Our topic this week is using digital design tools such as Sketchup to conceptualize and build simple projects around your house or apartment. Our guest is designer John Zapf, proprietor of Zapf Architectural Renderings and the genius behind our chicken run. During the podcast we discuss:
- Why you should draw up plans before you build something
- Architectural Graphics Standards
- Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) technology
- John’s Cat Bed 7 (pictured above)
- Using pen and paper
- Making physical models
- Architectural scale and rulers
- Cinema 4-D
- Sketchup (a free and simple 3-D tool)
- Rhino
- Adobe Illustrator
- Thingiverse
- 3-D Printing
- Low-tech CNC using just a video projector and your computer
- MoI Moment of Inspiration
- How to learn good design
If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to [email protected]. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. The theme music is by Dr. Frankenstein. A downloadable version of this podcast is here.
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