The Folding Lamp by Belgian architect Thomas Hick is an origami light that you can bend and fold into a variety of shapes. The Folding Lamp comes in 5 versions to match your style and your interior. To create the Folding Lamp, you start from a blank sheet of metal that folds along dotted lines, while playing with the order and angle of each fold. You can follow the instructions or let your creative instincts guide you.
Create your amazing design lamp starting from a flat sheet of steel.
Signed by designer, sculpted by you.
According to the architect: “The idea of the folding lamp came when I decided to surprise a close friend of mine who was getting married with a personalized gift. I used to play around with paper and geometrical forms before, so I took the challenge of creating something beautiful from a plain sheet of metal. Due to other priorities, this project was put on hold for a while. One day, seeing my kids play creatively with scissors and paper it got me thinking about this forgotten project and inspired me to re-launch it. My vision is to create a crowdsourcing platform where people can bring their own designs and create their personalized lighting. The role of the platform will be to convert these designs into products by offering manufacturing, marketing and distribution services.”
The available materials and colors are respectively Matt Black & Gold, Matt White & Gold, Matt White & Copper, Sanded Matt White & Red Chilli and Brilliant Black & White Pearl. The lamp includes a 2m power cord to give you maximum flexibility in placing the lamp in your home. The lamps are made in Belgium, Europe and meet European safety standards. They include a touch sensor, a high-end LED filament bulb, EU, US or UK plugs, and works with 110V-240V.
Creating an extension of indoor living is one of the favorite hobbies of a layman. Making a beautiful outdoor in the form of a garden always creates a natural and soothing environment and to achieve desirable results we have plenty of techniques to make a wonderland into our lawn by beautifying our surroundings.Putting an outdoor fountain or waterfall as a garden decorative structure reinvigorates the natural ambiance of our garden and breaks its silence. It brings the residence much closer to nature by influencing their imagination. Having a glimpse of the whirling water of the fountain also overwhelms one’s feelings. The sound of trickling water brings a feeling of tranquility to a yard and is also effective visually for decoration. Enjoy our collection of rock garden ideas and discover how to transform a home garden into a peaceful wonderland!
Rock Garden Ideas to Make Your Garden Looks More Natural
Organic and natural materials should be anyone’s first choice when decorating the outdoors and having a rock garden should definitely be on your wishlist this summer. Rock garden ideas becomes one of the most interesting ideas that is worth to be applied on the garden of your home in order to make it looks more natural. Rock gardens are an amazing way to build texture and depth into your backyard. Find 30 Rock Garden Ideas to Make Your Garden Looks More Natural.
Garden becomes one of the things that are commonly owned by people on their home. it is not only able to make their home looks more perfect, some great gardens even can become a great place that makes the owner of the home feels more relaxed on.
Why cultivate a rock garden? They’re low-maintenance. They’re in season all year round. They add variety to the landscape. Need another reason? Check out the inspirational pictures below. Combining the plants with the rock or stone becomes an interesting idea to be tried for making your garden looks more attractive. You can even apply some rocks in big size to be combined along with plans on your garden for creating more perfect natural look. Use rocks to transform your plain and boring backyard into a beautiful and relaxing oasis. Use their sculptural beauty to create eye-catching designs and try to make them look as natural as possible in the setting you’re providing.
Stones are not very expensive. If you are lucky enough to know where to find free rocks, you may not have to pay anything at all. If you need to purchase stones there are lots of options in a variety of shapes and sizes. Depending on the type of stone you choose, you can expect to spend $155 to $204 per one ton of stones.
Speaking of pathways, note how path and garden cleverly merge in the image below. Don’t be afraid to have fun with your rock garden layout, letting elements of your creativity shine through.
Many kinds of rocks can absorb a great deal of heat. They also reflect a significant amount of heat from their exposed surfaces. The heat reflecting off of the rocks makes the area warm during the day, and the heat absorbed is released at night, making the area also warmer at night. If you are not looking to make your area hotter all around a rock garden may not be for you.
