Blender 3D 2.49 Architecture, Buildings, and Scenery -- Table of Contents -- Blender 3D 2.49 Architecture, Buildings, and Scenery -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Introduction to Blender and Architectural Visualization -- Architectural visualization -- How about Blender 3D? -- Hardware and software requirements for Blender -- Other tools for visualization -- CAD and 3D architectural modeling -- 3D models from the Internet -- Visualization with Blender -- Summary -- 2. Blender 3D: Quick Start -- Interface -- Windows and menus -- Multiple windows -- Merge windows -- Header -- Add or remove a header -- Active window -- Keyboard shortcuts -- 3D visualization -- Selecting objects -- Selecting by name -- Renaming objects -- 3D Cursor -- Cursor Snap -- Modes -- Creating Objects -- Erasing Objects -- Duplicating Objects -- Transforming Objects -- Cameras -- Render Basics -- Render preview -- Summary -- 3. Modeling -- Types of objects -- Mesh primitives -- Mesh editing -- Transformations -- Transforming with precision -- Loop Subdivide -- Knife tool -- Selecting loops -- New edges and faces -- Merge -- Removing double vertices -- Extrude -- Extrude with vertex -- Extrude with edges -- Extrude with faces -- Constraining the extrude -- Modeling example -- Modifiers -- Subsurf modifier -- Smoothing faces -- Array modifier -- Array example -- Boolean modifier -- Mirror modifier -- Groups -- How to create a group? -- Proportional editing -- Summary -- 4. Modeling for Architecture -- Architectural modeling -- Modeling by proportions -- Planning is the key to success -- Precision modeling -- Edge length -- Transforming with precision -- Layers.

Modeling in practice -- Walls -- Rounded corners -- Symmetry -- Openings -- Floors and Lining -- Modeling using the walls -- Modeling with separated objects -- Starting from a CAD drawing -- Preparing the DXF files -- Importing DXF files -- Summary -- 5. Modeling Details -- Level of detail -- Windows -- Doors -- Summary -- 6. Modeling Furniture -- Create models or use a library? -- How to get started? -- Appending models -- Importing models -- Modeling a chair -- Modeling a sofa -- Summary -- 7. Materials -- Creating and organizing materials -- Material color -- Solid color -- Gradient colors -- Shaders -- Diffuse -- Specular -- Ray tracing -- Creating glass -- Simple glass -- Mirrors and reflections -- Glossy reflections -- Glossy transparency and frosted glass -- Ray traced shadows -- Wireframe materials -- Self-illumination -- Summary -- 8. Textures -- Procedural textures vs. Non-procedural textures -- Texture library -- Applying textures -- Mapping -- Normal map -- UV mapping -- Unwrapping scripts -- Summary -- 9. UV Mapping -- What is UV mapping? -- Why UV mapping? -- Marking the model -- What makes a good seam? -- Unfold the model -- Editing the unfolded model -- Export the unfolded mesh -- Smart projections -- Summary -- 10. Light Basics -- Lamps -- Energy -- Distance -- Color -- Controlling light -- Hemi -- Sun -- Lamp -- Area -- Spot -- Volumetric shadows -- Soft shadows -- Lighting exercise -- Summary -- 11. Radiosity and Ambient Occlusion -- Global Illumination (GI) -- Radiosity -- Vertex Paint -- Ambient Occlusion -- Outdoor scene -- Indoor Scene -- Summary -- 12. Global Illumination with YafaRay -- Installing YafaRay -- Blender and YafaRay -- YafaRay setup -- YafaRay objects -- Cameras in YafaRay -- Lights in YafaRay -- Selecting a Lamp -- Selecting a Sun -- Selecting an Area -- Selecting a Spot -- Mesh light in YafaRay.

YafaRay materials -- Creating diffuse material for a wall -- Creating a mirror -- Creating semi-transparent fabric -- Creating blurred reflections -- Creating glass -- Using textures with YafaRay -- YafaRay render methods -- Rendering an interior scene -- Rendering an external scene -- Summary -- 13. Animation for Architectural Visualization -- Animation -- Planning the animation -- Animatic -- Animation and frames -- Keyframes -- Creating keyframes -- Timeline -- Managing keyframes -- IPO curves -- Editing the curves -- Using curves -- Animating a camera -- Adding a target -- Rendering animation -- Video Sequence Editor -- Editing video -- Preview the video -- Effects -- Meta Strip -- Exporting the video from the Sequencer -- Interactive animation -- Logic bricks -- Sensors -- Controllers -- Actuators -- Walk-through -- Export walk-through -- Summary -- 14. Post-Production with Gimp -- Gimp interface -- Selection tools -- Selecting regular shapes -- Selecting by color -- Color adjustment -- Color balance -- Hue and saturation -- Color level -- Layers -- Create a new layer -- Create a new layer from a selection -- Adding a background image -- Fixing errors -- Watermark -- Summary -- 15. Blender 2.50 and Architectural Visualization -- Development of Blender 2.50 -- User interface -- Managing windows -- 3D View -- Modeling -- Materials and textures -- Rendering -- Animation -- Summary -- Index.