Learn FormZ 5.0 for Architecture, Book 1

Average customer rating:

Not really worth it

not recommended

Learn formZ 5.0 for architecture book 1

A great place to start!

Excellent guide to modelling buildings in FormZ

Learn FormZ 5.0 for Architecture, Book 1
Anthony Atkinson , and Martyn Horne
Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Computer Science | Computers & Internet | Subjects | Books | Artificial Intelligence | Circuitry | General | Human-Computer Interaction | Information Theory | Modeling & Simulation | Research | Software Engineering | Systems Analysis & Design
General | Computers & Internet | Subjects | Books
All Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
Similar Items:

formZ 4.0: 3D Modeling, Rendering, and Animation

Inside Form Z, 2E

Photoshop for Architects (DVD-ROM)

Enhancing CAD Drawings with Photoshop

Portfolio Design, Third Edition

ASIN: 1412029228

Book Description

This book is aimed at both professionals and students who want to learn how to model and render architectural structures in form Z RenderZone software from Auto des sys.

Its aim is to get new users confidently working with form Z by demystifying its interface and the techniques needed to use it.

The structure and contents of the book is based on the authors 10 experience of teaching new users on a one to one basis. This is also backed up by the numerous form Z Architectural visualization projects they have worked on with many of their internationally renowned clients.

The book operates both as a structured learning process that can be followed from start to finish and as a reference guide to help users when working on future projects.

The learning process has been broken down into 5 key stages:

-Understanding the General Tools

-Architectural 2D Modelling

-Architectural 3D Modelling

-Modelling a Case Study Building

-Rendering a Case Study Building

There is also a very useful 6th chapter that explains and provides solutions for form Z's warning messages that appear when a mistake has been made.

Each chapter has been carefully designed to present structured step-by-step exercises. These are supported by easy to follow diagrams a unique tool coding system and support files on the accompanying CD. Where possible the exercises have been based on 'real' buildings and architectural features adding both realism and relevance to the learning experience.

This is a unique easy to use guide and a must for anyone wanting to master architectural modelling and rendering in form Z. Its content and presentation underline the Authors knowledge and commitment to this subject and as they say:

"We hope you enjoy learning from our experience"

Customer Reviews:

Not really worth it.......2007-10-02

This book does have some errors and missing steps in it. I had to back track and sometimes make up my own ways to complete exercises when reading the book. Also some of the measurements used in the book are incorrect so make a note of that when you are using this book, that way you are not backtracking to see if you missed something. In my humble opinion, look for another book.

not recommended.......2005-10-06

If you are a beginner to FormZ then this book might work for you. For intermediate to advanced users this book will not show anything new. What this books takes you through is something that someone can figure out on their own. It is extremely basic with instructions. This book fails to mention half of the capabilities of FormZ.

Learn formZ 5.0 for architecture book 1.......2005-09-11

This book is in desperate need of a proof reading. I am an intermediate user of formZ and managed to wade through the numerous errors (2-3 per exercise) to the end of the book. If you are new to formZ, chances are you won't know enough to work past the errors and get back on track. If you're an experienced user, you won't find anything new in this book. Don't be fooled by the title. There is nothing in the book that covers the new features of version 5.0. There are also files missing from the cd that are needed to complete the project. I contacted STEM to see if I could download the files and it took two weeks to here back from anyone. When they did reply, they assured me that they would send me a disk with the missing files. This was four months ago and I have twice reminded them but received absolutely no response. I am extremely disappointed.

A great place to start!.......2005-01-11

A great set of tutorials which will have FormZ beginners producing quality visuals in a relatively short space of time.

As a freelance architectural designer this book has proved invaluable to me and will continue to do so. It offers a step by step approach - learning the basics of modelling, lighting and rendering - to producing a fully rendered architectural case study. Unlike other FormZ guide books and tutorials, the reader is not baffled by science but is shown how realistic results can be obtained by keeping things simple. With this in mind I am sure it will also be a helpful resource for existing users.

If you want to learn FormZ this is where you should start!

Excellent guide to modelling buildings in FormZ.......2004-12-09

This is a very interesting book and in many respects the best one I have read to date. What's good about it is its simple step by step approach which I found very easy to follow and to understand. It avoids the excessive tool by tool approach taken by most of the other books I own (if I want that Ill look in the FormZ user guides!). More importantly though the exercises explain how to use the tools in combination with each other in a tutorial style. Chapter 4 and 5 are excellent in that you model and render a complete building project, which is all backed up with files on the CD. This is the first time I've ever been shown/given a complete project to complete and the finished model and render were great. This bit has certainly had an impact on my work, especially when setting up lighting and texture maps. If you are looking for a book that explains how to use and set up FormZ, or you're someone (like me) who drops in and out of FormZ and needs a refresher, then don't hesitate. Given its cost vs how much I would have paid a trainer for the same info it's a no brainer!

