CTC 312 – Microstation V8i

Student Examples of Rendered Drawings (Fall 14)

Mason Hedeen (Civil Engr. Technology)

For this project I started by using the simple shapes, like a circle, donut, and a cylinder to make a table and lamp. From there I played around with the rendering process to give the objects texture and made them look more real. After I had the table and lamp looking the way I wanted it to I made a bowl and a few marbles and colored them in with different colors. I then added a floor and walls and repeated the same rendering process as before. I added a mirror so that more of the drawing can be seen, and a painting on the wall to add more character.

Nicholas Wynne (Civil Engr. Technology)

For the Microstation Final I chose to draw the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. I chose this bridge because over the summer I went on vacation to San Francisco and went across the Golden Gate Bridge multiple times and thought about how cool it was to do that. I wanted to draw the bridge because it coincides with my interest in civil engineering and how bridges and buildings are designed and constructed. I first started by drawing the main towers that support the bridge. From there I was able to draw out the road and then the cables swinging down from the towers. I used the multiline tool to help draw each of the vertical cables that connect to the bridge. My drawing of the bridge is very close to the dimensions of the actual bridge in California. Drawing the bridge in Microstation was a lot of fun.

David Perez (Civil Engr. Technology)

For my final project, I decided to create a home office desk on Microstation V8i. While I was home during the Thanksgiving break I started to brain storm on different items I would like to draw and it occurred to me that I can draw the new desk I got. First I started with drawing the major shapes that I saw on the desk like the rectangle surface that makes up most of the desk. From there I began to draw the legs of the desk that connects to the top of the desk. After the legs were constructed I proceed on to the drawer compartment. For the most part the actual desk what not hard to draw because I didn’t have difficult shapes and very little detail, but actually being able to use the proper tools and finding the proper tools that I needed was challenging. As for the materials and patterns, I completely changed them from my actual desk at home. I wanted to give the desk more style and my own design, rather than making an exact replica of the desk. I went with a wood pattern and a metal material. For the majority of the desk I used metal to give it a more modern and futuristic look. The wood finish gave it the classic desk feel which makes a nice desk, in my opinion. I also added light surrounding all sides of the desk so it can be completely illuminated and give the rendering more visual appeal.

Anthony Ragosta (Civil Engr. Technology)

I had a very hard time picking what I wanted to draw for my final project, I wanted to the Freedom Tower, Big Ben in London, or some famous building like that at first. I decided I should take this chance to make a 3d model of my house as it is something I have always wanted to do since I was younger. I thought it would be interesting and fun. I started with the basic shape of my house as it was a simple rectangle, from there I added a two and a half foot wide slab that was 4 inches thick all the way around the top of my house to represent the overhang/fascia. The roof was composed of 4 simple triangles and all of the windows were simple rectangular slabs.

The bay window in the front of my house presented a problem for me as there was no solid or surface command that could easily create the shape I needed. I used an arc, closed it with a line, grouped the two and extruded them as a solid. However, the surface applied to this proceeded to give me trouble as it would not render without pixilation. The other problem I had with this was finding the right materials for certain things such as the roofing and the bushes. While this project was rather challenging and somewhat time consuming I found it very fun and I am sure it will be useful in the future.