Having a place where you could rest and take a good look at the surroundings would certainly be a great thing. We have prepared for you 33 ideas for your outdoor space: pergola design ideas and terraces ideas which are functional and practical and also suitable for every garden or terrace. Any of these could give you a place where you can breathe in fresh air and where you can see the vast heavens. That would be a relaxing view which can take away all your stress from a day’s work. If you are getting ready to furnish your terrace patio or porch you should definitely plan ahead.
also view: 40 Pergola Design Ideas Turn Your Garden Into a Peaceful Refuge
A pergola in the garden has many advantages – it is easy to build and offers numerous design options – it can bring a refreshing coolness and covered with an awning, or used as decoration and to really highlight your garden. Pergola designs are particularly effective where there is a floor covering – a garden path, a patio area or a terrace with wooden floor are just a few examples. This simple structure gives the options to setup a seating that looks fresh and inviting with colorful flowers and plants.
A modern design may fit your modern mansion but there are still a lot of details to go through because in the end you need to have a place to relax, entertain and dine with family of friends in the highest grade of comfort possible. Being surrounded by vegetation will not only bring a mesmerizing breathtaking apparel but fresh air as well. If you build a pergola in the garden in the immediate vicinity of the house, you will be able to always enjoy a place of rest. So that you do not bother, you can shield the pergola with awnings, or secure it by a structure made of wood and vines to protect your privacy. This is a modern pergola design and has a nice contrast to the classical columns.
It’s The Biggest Cruise Ship Ever Built… Here’s Some Surprises You’ll Find On board
Harmony of the Seas may be the king of the ocean. The biggest ship in the world is the new addition in the Royal Caribbean fleet. Everything about this vessel is done in grand proportions. At 362-meter long, this structure is larger than the Eiffel Tower in France.
It cost a mere $1 billion to build this floating city. It took 32 months to complete the 16 deck ship which boasts the tallest slide at sea, and the deepest pool at sea. Harmony of the Seas set sail this week for the first time from Southampton, England.
Harmony of the Seas can carry up to 7,000 passengers.
Royal Caribbean
23 pools, 20 restaurants, a theatre, casino, hospital, and jail are just some of the amenities found in the ship.
Royal Caribbean
The cruise has seven neighbourhoods like the Royal Promenade, Central Park, and Boardwalk.
Royal Caribbean
Cabins with no windows come with virtual ones from a real time camera from the ship.
Royal Caribbean
The world’s tallest sea slide, the Ultimate Abyss is 10 stories of adrenalin rush.
Royal Caribbean
Daredevils begin their ride in the Ultimate Abyss by entering through a purple anglerfish.
Royal Caribbean
Boardwalk takes you to a retro carousel and arcade area.
Royal Caribbean
The fastest high speed internet is provided on the Harmony of the Seas.
Royal Caribbean
“Harmony of the Seas is the product of our zealous spirit of continuous improvement, where we have combined revolutionary ship design with the technological strides,” says Richard Fain, Chairman and CEO of Royal Caribbean Cruises.
Royal Caribbean
The Bionic Bar employs robot bartenders.
Royal Caribbean
The robotic arms will make your drink exactly how you want it.
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The robots can make two drinks per minute and 1,000 drinks a day.
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Guests can enjoy the ship’s two FlowRider® surf simulators.
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There are two climbing walls, at an impressive 43 feet high each.
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The trio water slides Typhoon, Cyclone and Supercell make the Perfect Storm.
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The waterpark features water cannons, slides, and waterfalls.
Royal Caribbean
Central Park has over 12,000 trees and plants.
Royal Caribbean
A zip line that flies up to 120 feet above ground will make you lose your fear of heights.
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An ice skating rink and a basketball court are just some of the sport facilities available.
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Prices start at $1,125 per person.
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Harmony of the Seas will spend the summer travelling around Europe before beginning its voyage to the US in the winter.
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The 8 most expensive and insanely fast supercars in the world
If there’s one thing we learned from endless episodes of MTV Cribs back in the day, it’s that athletes, rock stars, and A-list celebrities are all bonded by a common interest: A love and passion for fast and expensive cars.
While everyone is likely familiar with expensive cars from the likes Porsche and Rolls Royce, there exists a subset of supercars which are so expensive that they even make a regular Ferrari seem affordable by comparison. At this level, we’re not talking about cars that cost somewhere in the multi-hundred thousand dollar range. Quite the contrary, my friend. No, at this level we’re talking about cars that sell for 7 figures and can easily hit 200 mph on the speedometer.
To get you acquainted with the types of cars the wealthiest in the world keep in their garages, listed below are the 8 most expensive supercars in the world.
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Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita – $4.85 million
Nearly $5 million for a car? Not to worry, the Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita is coated with diamonds. No, seriously. The body of the Trevita sports a pretty awesome visual appearance due to a diamond weave white carbon fibre body.
