nathanael blog

Nathan hit the ground running with his knowledge of 3ds max, which I found to be a real boost to progressing this project. I was surprised at how quickly and excellently Nathan completed the tasks in this, the first week of the project.

Nathan’s input has been creative and well considered. His application of his general knowledge and creativity has meant that the project has become quickly well-scoped and considerably better than the original specification. Nathan is articulate and able to reason through a problem, presenting a solution or contributing to discussions in a professional and thoughtful manner.

I look forward to seeing Nathan and Nicholas for the next phase of this project.

Yesterday I continued making 3D models, I finished of 5 more people, and then started attempting to build a car. We have started designing the interface of the program on paper and it is coming togther well so far. Today will be the last day here for a while because of school. I would also upload some pictures of the work I’ve done but the server is down or something.

Spent yesterday making more various small 3D models.

I finished the building and created a fire hose, extinguisher and a little first aid icon. I also learnt a bit about making material, and used these on the various models.

Also learnt how to lathe, and bend models to different degress. I used this on the fire hose and the extinguisher, bending the ‘Fire Extinguisher’ Sign to fit the model.

Login has been screwing up so I’ll blog for two days-

We started work on  a 3D modelling project on Monday

“The project we’ll work on will combine real-time 3D graphics with a user interface that communicates using a network connection.

The end result will be a realtime representation of a building which has the status of each area indicated by a 3d object or graphic.

The system works as follows - the damage assessor travels around an environment, recording using a hand-held device the status of each area, for example, small fire, fire under control, damaged fire main, electrical hazard, etc. This is entered into an easy-to-use touch panel device (which we will simulate on a normal pc) and communicated back to a central observation point. The user of the 3D realtime environment will be able to gain an overview of the entire situation from perhaps numerous assessors, and direct damage control actions more effectively.

Nat:
Your role would be to create the building model, and also symbolic 3D elements that we can show as indicators.
Software: 3ds max and Esperient Creator”

That’s the email I got from Jo outling the project we would be doing.

So far I have started work on a basic 3D model of the building, and have completed three symbols for the three different types of fires that may be present in the building. As well as this I have created different materials for the models. We have also done a lot of research on the Melbourne Convention Centre.