Comments on: Architectural Visualization Book

By: cekuhnen

cekuhnen — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:22:17 +0000

mh not very happy with the book.

also black and white prints are pretty useless when it comes to rendering.

By: DJ_Boxer

DJ_Boxer — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:16:43 +0000

@Wolfram: The reason there are no blend files is because this book is teaching you how to model from scratch. There are links in the book to some sites and there are many links on other sites for free blend models.

@MTBlender: for downloads of the solarium ask Allen Brito through his site.

@HumbleSage: I agree with your recommendation of what it's for.

happy blending :)

By: John R. Nyquist

John R. Nyquist — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:37:57 +0000

I'm a book- and Blender-aholic, my copy is on the way (finally!). =D

By: humbleSage

humbleSage — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:27:02 +0000

I started the book last night and only have a few pages left in the read. I have to say, the book may have been slightly mis-marketed.

This is not to say that the book is bad. On the contrary, it is quite well-written (aside from a few grammatical blunders), and presents its concepts quite well.

In regards to who this book may be for, well…

I would have to say it's plainly for people that wanted to get into Architectural Visualization with Blender, but lack the basics AND the workflow. It really tackles workflow VERY well!

For the rest of us, it exposes us to a side of 3D we may have ignored. I recommend it for beginners interested in Architecture outside of CAD and intermediates looking for insight on library creation and workflow.

Hope this helps the undecided decide.

By: Wolfram

Wolfram — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:39:48 +0000

Sorry to disagree with you folks. Compared with a other Blender books in this price range it is not up to par: it has NO CODE associated with it (though the announcement on Amazon says so) neither .blend nor .py files and the book's download page offers only a .zip files with a color version of the images (which in the book are in BW only) for which you have to hand out your E-mail address ….
I agree about the level of expertise offered by my fellow-reviewers but have to remark that I would consider buying the book again only at less than HALF the price considering the quality of print and the missing code mentioned already.

By: DJ_Boxer

DJ_Boxer — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:06:10 +0000

Just ordered both the e-book and the hardcopy! Can't wait for tonite to delve into the book.

@Andrew: When you select the e-book and hardcopy bundle it says total $45.89 that 10% off book and 85% off e-book which I find is a great deal for something like this!

By: Anish

Anish — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:40:43 +0000

I need this book

By: MTblender

MTblender — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:17:03 +0000

I've been reading the book, and wanted to try out the examples. My main focus right now is lighting. Are the example meshes (e.g. the solarium) available for download?

Thanks.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:54:32 +0000

wtf… the price said $5 for the ebook and I was like sweet!! Clicked buy, then it showed up as $30 went back to the original page and the price had gone up there too!

Looks like I missed out on a $25 saving by minutes :(

By: roofoo

roofoo — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:42:43 +0000

Yay! Mine will be here tomorrow!

As far as finding it in bookstores, not sure, it's a "print-to-order" book, so it may only be available to order, not a book they keep in stock at bookstores.