The company boasts: “For the Trevita, Koenigsegg developed something truly special. This is not paint. It’s not a tint. It’s actually white carbon fibre that shines like millions of diamonds when the sun hits the car.”
Under the hood is a 4.8-liter V8 yielding which offers up 1018 horsepower and a top speed of 254 mph. Only two models were ever produced so good luck finding one even if you have that much coin to waste, uh, I mean spend.
The car was highlighted by Jay Leno last year during a pretty fascinating episode ofJay Leno’s Garage, viewable below.
Lamborghini Veneno Roadster – $4.5 million
With only 9 units ever made, calling the Veneno Roaster a limited edition vehicle might even be misleading. The car delivers 750 horsepower and can reach a top speed of 221 mph.
Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse – $3.5 million
This car is insanely fast and can handle well at speeds exceeding 180 mph. This Bugatti can floor it at over 250 mph and as we highlighted previously, “the only thing preventing the car from going faster than advertised is that Michelin’s hasn’t yet figured out a way to keep its tires from exploding once they reach a consistent speed of 270 mph.”
Not only is the Bugatti Veyron wildly expensive, it’s also the most expensive car in the world to maintain. That fact, however, didn’t stop Floyd Mayweather from picking one up a few months back.
W Motors Lykan Hypersport – $3.4M
Though W Motors may not be a household name – the company was founded in Lebanon and is now based out of Dubai – its Lykan Hypersport is a supercar that impresses on all fronts. In keeping with the ‘limited edition’ motif we have going here, only 7 models of the car were ever manufactured.
For $3.4 million, you might not be surprised to learn that “each LED headlight is encrusted with 220 diamonds or a combination of any other precious or semi-precious stone chosen by the client.” Some of the other stone options include rubies, yellow diamonds and sapphires. Also not a surprise is that the car had a cameo appearance in the movie Furious 7.
The car has a reported top speed of 248 mph.
Video of the car in action can be seen below.
Pagani Huayra BC – $2.8 million
Only 20 models of the Pagani Huayra BC were ever made. The car can reach a top speed of 238 mph and recently made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show
And check out those doors.
Koenigsegg One:1 – $2.8 million
Forget 0-60, the 2015 Koenigsegg One:1 can go from o to 250 mph in 20 seconds flat. The car has an out of this world top speed of 273 mph, making it the fastest production car in the world. Only 7 vehicles were ever manufactured, with 4 units earmarked for Asia, two for European customers, and just one for the U.S.
Ferrari FXX K – $2.7 million
Okay, so the FXX K isn’t street legal, but it’s still one sleek looking car. Only 32 models of the car were ever manufactured and they were sold rather quickly. Speed wise, the FXX K can top 217 mph, making it the fastest Ferrari ever produced.
Ferrari F60 America – $2.5 million
Designed to commemorate Ferrari’s 60th anniversary, the F60 is an absolute beast of a vehicle. Another limited edition car, only 10 were made available in the United States. The car boasts 730 horsepower and has a top speed of 211 mph.
Lance Evans takes you on a day-long crash course of this powerful open source 3D application.
Until the day when desktop holography becomes a reality, 3D will remain the wholly grail of the graphics world. But 3D can be a very technical craft. And each 3D program has its own idiosyncrasies, making it all a bit daunting.
I cut my 3D chops on many programs that are now long dead and forgotten. Blender is one program I’ve wanted to learn for many years. I’ve even downloaded and installed it a few times, but fell short on the follow-through to learn it. Writing this article is my personal impetus to finally get to learning it. Perhaps it can be your impetus as well. Let’s see where we can take this in just 24 hours.
Why choose Blender?
Blender has many qualities that include years of steady development, a prized commodity in either commercial or open source projects. This has netted a broad range of capabilities, beyond even its full range of 3D modeling and animation tools.
For example, Blender has video editing, camera tracking, compositing, and even game creation tools all built right in. The fact that it’s open source and completely free is also an unbeatable perk! (Though donations to the Blender Foundation are a good idea.) With all this power, Blender’s toolset is often directly compared to top programs in the 3D field costing thousands, like Mayaor 3ds Max.
Naysayers may complain it lacks centralized support, since there is no commercial publisher with a help staff. However there is ample support onlineon many sites, and even a real time IRC chat option. This means nights and weekend support too! Plus, the Blender community can be uniquely generous with its help.
