nybt-forum-threads AlexandrosB13 NYBT Projects

[AlexandrosB13 184]

Oh well..This is happening to all of my files.

I formated my computer and when i transfered my files back to it they don't open

edit:

yay page 6 :/

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Did you go to autobak to see if you can use them?

[AlexandrosB13 184]

Well this happened after format and a clean install of autodesk, so no autoback files unfortunately. Right now i am recovering all of my formated hard drive files, so maybe i can find an older version and open it, i am not that sure but there is a little chance i could get it back..

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Did you try merging the files into a new scene?

[AlexandrosB13 184]

Aaron: Unfortunately that didn't work either

 

So i am working on some projects again, i decided to make mainly residential lowrises, bronx styled, because after playing my cities for a while i noticed that i need more of these building to get a great nyc look on my cities. I will get back to 1065 Avenue of Americas though. I started working on that apartment building from bronx. I don't have much yet, but i feel i really need to post since it's a while. I don't have any renders because for some reason they come up with some problems (blury) on design 2014, and i'm not sure how to fix that...

 

 

I am so lazy making the fire space -.- wish my fire scape scene wasn't corrupted so i could just merge it.. :/

 

More stuff soon

[Susaji 523]

Look's Nice!

[Sgt Pepper 864]

Welcome back! This one looks interesting and promising so far.

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Happy to see you batting again. 

 

3ds Max 2014 is not ready for Sim City 4 batters, because of the blurr in the renders. 

[Darknono35 3,138]

Welcome back Alexandros I'm glad to see your project

[T Wrecks 10,210]

Hey, welcome back! Glad to see you have returned.

[edwardjeria 503]

that good return, we hope to bring us projects and new thinking

 

[AlexandrosB13 184]

Thanks guys for all the comments 

 

Alright, this is the second of my newest projects. It is a typical NYC apartment like the ones Aaron is working at. It is located at the corner of 3rd Avenue and 84 st.. There are 2 more apartment buildings near the area that i will make after this one. So i'm pretty much working on low rise apartments like the one in the older post and apartments like this for now

 

This is what i got so far (i haven't reached the top yet, it is a bit taller)          (click for full size)

 

 

The building IRL: 

 

 

and a link to google maps: https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=1479+3rd+Ave.+ny&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x89c258bc40380455:0xcb757b78116c4db,1479+3rd+Ave,+New+York,+NY+10028&ei=zzmiUYmqAbD70gW-5YCgBA&ved=0CC0Q8gEwAA

 

Updates soon again

[Darknono35 3,138]

Yeah looks good too

 

You can help Aaron to recreated the apartment buildings of NYC

I want to see the next update

[edwardjeria 503]

I love

 

you and aaron should do a duet of construcuion market New York apartment

[edwardjeria 503]

alexandros a question and I hope it does not upset or feel bad

 

What about all the buildings that had promised?

  Working Eldorado Apartments: 1065 Avenue of the Americas 120 Wall Street in Harlem Apartments Uploaded: .. nothing yet 1065 Avenue of the Americas: The real building:. 500 5th Avenue

 

   

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

I'm worry about the distance from the edge of the lot, most w2w batters, make sure the building is 1.6 meters from the edge of the lot, awnings and can go 1.6 meters off the lot, so it will should look good right next to a six lane avenue from NAM.

For the building name it should be named 200 E. 84 Street. The building has terraces on the back of the building. You can on the link below to the the building base shape.

http://maps.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/?z=10&p=986363,211789&c=GISBasic

Here's a link to the buildings floor plan, the second floor should have some doors leading to the terraces. The second floor should have terraces and three doors.

http://nyre.cul.columbia.edu/projects/view/16781

In the image below the building has a underground parking. You can always look at the Hattan House and 605 park avenue.

Judging on the google maps image the underground parking is not for the people that's living in the apartment, but could be for the supplies for the stores on the ground floor. There's is not sign saying parking.

