| Research Abstract |
The investigation had been carried out, watching die students to design a building model on the cross plat home environment between Windows and Linux. The most striking results are as follows.
Students first made a 3D building model, using Design Workshop Lite, which is 3D-CAD on Windows/Macintosh, and is treated as a free ware Then they exported some components of it to 3D-DXF files. Secondly, the students moved to Linux environment, and again gathered together all components, importing 3D-DXF files onto AC3D, a 40$-S share ware. Thirdly, on the AC3D. Students converted the building model to POV-Ray-s scene file, which is program-like text. At this stage, students had reached to recognize the scene was essentially programmable Finally they edited the scene file and rendered it to get a spatial image as a photo realistic one.
In this procedure, instruction of the investigator and the mutual aid among students could be easily given through a tiny network, namely, a very small intranet. That meant educational collaboration in design architecture might not cause frustration.
In this investigation, three sets of PC/AT compatible were similarly settled as a cross plat home between Windows and Linux. And additional cost for each environment other than Windows' OS was only 40$'s for the share ware, AC3D. Consequently, it may be possible to establish computing environment for architectural design education in a manner of lessened cost.
At the end of project term, the investigator cognized the existence of vnc, virtual network computing. Vnc brings us real time collaborating on the same CAD and other programs with effectiveness in architectural design education through network.
In conclusion, very advanced benefits to design education in architecture may have come from utilizing open source programs.
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