The HYTAC Basics course during the autumn semester of 2023 aims to introduce first-year architecture students to 3D modeling and printing their first models. Over the course of the first weeks, students will be guided through a step-by-step learning process of the Rhino3D software.
When: Tuesdays 09:45 until 11:45
Where: HIL E4 – Zoom
Start of course: 19.09.2023
Helpdesk: Opening hours
Email: hytac@arch.ethz.ch
Delivery Miro Board: Delivery Miro Board
3DJony: 3DJony
Discord: HYTAC Discord – how to join discord
Lecture: Modelling thought process + Modelling techniques part A
Exercises: Solid handling + Free modelling
Lecture: Modelling techniques part B + Modelling techniques part C
Exercises: Surface modelling + Boolean operators
Lecture: Watertight meshes + Levels of detail
Exercises: Mesh repair + Levels of detail
Preparation at home: W-1a: Archicad Foundations
Lecture: General CAD concepts + Story of AutoCAD + Scales in arch. drawings
Exercises: 2D CAD tools + 2D CAD modifiers
During the mandatory seminar week of semester I of the course of Design and Construction of Professor Andrea Deplazes, architecture students have the opportunity to discover and deepen their knowledge of modeling and 3D printing technologies.
This year the students’ atelier assignment will be the basis material for the HYTAC seminar week, where students will tackle topics of digital and hybrid architectural representation as a means to articulate and present their projects.
Each morning, a new topic or lecture, from CADing to 3D printing or hybrid model making is introduced by lecturer Benhamu.
These 5 intensive days are a great opportunity to work with fantastic and very helpful technologies, softwaresand hardware, for design in architecture!