The other knock is Blender’s much smaller market share, which means there are perhaps fewer companies looking to hire Blender artists. Having said that, know that this is changing and there are sites like the Blender Network that specialize in matching Blender artists with employers. And even mainstream job sites are getting more Blender savvy every day.
None of this is even an issue if you run your own shop or are just doing your own thing. Then all that matters are the final renderings. And few clients know or care about all this techno-geek talk.
Blender’s own jobs website, and it’s gaining ground on other job boards as well
My first hour with Blender: installing and learning the interface
I went up to Blender’s website , clicked on the ‘Download’ link, and chose between the installers available for Mac, Windows, Linux and even FreeBSD. (And made a small donation while there!) Installation was almost crazy-easy, and fast. Which is common for most open source programs.
Blender splash page
Once installed, I booted it up like a kid on Christmas morning. The splash page had a number of links, including one to the official Blender manual online. The manual is an excellent resource, but perhaps a bit better suited to those that already have an introduction to both 3D and Blender.
Blender’s official online manual
Upon first viewing, Blender’s interface can be overwhelming. But it isn’t as complicated as it first looks. Once you understand the logical thought process it becomes much less daunting. Logic-wise it’s rather similar to Adobe programs like Photoshop or InDesign.
Blender’s default user interface. See the text for a quick explanation of its UI
The default Blender interface is made up of four areas. (A) in the image above is called the Toolbar, a collection of the most commonly used tools. (B) is the 3D Viewport, or work window. (C) is a vertical stacking of many control/preference/properties interfaces, which again, is just like Adobe products you know. (D) is the timeline, for animation work. You might be familiar with this from programs like After Effects.
Understanding these basics makes Blender all the more approachable. Although not necessarily more useable. Before looking at any instructions, I felt compelled to muck about with the buttons, doodads and doohickeys, and hoped to find my way around. But I’ll admit that I wasn’t too successful. I began to realize that Blender wasn’t quite as intuitive – at least for me – as I had hoped.
So I started to explore what alternative ways I could go about learning it, beyond the button-poking. I quickly found out there are quite a few learning options out there.
An extreme example of multi-monitor support
Hours two-four: organizing my education
Starting my second hour with Blender, I began hunting for ways to learn it. I started out the way many of you would, by looking online for books. A quick search turned up dozens of books which included titles such as ‘Blender 3D Cookbook’ and ‘Blender Basics’ (both from PACKT Publishing), and ‘Blender for Dummies’ (John Wiley & Sons), all recently published as print and Kindle editions.
I ordered a few of these books for download. Which books best fit your learning style is up to you. As might be expected by the title, the ‘Dummies’ books take extra pains to make easing into a new subject as painless as possible, so are a good place to start. But they also tend to not go as deep as other offerings. All the books were well written and took me step by step.
And while I began learning from these books, I had to acknowledge that whether it’s our cultural evolution, or just me getting older, I found it harder to read this tech material than I used to. So I began looking for other ways to learn.
Hours four-10: video education, part one
Again, I didn’t do anything different here than most of you, I went trolling around YouTube with search phrases like ‘learn blender’, which gave a return of 157,000 videos. I’m sure most had more to do with making a good smoothie, but still, there were hundreds on Blender 3D.
An advanced subject: creating a city in Blender
Some of the most popular Blender tutorial channels included Blender for Noobswith over 27k subscribers, Blender Guru with over 153k subscribers (see the amazing architecture video!), and tutor4u with over 172k subscribers.
Pure fun: Minions in Blender!
Jacob Lewis offers a 2014 updated 10-part video series called ‘Blender Absolute Beginner Tutorial’ with about 380k subscribers. One video that is seriously worth a look is Max Coulfield’s great Blender sculpture timelapse.
‘Sculpting’ a young female head and shoulders
I spent time finding and then watching many videos, and at this point I had clocked in roughly 10 hours of working on the Blender project, across two or three days. Trying to do it all in one day would surely have exploded my tiny head.
Hours 10-15: video education, part two
After viewing YouTube tutorials for a bit, I will admit to a bias against any that begin with “Yo-yo fellas… wassup?” An experience that can leave you wanting more formally prepared material.
So I finally did something that many of you might not actually do. I contacted Ton Roosendaal, the original creator of Blender, and now the Chairman of the Blender Foundation. He was gracious and we exchanged a number of emails. At his suggestion, I got in touch with Jonathan Williamson, a co-founder and instructor at CG Cookie, an online computer graphics video education resource. CG Cookie has courseware for Blender, as well as other subjects like creative concepting and Unity game development.
