I admit, I model in Autocad.. Is this lame. Sometimes people give me that look. The look that “your only modeling in Autocad because you can’t model in 3dsmax.”
That’s not true, I chose to model in Autocad. I come from a generation that autocad was the be all, end all. 3dmax was just this program that was really cool but no one in the office would actually own a copy. It seems like all the younger renderers wouldn’t touch Autocad with a ten foot pole for modeling. So my question is, is autocad modeling old school?
I think Autocad is a great tool, and now with the advances in lighting and materials, and new presspull command, I think it intergrates with clients elevations and floorplans pretty well. I was recently on a forum called cadtutor.com and impressed to see some of the new renderings in autocad, lighting and all. Autocad has come a long way from Release 10. It no longer looks like a cartoon. Some of the interior shots were pretty amazing.
So I dont know nurbs. But you gotta love presspull. Take a client elevation and just start presspulling the regions until you have a whole side of a building modeled in no time. I admit, it still needs a little work and is a little buggy but it could be great.
I can model fast. Probably faster than any 20 year old cg artist with a 3d program. So cut us old timers some slack and don’t give us that look like we are a dying breed. Autocad still rocks!
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