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3D Visualisations aren’t just for professionals.

 

I work with clients on a number of different projects and they use 3D Visuals for many different reasons. From concept drawings to fully rendered 3D Models - clients use my drawings and designs to market and sell a property before it is even built, sell an idea/space for a potential build or to explore and plan renovations and self builds.

Although I work with professionals in the interior design industry, I also work with homeowners. I will work with a client from either; survey of existing space or using 2D Floor Plans that may have been received from an architect. We will then build the space in 3D working out how it will best function and look. Whether it is a gym, a studio, a workshop or perhaps a guesthouse. We will work through the plan dropping and arranging furniture | equipment or instruments - for the space. Ideas can easily be explored with the click of a button and decisions can be made in minutes, not months, saving the client lots of time, headache and perhaps even money. We can explore different paint colours, flooring materials and go into as little or as much detail as the client desires in order to get an achievable look and finish for the space. 

I can work on a hourly, day to day basis or provide a package deal that best suits you and your project, while also depending on the level of detail you require. If you want to see my rates, you can click on the button below :)

3D Visualisations aren't just for professionals and I would like to offer my services to help people explore ideas, to give someone the confidence to go ahead with a new project and make a dream a reality. I will help with planning and designing your space whether it be a simple room renovation or a completely new build. Please get in touch if you would like to explore more :)

Practicing my imaging rover skills! ;)

Once again we come to the end of another month. Isn't this year going faster than ever? Or is it just me? This month I have been focusing on three main areas, photography of course, 3D Modeling for Interior Designers / Architects, and also touching base and experimenting with the latest technology in surveying. 

This month I trialled Trimble's V10 and I had a great time doing it! It was fast and easy to use. The system has 12 built in cameras, as well as gyrometers and accelerometers which basically means that while you edit the images you can take centimeter accurate measurements at the same time! A little better than Photo Match right? Trimble has also made it easy to marry this piece of technology with SketchUp so that you can easily build to-scale 3D Models from the panorama photographs. Amazing! 

This is a great tool to use in conjunction with 3D Modeling. I will write an update with my test results soon :)

Visualisations

Do you Re-imagine how your home could look, if you could knock down a wall or put on an extension? I know I do. when i was growing up, i was forever changing my bedroom around. now, I do it for a living. But instead of physically picking up and moving heavy furniture around and taking a sledge hammer to a wall, I can simply drag and drop as required. With a click of a button I can change the colour of the walls, re-arrange rooms and build new walls. How do I do this? With a visualisation.  

From years of Floor Planning services for Estate Agents in particular, I was always thinking about how I could change that plan to make the property more sellable, what simple things I could do to help homeowners sell or how I could give buyers the inspiration for their new homes. With a two year degree in Interior Design and extensive skills in 3D Modelling, now I can. By measure and survey of an existing property or plans taken from an architect, I can turn a floor plan in to a 3D Model, I can then insert furniture and give it life. 

Who uses visualisations?

You could be a homeowner who wants to see what a new extension might look like, an interior designer wanting to sell their vision to a client, or a property developer wanting to get ahead and sell their build before it's finished. Whoever you are, visualisations are a powerful way to truly imagine the possibilities. 

What would you do if you had all the money in the world? How would you live your life differently?

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Ask yourself -

"If I had all the money in the world, how would I live my life differently?"

Well, some people might just answer that with, "I want a big house, flash car, flat screen TV, swimming pool (insert endless list of material things) and to sit on my bum and drink and eat, party and get taxied around all day, oh and have people do everything for me." But most people, (I would like to think) would start doing what makes them happy everyday, things that make others happy. They would fulfill their dreams of traveling the world or getting a degree, starting their own company, help others less fortunate, or to finally be able to start and bring up a family.

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For me, it might sound strange, but if I had all of the money in the world, I would still want to do exactly what I am doing. I might be able to achieve my goals a little quicker, which would be nice, or be able to fly home when I wanted to see my mum, but alas you also have to try and enjoy the journey while you are living it. And flying back and forth to Scotland would not be an ideal solution for my odd homesickness.

My journey, the short version- It started with photography which then led to an interest in Interior Architecture and Design. Drawing Floor Plans led to space planning and the combination of all these things, has then driven me towards 3D Modeling and now; 3D Laser Scanning. Pause. This is when I laugh. 

My family industry/business background is laser scanning, surveying, manufacturing. It is ironic that with all of my ideas to pivot away from this industry, follow my own path, that was completely and utterly removed from said industry, to have actually looped full circle and found myself back to where I started. But this makes me very happy. I was lucky enough to go out and explore the world, find my own path, and not be pushed into something I didn't want to do. Growing up, I saw the technology as exciting but the industry, dare I say it? Boring. Dinner table conversations were about surveying, quarrying, mining, distances, measurements; so you can understand, this is not exciting or inspirational conversation to a teenager.

It wasn't until I could start to relate the technology to something that really interested me. Architecture, Interior Design and Photography. It would seem, the world is indeed, a small place and everything and everyone is intertwined. I feel that as technology advances, the world is going to become a much smaller place, where all industries connect and people, relate. This in turn helps with that odd homesickness. :)

"If I had all the money in the world, how would I live my life differently?"  

I read the question again. If money were no object, I would allow myself to be educated as much as possible, not just in the terms of receiving a degree and to get that well paid job. For the degree is only a piece of paper and that well paid job is not guaranteed, and at the end of the day, you might despise it anyway. But I want to be educated for me, my benefit, for what I want to learn; my passions and my personal goals. A short course, a training session, a workshop, a convention. I think degrees are fantastic and I would probably do another, but they should be catered for the individual, not for the system. (More on this in a later blog.) The trick, is to keep on advancing yourself at every opportunity. I think the best thing we can get out of life, is knowledge. If I hadn't have been involved in those said 'boring' dinner conversations growing up, I probably would not know as much about laser scanning technologies as I do now. And surprise surprise, I have started to use this knowledge. Discovering what I really would change if money were no object has made me realize, I live to be educated, inspired, excited and passionate about what I do. Do not take anything for granted, learn from every situation, from every person, from every job you do, no matter what it is or who they are. For what you learn or who you meet along the way, will probably inevitably, help you in your future. 

 

 What would you do if you had all the money in the world? How would you live your life differently?