Using Maya For Architecture, Cars

[fomstudios]

Hey all,

I was wondering how to model buildings and cars in Maya. I love modern architecture, and I'm interested in modeling buildings in the style of the pictures in the links below. I also want to model cars, especially the nicer ones (Lamborghinis, etc.) The cars in the bottom of the picture in link 2 look simple but nice, those are a lot like what I want to model. Does anyone have any tips or tutorials for modeling architecture or cars?

Thanks,

Canuck4Life

LINKS ----------------------------------------------------

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3...w\_july-2006.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e...a\_july-2006.jpg
http://www.renewnyc.com/images\_WMS/freedom...5\_RGB-wmark.jpg
http://www.renewnyc.com/images\_WMS/freedom\_tower/SOM\_T1-34 8x10.5 RGB-wmark.jpg

[failure]

Here's a tip: Learn to fail.
Here's another: Invest time and effort.
And another: Never trust a tutorial. It lies.
Yet another: Don't waste time on modeling half life 2 weaponry.
One more: You can do miracles with just neatly composing the primitives.
Last one: Drink plenty of whey when working long hours on computer.

[joojaa]

anyway the idewa is taht all modelling is basicaly teh same suff so wether you model a ailien or a acar the same rules apply.

[failure]

In other words - once you know how to model a teapot, you'll know how to do a car. Techincaly of course.

[scoonie_p]

QUOTE(failure @ 07/13/06, 06:20 AM) [snapback]242360[/snapback]
In other words - once you know how to model a teapot, you'll know how to do a car. Technically of course.

ahhh yes that is true but there are things that work differently. For modelling real life cars you want to set up blue prints, which can be found on this site. Where there is also a tutorial on how to set them up.

Blue prints

For architecture I think this is a little more complicated. You might want to find building plans. You could try using primitives and just texturing the windows etc on. It depends what the building are going to be used for. Games? Film?

I also have a question on modelling architecture but for games. I want to know if there are any reference sites that give details such as the standard width of certain types of roads, pavements. The average height of certain floors of buildings, doors, windows etc.

Sorry for taking over your thread but i think it would be useful info for both of us. Hope i helped.

[fomstudios]

QUOTE(psychojohno @ 07/14/06, 12:10 AM) [snapback]242458[/snapback]
ahhh yes that is true but there are things that work differently. For modelling real life cars you want to set up blue prints, which can be found on this site. Where there is also a tutorial on how to set them up.

Blue prints

For architecture I think this is a little more complicated. You might want to find building plans. You could try using primitives and just texturing the windows etc on. It depends what the building are going to be used for. Games? Film?

I also have a question on modelling architecture but for games. I want to know if there are any reference sites that give details such as the standard width of certain types of roads, pavements. The average height of certain floors of buildings, doors, windows etc.

Sorry for taking over your thread but i think it would be useful info for both of us. Hope i helped.

Yeah, I've always wondered if there was a reference site for details like that... awesome idea. Don't worry, you're not taking over my thread, I need all the help I can get. I'm sure if I worked hard enough, that I could put together a good building, but the trouble is fine detail, lighting, and rendering.

Same with the car blueprint site... there must be a site with information on major buildings, somewhere where you can get basic measurements and blueprints.

I can put together a model of a building, but what I want is for the building to look real, like a photo. And by the way, I'm not making the models for a company yet, but I was being mentored to work at EA, and I still might do it. Another place I thought I could use Maya was at an architecture firm, but for now, I just want to make models for fun.