La280 Kelsey Grebe's Portfolio 2013

Kelsey Grebe's Pool Detail Layout (Auto-Cad)

Kelsey Grebe: Survey, Section and Site Plan Layout (La280 Autocad)

For this project in Auto-cad  the class was given the survey (below) and had to include the corn crib in the existing site onto the new site to be created. A residence was drawn around the existing corn crib and features added onto the new site included: retaining wall, garage, shed, vegetation, hot tub, pool, deck, driveway, doors and pathways. The section view is SE, were you would see the corn crib and the woodlands in the background.

Sketch-up Models

Perspective of Wetlands and Residence in the Background

This was an exciting program. I really enjoyed making this wetland and adding in models. The only thing about this program is everything takes awhile to load and process so you need to have patience with it.

Plan View of a Model made in Sketch-up Including a Wetland

For this model made in Sketch-up I decided to leave the ground white which gave it a completely different look and makes some things easy to read and others not so much. Leaving it the ground white really makes the wetland area pop.

Ariel View

Even though I had turned the shading off when I took this Ariel shot, I noticed that it still turned out streaky. 

Section View Cut Diagonal throughout NE

The section tool to slice through your model was a quick and simple tool to use. I really liked how this picture turned out. It is clean and I like that I have the sky blue.

Beginning Auto-cad: Site Plan Layout

I fixed the line-weight on my items because it read too thick in my other drawing. I change this one to black and white which made it easier to read. There is hatching on my house, shed, and garage walls as well as the pool and hot tub areas. The pool hatching is a bit heavy and the transparency needs to be higher percent. I placed trees and shrubs along the driveway and  pathways to add to the visual appeal of the site. The retaining was was added along the west side of my deck where the land slopes towards the house.

Beginning Auto-Cad: In-Color

For this drawing I left it in color but noticed it was harder to see all of my lines. I also noticed that my house outline was too thick and wanted to change the color of my trees and shrubs to make them easier to read.

Analytical and schematic sections/prespective (Illustrator)

For this project, I could not figure out how to separate my analysis even though I outline it and click reset bounding box. I found that task to be very difficult. I enjoyed doing the section views but it took some time to bring the trees and people to the right scale. For the night perspective, I added a top layer to look as though it was starting to snow. I enjoy using Adobe Photoshop, so making the day and night perspective was a fun task I liked making the night perspective because it was something I had not done before on Photoshop.