CG Cookie offers online video courseware on Blender
CG Cookie offers what they call ‘Learning Flows’ for Blender, which contains 141 separate video installments. These are broken down into 9 sections, with topics like modeling, lighting, etc. The first module in the series is ‘Blender Basics’, which they make available at no cost. It contains six videos that run about a half hour total. Over the next few days I watched the intro videos, and as many of the follow-up sections as I could. All the while popping back to Blender to try things out.
Hour 15 and beyond…
I also touched base with Anja, who runs the Blender Shop on blender.org. She provided a long list of Blender learning resources, which we have reprinted at the end of the article.
So by the time I was nearing my 18th hour with all of this, I was feeling like I was in a fairly good place. By that I mean I could navigate around the interface with aplomb, I could create, modify, and texture map models (with limits on complexity), light them, and render out basic animations. In other words, I could knock out basic day-to-day 3D work. No character modeling, video editing or compositing, I’ll leave that for another day.
If this was for myself instead of an article it would have gone faster. One book and one video series would have been fine. I’m sure you’ll keep things simpler.
So what are you waiting for? Download it now, and let us know how your learning curve goes!
Resources (from Anja at Blender Shop)
A good way to learn Blender if you don’t have experience with 3D
programs is to start with Blender’s own tutorials and manual.
You can find lots of free tutorials on the internet about learning Blender.
Here are some links with lots of information:
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Tutorials
Following our readers poll last year, here’s an updated list of what we think are the best ten apps for architects. From condensed versions of large scale programmes architects and designers use every day, to blank canvases to scratch ideas down onto, you might just find an app that could improve the way you work.
#10 Photosynth (iOS/Windows)
If you’ve ever been on a site, or in an interesting location, and are bored of flat panoramas then this app holds the answer. It’s user friendly and, once you’ve stood in one position and circled for a while, it stitches a collection of photos together and gives you a great 360degree panorama.
#9 AutoCAD 360, formerly AutoCAD WS (iOS/Android)
Get all your CAD plans on a mobile device. It’s simple and easy to use. They do require a ‘Pro’ subscription for some features.
#8 iRhino 3D (iOS)
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iRhino
Using this app you can view any Rhine 3DM file on your mobile device. It’s a great way of showcasing your models.
#7 Autodesk Formit (iOS/Android)
As a subsidiary of Autodesk Revit, this app allows you to create and alter BIM models on mobile devices.
#6 Morpholio / Morpholio Trace (iOS)
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Morpholio Trace
The Morpholio Project is really interesting and offers an insight into where skilled app designers can go with a good idea. Trace is an architect’s best friend and they offer an app that does just that – you can read an ArchDaily review of it here.
#5 Adobe Ideas (iOS)
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Vector based sketching
This app gives a few tools to jot down ideas quickly and efficiently. It doesn’t provide as many export options as our #4, but does work well on both iPhone and iPad.
#4 Sketchbook (iOS)
This app (designed by Autodesk) offers you sketching freedom coupled with useful ways of exporting drawings on different canvas sizes and at different resolutions. It might feel as user friendly as our #1 app choice, but it’s certainly useful.
#3 Graphisoft BIMx (iOS)
Introducing Hyper-models – Graphisoft’s term for describing BIM on mobile devices – has the potential to make BIM even more popular. As an app that can be used by every member of a project’s design and construction teams, it’s worth checking out.
#2 MagicPlan (iOS/Android)
MagicPlan is, well, magic. It takes advantage of the devices camera and augmented reality to create floor plans of rooms. All you have to do is stand and point your device and it does the rest of the work. You can then export these drawings as a PDF, JPG, or DXF. It takes a bit of getting used to at first but, once mastered, is quite accurate.
#1 Paper (iOS)
With five tools and a blank canvas, coupled with as many virtual sketchbooks as you want, Paper is one of the most loved mobile sketching apps. Having won Apple’s App of the Year and been given the 2012 Apple Design Award, the app has also been extensively reviewed by The Verge. It’s fast, easy, and responsive.
The Smithsonian is the world’s largest research and museum complex, with 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park, and various research stations. More than 137 million objects detailing America’s story are housed here, so you’d better prepare for a long week of walking. There’s so much to see that, if you spent one minute day and night looking at each object on exhibit, in ten years you’d see only ten percent of the whole. Therefore, it’s wise to head out with a plan. Focus on only one or two exhibits at two or three different museums.
