CSCI 140 Desk Gallery

3-D Computer Modeling 
CSCI 140 Spring 2003

Marshall, Laura

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Laura MarshallDesk Scene
The Blue Room
 
Inspiration

I've never liked white walls. When I was growing up the walls of my rooms were always white and now that I'm a renter I'm once again stuck with white walls. I like the idea of having each room in a house decorated in a different color. When given this assignment I decided to design an office that I might like to have if I could decorate a room anyway that I would like. The desk is modeled after a desk that I saw on the Pottery Barn website months ago but don't have room for in my current living situation. I decided on blue because it gives a calm and relaxed feeling to the room. I have tons plants so I had to throw the LightWave Potted Plant in the scene. The LightWave Designer Chair 2 looked pretty comfortable so I changed the colors on it and added it too. There were a few other little things I wanted to do but didn't have time to complete. I would have liked to have a wall hanging or two and I wanted to add an electrical outlet to make it look a bit more realistic.
 
  
 
Objects:DeskLaura
 LampLaura
 PencilLaura
 MonitorLaura
 GlassLaura
 PlantLightWave
 ChairLightWave
   
Textures:Woodhttp://www.3dcafe.com/ asp/textureswoods4.asp
 Carpet/Chairhttp://3dtextureworld.com/ material/material6.asp
 Drawer/Knobshttp://www.3dcafe.com/asp/ texturesmarbles1.asp
 
Problems & Solutions:

My biggest problem was that I would start designing something and I'd forget to check how big I was actually making it. A helpful tool to solve this problem is the Measure tool. It is found under the Construct menu in Modeler. It allows you to click on one point, drag to another, and get the dimensions of that area. Once you know how big or small it is you can scale it up or down appropriately..