BLENDER: A Sample Lesson
• Copy of the image considered best by the author for the first Blender model. Source: Cedric Price fonds, CCA. [1]
[edit] Session 1
For the first session, the author recommends:—
- ... that students begin with the pink structural systems diagram (i.e. the fifth image in the set).
The image shows:
- pink floor plates
- central vertical service/core spine
- circulation arrows
- hanging deck logic
- sectional structural details at the bottom
Thus it is regarded as the best starting point.
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