3D Modeling
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In computer programs that model three-dimensional objects, a variety of abstract schemes are used to enable the designer to translate his or her ideas into reality. But the virtual shapes created by these programs are not real in the traditional sense of the word. They are nothing more than descriptions, a combination of algorithms that suggest the potential of being rendered into a form in which we can experience them—whether on a screen or as an actual physical object. These programs provide the designer a new facility, and the ability to create shapes that he or she might never have imagined or been able to fashion using traditional tools that work with physical materials. Computer-aided design (CAD) programs provide the designer or architect a new language to translate ideas into a form that can be built. Architect Frank Gehry used the CATIA system to create the plans for the Guggenheim Bilbao. The computer gave him a new language, a way to model shapes and non-Euclidean curves that traditional tools were not able to represent.
See Also
- Tetraktys Diagram
- Om
- 3D Modeling
- Changing Forms