Main attractions: Dorothy’s ruby red slippers, the dresses of the First Ladies, and the original Star-Spangled Banner at the National Museum of American History; the Gem Hall (including the Hope Diamond) at the National Museum of Natural History; and the Wright brothers’ 1903 Flyer, the Spirit of St. Louis, and the Apollo 11 command module at the National Air and Space Museum.
Le Louvre, Paris, France
The Louvre was a medieval fortress and the palace of the kings of France before becoming a museum two centuries ago. The addition of I. M. Pei’s pyramid shocked many when it was unveiled in 1989 as the new main entrance, yet it somehow works, integrating the palace’s disparate elements. The museum’s collections, which range from antiquity to the first half of the 19th century, are among the most important in the world. A good place to start is the Sully Wing, at the foundations of Philippe-Auguste’s medieval keep—it’s in the heart of the Louvre, kids love it, and it leads straight to the Egyptian rooms.
Main attractions: “Venus de Milo,” “Winged Victory of Samothrace,” and Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa.”
The Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece
The stunning ground floor gallery houses finds from the slopes of the Acropolis. Its amazing transparent glass floor provides a walk over history, with a view of the archaeological excavation, while sloping upward to the Acropolis with sanctuaries of the Athenians from each historic period nearby. Smaller settlements have been excavated, yielding glimpses of Athenian life. For the first time, the exhibits in the Archaic Gallery allow visitors to take in all sides of the objects, which are displayed in open spaces characterized by changing natural light.
Main attractions: The frieze of the Parthenon is mounted on a structure with exactly the same dimensions as the cella of the Parthenon, giving comprehensive viewing of every detail.
State Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
Russia may be isolated from the artistic centers of Paris, Rome, and London, butthe Hermitage has managed to acquire a spectacular collection of world art—more than three million items—spanning the years from the Stone Age to the early 20th century. The museum occupies six buildings along the Neva River, the leading structure being the confection-like Winter Palace. This gloriously baroque, blue-and-white structure was finished in 1764 and over the next several centuries was the main residence of the czars. Catherine the Great founded the museum that same year when she purchased 255 paintings from Berlin. The museum’s focal point is Western European art—120 rooms in four buildings ranging from the Middle Ages to the present day. Rembrandt, Rubens, Tiepolo, Titian, da Vinci, Picasso, Gauguin, Cézanne, van Gogh, and Goya are all represented here. For in-depth tours, contact Glories of the Hermitage.
Main attractions: The Treasure Gallery’s Gold Rooms showcase golden masterpieces from Eurasia, the Black Sea Littoral in antiquity, and the Orient. The museum also houses pieces from Nicholas II’s private collection, including paintings, drawings, and medals created to commemorate his coronation.
The British Museum, London, England
Britain’s largest museum looks after the national collection of archaeology and ethnography—more than eight million objects ranging from prehistoric bones to chunks of Athens’ Parthenon, from whole Assyrian palace rooms to exquisite gold jewels.
Main attractions: The Egyptian gallery boasts the world’s second finest collection of Egyptian antiquities outside Egypt, including the Rosetta Stone, carved in 196 B.C.
The Prado, Madrid, SpainThe Spanish royal family is responsible for the Prado’s bounty of classical masterpieces. Over centuries, kings and queens collected and commissioned art with passion and good taste. In addition to stars of Spanish painting such as Velázquez, Goya, Ribera, and Zurbarán, the Prado has big collections of Italian (including Titian and Raphael) and Flemish artists. Fernando VII opened the collection to the public in 1819, in the same neoclassic building it’s housed in today, designed by Juan de Villanueva.
Main attraction: “The Three Graces” by Rubens.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New YorkThe Metropolitan Museum of Art is the largest museum in the Western Hemisphere. Its collection of more than two million items is not only broad—covering the entire world, from antiquity to the present—but deep, with holdings so large in a number of areas that some might be considered museums unto themselves. Its European paintings are stunning: works by Botticelli, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Degas, Rodin, and other luminaries. The Egyptian Collection showcases the tomb of Perneb (circa 2440 B.C.) and the exquisite Temple of Dendur (circa 23-10 B.C.). The American Wing contains American arts and crafts, including a room from a Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie House. And the list goes on and on.
