Having selected a suitable building as the vehicle for the project, the first step is to build the basis of the model. The general strategy advocated and described here is to move from the general to the specific, that is, to build an approximate model and then refine it through a series of successive steps. Note that not all buildins are susceptible to this approach. Those with complex or highly irregular perimeters will require another tactic. Note also that since every project is different, it is impossible to specify a precise set of criteria. What follows is a rather general set of guidelines. They will have to be adjusted as is appropriate for your individual project.

For this phase you should have:

• The overall geometry or volume of the building
• The primary exterior walls
• The primary floors
• The primary interior partitions or volumes
• The primary openings in the exterior
• The primary structure.

For stairs and ramps use a simplified volume to represent them. You do not need to produce a precise stair now, simply a volume that occupies the space that the stair does. Refine the stair later.

• The site or context
• Railings
• Kitchen or bathroom fixtures
• Light fixtures
• Furniture
• Fenestration
• Stairs
• Material textures or patterns

• More than one layer, appropriately named.
• All objects reasonably named.
• At least 5 named orthographic views (plan, front elevation, right elevation, left elevation, rear elevation) and at least 4 named axonomentric views (front-right, front- left, rear-right, rear-left).

Please adhere to the following requirements as precisely as possible.

Submit the formZ model with a filename which is appropriate, such as userid.550.projectname.phase2.fmz

• With the model displayed on the screen:
• Fit the model to the display area
• Select Display from the top of the screen
• Select Display options
• Open the dialogue box under Renderzone
• Click on the box Shadows to inable shadow casting
• Click OK
• Click on Renderzone (or Ctrl-K) to render the model.

Once the image is rendered on the screen,

• Select File
• Select Save As
• Pay attention to where the file is going to be saved.
• Under File Format select  JPEG

A dialogue box will open named Export Options JPEG

• Under Quality Factor use the arrow to select 5 (high)

Open Photoshop

• Open the file

The image is likely to be darker that desired

Under Image

• Select Adjust
• Select Brightness/Contrast
• Use the slider bars to adjust the brightness and contrast as desired.

Under Image

• Select Image Size
• Set the image width to be 700 pixels.
• Click OK

Save the image for the web by:

• Select Save for Web
• Under Settings select GIF 32 Dithered
• Click on OK
• Name the file userid.550.projectname.phase2.700
• Photoshop will add the .gif extension

Return to the Image command

• Select Image Size
• Set the image width to be 130 pixels.
• Click OK

Save the image for the web by:

• Select Save for Web
• Under Settings select GIF 32 Dithered
• Click on OK
• Name the file userid.550.projectname.phase2.130
• Photoshop will add the .gif extension

Email the three files to me and you're done for this phase!