Learn how to add lighting fixtures into a 3D model using a given template and calculate the precise positioning of these elements. The article elucidates the method of importing objects from a warehouse, determining their placement, and duplicating them within a model.
Key Insights
- Detailed instructions are provided for importing objects such as chandeliers from a warehouse, specifically the VDCI warehouse, into a 3D model.
- The process of calculating the exact positioning of physical elements within a model is explained, using measurements and guides to ensure precise placement of imported objects.
- Final touches such as adding a roof and saving the model, as well as the possibility of further refinement with additional landscape features and exterior design elements, are also discussed.
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And the final thing that I want to do is add three light fixtures—hanging chandeliers—into the space. I have provided chandeliers, so you can go to File > Import and import the modern suspended light. We also have it in the VDCI warehouse.
If you go into 3D Warehouse and search for VDCI, go to Catalogs or Collections, then go to VDCI Sketch SKP 201 and find the VDCI Modern Suspended Light. Download this directly into our model. Now we have the origin for our light in the bottom right corner. We want this to be in the center between these two points.
So let's draw a guide from the bottom of this and see how far these are spaced. For measuring that, it is six feet seven inches, and half of that is three feet 3.5 inches. That is going to be our center point. Then move this up to the top of the truss in this corner. With this light, I will use my Move tool, hover right over this center point, and move it right along this grid line. Then let's draw another guide from the top.
Double click that, and now we have an intersection point between the two of these. From here, I can move this to the intersection. Again, I believe the spacing between these is slightly different, so we'll do the same process with our guide—at the bottom, from here, and go in red. We'll lock this over to here. We see that now that's seven feet six inches, so we want this to be three feet nine inches—that's our midpoint. Then we will move this up to align with this point. We have an intersection there. Then we'll do the same thing on this bottom: from here it's six feet seven inches, so we'll make that three feet 3.5 inches, and then move this in the blue direction to this point. Now we have intersections there and there. We can now copy this light fixture to that point, and then to the other point.
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Now I'm going to go to Edit > Delete Guides. I'll go back into my interior view, and we have our completed clubhouse with our light fixtures and our furniture. Lastly, I'll turn on my roof, and there we have it. I think this looks really great, and I'm really excited to bring this into our community park and continue to refine our community park with additional landscape features and exterior design elements. But before I do that, let's make sure I Save As clubhouse–final–DM (with your initials at the end of it). I'll save this file, and I'll see you in the next video.