Main attractions: “Adam and Eve,” the well-known engraving by Albrecht Dürer, is only one of the many impressive pieces you will discover at the Met.
The Vatican Museums, Vatican City, ItalyTwenty-two separate collections comprise the Musei Vaticani, each one more spectacular than the next. The most famous are probably the Museo Pio-Clementino, with its splendid classical sculpture; the Raphael Rooms, entire rooms painted by Raphael; the Pinacoteca (picture gallery), which contains the cream of the Vatican’s collection of medieval and Renaissance paintings; and, of course, Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel. But there is also the ancient Egyptian exhibits of the Museo Gregoriano Egizio, as well as the Etruscan offerings of the Museo Gregoriano Etrusco. And that’s just a start.
Main attractions: The renowned Sistine Chapel and the Raphael Rooms are not to be missed.
The Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy“Great” is an overworked adjective in Italy, where so many of the country’s monuments and works of art command the highest praise. In the case of the Galleria degli Uffizi, it barely does justice to a gallery that holds the world’s finest collection of Renaissance paintings. All the famous names of Italian art are here—not only the Renaissance masters, but also painters from the early medieval, baroque, and Mannerist heydays.
Main attraction: “The Birth of Venus” by Botticelli is one.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the NetherlandsAbout 900,000 objects fill the Rijksmuseum, the largest collection of art and history in the Netherlands. It is most famous for its paintings by 17th-century Dutch masters, including Ruysdael, Frans Hals, Johannes Vermeer, and Rembrandt van Rijn. Established in 1800 to exhibit the collections of the Dutch stadtholders, the Rijksmuseum also displays art from the Middle Ages. The main building is closed for renovation until 2013; collection highlights are displayed in the Philips Wing and at Rijksmuseum Schiphol.
We have hit the last DAY of the series, and we hope we have provided you with some insight and that those will help you and give you more confidence to walk further toward your being a Pro AutoCAD user.
In this session we will rush a little bit, and learn few things you need to learn before closing.
Things we are going to be pushing forward in the following lines, are
How to you write a text in AutoCAD
Working with Layers in AutoCAD
How to annotate in AutoCAD
All will be covered just from the basics point of view, but the most important will be covered.
LEARNING AUTOCAD BASICS
ANNOTATION IN AUTOCAD
Learn more about Annotation in AutoCAD
TEXT IN AUTOCAD
This can also be reached from the HOME tab
annotation
WORKING WITH LAYERS IN AUTOCAD
hey! If you have any confusion about this, Just leave a comment below. Let me know what is confusing about this, I will make it clear for you
The following image will serve as an exercise.
This is nothing but the image we worked on DAY 19, Now the task will be to create 5 Layers, and place each of the part of this project in its appropriate layer.
Layer 1: the Object itself
Layer 2: The Dashed lines
Layer 3: The center line
Layer 4: HATCH pattern
Layer 5: Annotations
Your layer properties manager window should look like the following.
Nothing new under the sun. Here we come again with a bushy one.
Today, you will need the ARRAY command, the FILLET command and the OFFSET command (we made an extensive use of the OFFSET command in DAY 7). There is no need to mention that you will need the LINE command, the CIRCLE command, may be the ROTATE command too.
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The following image provides some additional information needed to perform the exercise with success.
For the sake of exercising with the HATCH command, you can HATCH the above project at the end if you wish.
Today, we have a pretty straightforward image to replicate, and part of the task here is to use the HATCH command once the image is created.
The image below can help you locate the HATCH command.
To sum it up, they wont be lots of difficulties in this one. You need to be able to place objects however it is required in a 2D space. We tend to the end of this series, and one thing that you need to learn with these is to master the 2D space in AutoCAD. If you wish to jump into the 3D world later on, it is necessary you master how to move element in a 2D space.
DAY 18, a lot must have happened by now. We wish you have been learning something valuable since the beginning of the series.
Here comes one of the easiest one of the series. You will agree with us that if this exercise appeared earlier that would look more difficult than it looks at this point. With all you have accomplished so far, this should be a piece of cake, just helping you retrain some of the stuff you have been learning here with the Learn AutoCAD Basics in 21 Days series.
In this session, it will be required to use the ROTATE command and the OFFSET command a lot.
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The following figure is the exercise without annotation.
There is not much hardship in the session we are about to have. This should be a piece of cake if you have been following the series since DAY 1.
