Week 6 Guildhall - Constructing the Library/ swot analysis

Email sent to Helen Son to help group blog.

Dear Helen,

I think that our presentation was good because we outlined the overall direction of our project; which was to animate the history of how the guildhall was used within the community.

The presentation also highlighted the key areas that would be modelled and animated to include, the schoolroom, library and museum.

Swot Analysis

Strengths

The project strengths are a good analysis of the design brief through research which provided information to produce a storyboard.

A good team who is motivated and works well together.

Weaknesses

The 3dmax software takes time to understand and use which does have a limiting effect on creativity. Sometimes it takes longer to understand how to get 3dmax to model a part instead of actually engaging in the creative process.

Opportunities

The opportunity involves actually modelling an animation production for a real world client.

Threats

The main threat is the time factor.


Constructing the Library

The initial plan layout for the group.

The floor plan layout

Creating planes

Converting to editable poly's

Selecting polygons and extruding.

The library wall layout.

The historical side plan of the building showing the position of the library door and windows.

The floor layout plan shows the present day position of the door. However, the side plan shows the historical position of the door.

White reference lines were drawn onto the building side plans to find the position of the door and windows.

The lines were then grouped together and moved onto the model library wall. The vertices were then moved and polygons selected. The polygons were then removed to create the window and door aperatures.

The library opposite wall.



Modelling the internal wood uprights.



The library wall on the right hand side of the building is at a different height to the left hand wall. The height position of the library wall was found by using a reference line drawn at the same position on each side of the building plan at the ceiling height.