Week 2

Spec Bump Textures

Materials Used

Material Reference

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PxhP8XX6FjVwB4og9LMv2dMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink - tiles
http://www.cgtextures.com/texview.php?id=43899&PHPSESSID=b2v4l2umtsvvmfnipffldi1eg0 - Crack
http://www.cgtextures.com/texview.php?id=38178&PHPSESSID=b2v4l2umtsvvmfnipffldi1eg0 - Red Feature
http://www.cgtextures.com/texview.php?id=38177&PHPSESSID=b2v4l2umtsvvmfnipffldi1eg0 - black feature
http://www.cgtextures.com/texview.php?id=11595&PHPSESSID=b2v4l2umtsvvmfnipffldi1eg0 - alge
http://www.cgtextures.com/texview.php?id=78608&PHPSESSID=b2v4l2umtsvvmfnipffldi1eg0 - ceiling
http://www.cgtextures.com/texview.php?id=81217&PHPSESSID=cjr67crco9pin2dodcqrbul2a5 - Concrete Dirty


Materials

I selected the 3 most common materials used to construct a building. Each material are completely different and have their own strengths and weaknesses when it comes to properties.

Reinforced Concrete

Concrete is created by mixing aggregate, cement and water together, when mixed it is able to be shaped and when solidified it becomes almost rock-hard. Curing is very important to the production of concrete because the cement tends to dry out fast and shrink thus not achieve its maximum strength and hardness. Concrete can be reinforced with steel rebars to achieve more more strength typically used in large constructions it also increases how long the concrete will last.  

Steel

 Steel is the largest mass produced material for large and commercial buildings, it is structurally powerful and can withstand most weather and man-made elements, it is also used to reinforce other material. Steel is made when combining iron and carbon and has a life expectancy of 25+ years depending on the environment.

Timber

Timber is the most used material when it comes to residential construction typically 1 story houses, it has the biggest environmentally impact out of all materials because of large sections of forest being cut down for the timber. The strength of the timber is determined by what tree it was cut from, trees have different strengths based on the grain, knots and shakes. Timber has a large variety of weakness's because there are many factors that can destroy/decay timber, some include fungus, termites, fire, moisture.

Progress on modeling in 3ds

I managed to model the entire building but i have not adding textures yet, i will be continue to find and add textures depending on what materials the building uses.