Just for the sake of knowing, here are couple of things you need to know before diving into today’s exercise:
You need to have mastered the use of MIRROR command. You can avoid using it but using it the right way to go. After creating those arcs, Use the MIRROR command to create a mirrored copy on the other side. The red lines can serve as a line of symmetry.
To create the arcs, you need to use the feature Tan Tan Radius of the CIRCLE command. If this is the first time you hear about this, it is not late to go and check it out.
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To avoid the preceding image to be too bushy, we’ve split information. You can find the remaining part of the information you need in the following picture.
In this Learn AutoCAD basics DAY, we have learned how to grow an array on an ellipse. Today we are going to combine that skill with others to complete today’s project.
That being said, we will suggest you to master the experiment we made on DAY 12 and the use of the ARRAY command in AutoCAD before trying this one out.
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The following is the image of today’s experiment.
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EXECUTION
Now, we would love to provide the following images. Those will contribute to make you see clearly how you should proceed .
You can notice an ellipse of 55 x 108 on the figure below, it is what you have to use to create the array. Those small circles are equally spaced around the path of the array.
The center of the Big circle is shown on the image below and denoted by A.
The following image gives a dimension that will be important while designing.
The red line on the last image shows a line of symmetry that will be used to get the down part of the object completed.
Note you will be required to use the OFFSET command in this exercise.
In this post, we are going to be perfecting how to handle positioning in AutoCAD.
The Object SNAP mode will be important for this session, The exercise itself is an easy one, but you need to be a bit cautious about where each of the object is placed in the project.
The use of the OFFSET command will be helpful and the ability to create a circle with the feature Tan, Tan, Radius.
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The following is the exercise we are going to be using in this session.
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Additional important information are brought using the following image.
FIGURE 2
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EXECUTION
The following is the key image which will help complete this project.
You need to first get the above image then Trim it, and you should get the following.
What you need to do now is: Give the red part an OFFSET of 10 units, and you will end up with the following.
It is all clear now, you surely know what to do next to complete today’s task. Do not forget the two FILLET of R5 we have just below the two circles.
In this session there will be nothing difficult, except the fact that it will help you develop yoursense of analysis while using AutoCAD.
Looking at the exercise below, you should be able to, from a first look, determine all commands you need to be able to accurately replicate the object of today’s experiment.
You by now possess all you need to be able to complete the following without any problem
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EXECUTION
For some, figures above will not be self-explanatory enough, that is why we are bringing the following image. Pay attention to the skeleton-image used while creating the project, you will notice this is even easier that what it seemed at first.
Our suggestion will be to start from the base line (line of 80 units). All information are provided for this not to be a headache.
Feel free to drop a couple of words below in case of difficulties.
If you remember what we did in Learn AutoCAD DAY 7, you will notice that the following is quite similar to it. We had to learn how to use the OFFSET command and we have been using it throughout since sometime now. In this session, you have to use it as well.
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We have bent this to push you to use the ROTATE command. But it you have eyes to look at the image in a more engineering point of view, you will quickly notice that you can draw the object without inclination angle and bending it just at the end of the project, but as we indicated earlier in this series, feel free to go free-style unless stated not to. But avoid wasting time!
Take the shortest way!
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If you have difficulties, check how we solved the exercise on Learn AutoCAD DAY 7 and Learn AutoCAD DAY 8 that may help you. This exercise is simply the combination of those projects.
All here is a déjà-vu. Last session, we’ve learned how to use the ELLIPSE command in AutoCAD, in this session we are coming back with an even easier ellipse.
BUT, but now, the focus will be made on something totally different.
in Learn-AutoCAD-DAY-6, we have worked with the ARRAY command for the first time. Today you will need that command line more than EVER. And it is compulsory to have mastered it before trying the coming exercise.
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NOTE: Element in the array are equally spaced around the ellipse.
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On the following image, the red line represent the PATH of the array. It resulted of an OFFSET of 5 units from the outer ellipse.
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OBJECTS IN THE ARRAY
The object in the array is nothing but the following
You can find dimension of the circles on the first image above.
EXECUTION
The only thing that might be hard to accomplish here is the array. There is nothing like ARRAYELLIPSE in AutoCAD, what you need to do to create this array is using the ARRAYPATH.
To use the ARRAYPATH command using an ELLIPSE, you need to cut the ellipse into two, and use the ARRAYPATH on each of the side, that is it.
We would like to let you fight with it and figure it out yourself, using information we provided above.
Feel free to drop your opinion and concern in the comment section below.
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