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- posted 06/12/07 by Jack Strongitharm Draping photos on buildings
- Something a little more AutoCAD based this week.
The other week we had a little extra event in Salzburg where we sent people out with a camera to take pictures of buildings in one of the squares there and to then drape those photos in AutoCAD Civil drawing in about 5 minutes or thereabouts.
We had the square laser-scanned by Leica Geosystems, and aswell as creating a high end model that we used in a presentation along with Civil 3D. They also set up some very simple 3D faces for just the building facades so to simply apply a photo.
From the links below is a pdf file with some very simple instructions on how to do it.
It is not the only way but it is just a simple way I thought of to just put your Civil design into context.
Also below is a Civil 3D 2008 drawing and photographs to try out yourself.
Applying Images to Building 3D Faces.pdf
Building 1 Original.jpg
Saltzburg_Square.dwg
Building1 Fixed.jpg
You realise now, why using AutoCAD in conjunction with Civil Engineering is such as good idea.
Thanks again to Steven Ramsey and Leica Geosystems.
Civil regards
Jack Strongitharm
