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erly into one of the openings. In this case, I scaled the image up to 229.5%, and this allowed the door to fit
nicely into the entrance to the master suite, as shown in
Figure 8-3
.
Figure 8-3:
By using the mesh preset as a reference, the image can be properly scaled.
Using the Boolean Modeling Method
There are two main methods for creating this type of 3D model. In the first, you create a solid polygon and
then cut out the rooms to leave walls and open spaces. This method can work well if the reference image is
of high quality and has good, even wall structure. The second method is to create the outer walls and then the
inner walls separately. The inner walls can be aligned with the outer walls or actually physically attached.
Because the Wall mode of the Pen tool (Geometry
⇒
Draw
⇒
Pen) allows you to create walls of an exact
given thickness, this method is easier when dealing with plans that have some irregularity. For the sake of
practice, you will look at an example of the first method on a generic space before moving on to create the
actual project by using the second method.
Boolean modeling operations are derived from Boolean logic. A simple example to demonstrate this logic
can be illustrated with the example of a Venn diagram (two intersecting circles) and the resulting options of
the Pathfinder tool in Adobe Illustrator, as shown in
Figure 8-4
.
Figure 8-4:
The options of the Pathfinder tool show Boolean logic. The original (top) can be used to derive
various options (bottom).
