only know how to design with the old medium, and that is why we seek to emulate it on a digital platform,with tablets, Sketchup, and such.Miguel Krippahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06313224856404924680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34258813.post-1161566090899386842006-10-22T18:14:00.000-07:002006-10-22T18:14:00.000-07:00I agree with your comments on the tradition many f...I agree with your comments on the tradition many face within education but still see a role for the pencil/pen/brain interface. In fact I still see a role for the drawing board...<BR/><BR/>Not the type you & I learnt on but a larg'ish, a3 perhaps a2, Tablet PC (with workstation like graphics/processor power) running Sketch/Design/BIM software that enabled me to work with pen, mouse or keyboard would be about the nicest "Drawing Board" I can think of with todays technology.<BR/><BR/>Hook it up to a 3D printer and you can even consider it a pretty good modelling toolkit!RobiNZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16068405815740527871noreply@blogger.com