Blender as building information modeling tool for architects
Everyone knows that blender is cool handling 3dviz/modelling jobs. Some people use it for architecture even now!
Starting from 2010, we are conducting a technical feasibility stuy about parametric modelling and computer aided design functionality integration into Blender 3D modeling and animation platform.
Our vision is to extend Blender to be suitable for modeling of buildings. Even now some architects use it for this purpose, and afterwards it would be possible to release a free competitive tool that would fulfill this task.
Our study is considering the core aspects of this problem:
- Special tools and views, required for architects (i.e. automated bluep
- rints from the model);
- Exchangeable parametric objects (i.e. window, chair, etc) independent from the main model; integrated tools to maintain them (cvs, catalog like "android market" etc);
- performance optimization, bottlenecks and ways to tackle them; (i.e. LoD of parametric objects);
- import/export of the most popular formats;
- comparison with non-free analogs, and ways to make our product better.
The feedback of the community is going to be greatly appreciated!!!