[Francis90b 748]

Looking good so far .

 

The facade is now completely clad in red bricks, but used to be white with grey horizontal bands - the fun thing of those buildings is that, often, cheap renovations made them drabber than they were before.

 

Pre 2009:

 

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

I knew the brick was changed, because when I looked at the bricks on the building on google maps they were so clean and new looking.

[AlexandrosB13 184]

edwardjeria: I have lost of those files..I will get back 1065 avenue of americas though. I might get back to Eldorado Apartments but not for now, i don't feel like doing everthing from the beggining, while 1065 A.o.A. is much easier to bat..

 

Alright so i made most of these changes, added doors at terraces, made the 1st floor terraces and all that but when i tried to open the file (and any other file) this morning i got this error and i can't render the scene -.-  I don't remember messing up with any max files so i'm not sure what this is. Maybe somebody knows. I can open the file i just can't render.

 

Edit: After a little research i think this has to do something with the materials? I made a multi-sub object doing pretty much exactly what is done in this video by Aaron :

 

 

I have only set the id's though not actual textures...

 

 

Here is a screenshot though (lol)

 

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Did you try merging the scene in a new one? It says it missing a Dll, some sort of file. No telling what the problem can be have you add a new material to the building just use something other than the texture your using and see if that works.

[Jasoncw 11,949]

What version of max are you using?

 

Those dll files contain various functions of max.  So, for example, one of the files missing has to do with glare, which means that you're missing the file that has max's glare functionality.

[AlexandrosB13 184]

I installed the entire program again and now everything is fine. I don't know if this somehow relates but this issue came up the first time i used max after a scan on my pc..nevermind everything is fine now.

 

So back to the building i have made some progress but i still need to work on a few things. I could have waited a little bit for the next update but i don't see myself bating the next 4-5 days because i will be very busy so i thought to post now.

 

 

 

 

[edwardjeria 503]

I like this being my friend

I want to see the first floor ready

[Darknono35 3,138]

Nice, and beautiful, I want to see your next picture and progress 

Keep up the good work

[T Wrecks 10,210]

That's some top-notch modeling there! Looks like you really got a grip on max nowadays. I don't have any suggestions for improvement at this point. Keep it up!

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

200 E. 84 Street does look great, Looks like one of Aaron Graham's buildings.  I have a twin now!!!!.

Looks back at the floor plan, the terrace for the second floor has to many dividers.

http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dlo?obj=ldpd_YR_0559_MH_002_003&size=large
 

 

What's circled in red should be removed, and what's in green should be added. The ramp for the garage should go below the ground floor.

 

[Vlasky 1,803]

Great job! You've been #AaronGrahamed 

[Darknono35 3,138]

Great job! You've been #AaronGrahamed 

  it's seems true

[AlexandrosB13 184]

Thanks a lot for all the comments!

 

Aaron: About the ramp I knew it should go down but I hadn't made it yet For the red circles I wasn't sure what to do. According to the architectural plans these shouldn't be there but the building has these as you can see at bing maps. In general there are some differences (at windows placing mostly) with bing/google maps and the architectural plans. At first my building was a little bit mixed up cause I was using both sources but now I decided to make everything according to the architectural plans. So when I post renders you will see some differences at it. Other than that I haven't done much on it that makes a difference to the eye, I fixed some geometry and changed bunch of openings. That's why I don't show anything new for now.

 

However I started a new project. The building is called 301 E. 63 St. (corner of 2nd Av. and 63rd St.). It looks a lot to Hattan House as you can see:

 

That's what I have for now (no ground floor again , don't have time for a few days)

 

 

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Looks really great, every time I see you new bats I think of me. If you do not know this building has a floor plan, that's if you do not know. The links are below. Another thing I have to say is what is the distance between the building and the edge of the lot, it should be 1.6 meters. if you need help let me know.

http://nyre.cul.columbia.edu/projects/view/16636