Robin tries to BAT.....

[rooker1]

So I have decided to jump into the BAT.  I just started about 2 weeks ago....reading over some sugested tutorials that I thought in the end were very easy to follow.
Here are just a few that I have made use of so far....

BAT Essentials

Making a Custom Foundation
Simple Industrial BAT Techniques
How To Create Arched Windows

will continue this thought later......
Robin

[art128]

Robin gonna BAT ??! What a great surprise my friend !
I wish you all luck with that and can't wait to see your first attempts.. 
-Arthur. 

[TheTeaCat]

At last I gonna get to see some more of your work Robin

Sticking the kettle on for a cuppa while I wait


TTC

[jmyers2043]

Watch this space in anticipation

I guess I shall as will BarbyW

[threestooges]

I think we'll be plesantly surprised by what he'll have to show.

[KoV Liberty]

Yeah...

[dragonshardz]

Can't wait to see what you produce, Robin.

For now, I'll be getting back to my chemistry homework.

[Steamrobin]

Someone called Robin can't do something bad.

[Jmouse]

Watching. Anticipating.

[Sciurus]

I'm impatient to see my house I proposed you
I wait this and other BATs you'll do

Guillaume

[tooheys]

Make your mind up, you're either BATman or Robin Can't wait to see what this dynamic duo (split personalities or not) come up with .

Dave

[rooker1]

This will be the front office to a warehouse.



What do you think so far?

Robin 

[jmyers2043]

Looks good so far. I like inset entrances.

Now is the perfect time to get the scale for you bat close. One of the first things I do at the beginning of every bat is to make a 4X1X1 box. Four meters is the height of an in game sim. I use it to get windows, doorways, the general scale at the heights that I want.





Good Luck with your bat. . .

[rooker1]

So right away my scale is off.  I made the door 3x1.25.  So you are suggesting 4x1.5 maybe?

And does anyone know how I can make the render preview picture larger in size?

Robin 

[JoeST]

Awesome stuff will be keeping an eye on this

the Joe-ker

[metarvo]

Good work so far, Robin.  I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out. 

[rooker1]

Been thinking about the door height....actually height in general.
This is how the units are set up in gmax for me.  In meter, should I have it some other way or will this be okay?



I followed BAT Essentials pretty carefully and it is suggested in there that a door should be 3x1.25 in meters.  I do understand that the game shrinks the hieght and we need to compensate for this.  It would be really nice for the beginer (such as myself) if there was some kind of list that gave suggested sizes for the game.  Heights of doors, people, floors, width for transit pieces, etc..... just a thought really.  ANd maybe there is one already, I just don't know where it is.

So right now I am unsure if I should rescale the height of my model or just continue....

Robin 

[Diggis]

Hehe, that would be nice, if there was any consistancy.  A floor of a small house could be up to 6m, as opposed to a floor of a tower block could be as little as 3 or 4.  It's best to take a look ingame and find a similar sized building and guestimate off that.

[callagrafx]

One of the first things I do at the beginning of every bat is to make a 4X1X1 box. Four meters is the height of an in game sim.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought a Sim was 3m high, not 4m....

[tag_one]

They are somewhere between the 3 and 4 meters tall. Hard to tell. I normally use 4.5x2 meters for a door. With a height of 4 meters I still got the idea my poor sim will have a headache from time to time