Could not get online to post anything yesterday, bummer.

I spent about an hour modeling part one of the Pool Deck from the Architecture Academy yesterday and a bit more time refining the model and my technique as opposed to Andrews. I modified the model by redistributing the deck railing posts, positioning better from a building ‘code’ point of view and added a couple of structural posts below the deck.  The posts were added below the deck because there was no way this design would pass any kind of inspection without them :).

From a modeling technique point of view I started using the ‘Enhanced 3D Cursor’ addon and snapping to edges, faces or vertices to place my objects more precisely and I found edge and vertex snapping much easier to use than face. I also took the time to correctly label all objects as I created them, or very shortly afterward. This does not add much time to the actual modeling but helps tremendously in the organization of your models, going back and doing this later is tedious.

I have come to love the Enhanced 3D Cursor addon and use of snapping as it gives me a more accurate model which is important to me being an Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer with a Architectural drafting background I like to be precise.