Book Description

Drawing on the work of the Austrian School and its heirs, this book develops a modern, systematic version of capital theory in order to suggest a new approach to economics.

Average customer rating:
What Roe v. Wade Should Have Said: The Nation's Top Legal Experts Rewrite America's Most Controversial Decision
Jack Balkin
Manufacturer: NYU Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Constitutional Law | Law | Subjects | Books
General | Law | Subjects | Books
Legal History | Perspectives on Law | Law | Subjects | Books
Legal History | Perspectives on Law | Law | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books
General | Political Doctrines | Political Science | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
Similar Items:

What Brown v. Board of Education Should Have Said: The Nation's Top Legal Experts Rewrite America's Landmark Civil Rights Decision

Roe V. Wade: The Abortion Rights Controversy in American History (Landmark Law Cases and American Society)

America's Constitution: A Biography

The Choices We Made: Twenty-Five Women and Men Speak Out About Abortion

Revolution by Judiciary: The Structure of American Constitutional Law

ASIN: 0814799183
Release Date: 2005-08-01

Book Description

View the Table of Contents. Read the Introduction.

“Brings together some of America's brightest legal minds to make the best arguments available for and against the constitutional right to abortion. An exceptional volume and essential for anyone who wants to understand the constitutional debate about Roe.”
—Nadine Strossen, President, American Civil Liberties Union, and Professor of Law, New York Law School

"The interest of the whole lies precisely in its depiction within a single volume of where the debate stands."
—Federal Lawyer

"Reading Jack Balkin's edited book, What Roe v. Wade Should Have Said, conjures up thoughts in the reader, like 'darn, I wish I had thought of that.'"
—The Law and Politics Book Review

“This array of intelligent and serious alternatives to the Court's stunningly inadequate opinion in Roe v. Wade —some reaching the same, some the opposite conclusion, some in between —is the most convincing argument against any litmus test on this subject either way for future Supreme Court Justices.”
—Charles Fried, Harvard Law School

"Whatever beliefs you may hold concerning these issues, you will find those beliefs subjected to thoughtful--even passionate--challenge in at least one of these opinions."
—Kenneth L. Karst, UCLA School of Law

"What Roe v. Wade Should Have Said provides vigorous and diverse substitute opinions by leading scholars that broaden, deepen, and improve the current debates while sharpening what a supreme court can and cannot do on such a highly disputed matter."
—Martha Minow, Harvard Law School

"In an era in which it's entirely possible that someone else is actually going to get to reimagine what Roe v. Wade should have said, this book is an interesting fantasy excercise."
—Bitch

In January 1973, the Supreme Court's opinion in Roe v. Wade struck down most of the country's abortion laws, and held for the first time that women had a constitutional right to safe and legal abortions. Three decades later, Roe v. Wade remains one of the Supreme Court's most controversial decisions, and political struggles over abortion rights still divide American politics. Roe has emerged as a central issue in federal judicial nominations, becoming a powerful symbol in debates about judicial restraint, judicial activism, and the proper role of courts in a democratic society.

In What Roe v. Wade Should Have Said, eleven distinguished constitutional scholars rewrite the opinions in this landmark case in light of thirty years of experience but making use only of sources available at the time of the original decision. Taking positions both for and against the constitutional right to abortion, the contributors offer novel and illuminating arguments that get to the heart of this fascinating case. In addition, Jack Balkin gives a detailed introduction to Roe v. Wade,chronicling the history of the Roe litigation, the constitutional and political clashes that followed it, and the state of abortion rights in the U.S. today.

Contributing their versions of Roe are: Anita Allen, Akhil Amar, Jack M. Balkin, Teresa Stanton Collett, Michael Stokes Paulsen, Jeffrey Rosen, Jed Rubenfeld, Reva Siegel, Cass Sunstein, Mark Tushnet, and Robin West.

Contemporary Supreme Court Cases: Landmark Decisions Since Roe v. Wade

Average customer rating:

Contemporary Supreme Court Cases: Landmark Decisions Since Roe v. Wade
Donald E. Lively , and Russell L. Weaver
Manufacturer: Greenwood Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Constitutional Law | Law | Subjects | Books

General | Law | Subjects | Books

Legal History | Perspectives on Law | Law | Subjects | Books

Non-US Legal Systems | Perspectives on Law | Law | Subjects | Books

All Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
ASIN: 0313335141

Book Description

Through the examination of these cases, the authors provide readers with an understanding of the significant role that the Supreme Court performs in shaping the boundaries of governmental power and contours of individual rights and liberties. The review of these modern decisions is provided against a historical backdrop that affords perspective and enriched context. Selection of the landmark decision (Roe v. Wade) as a departure point makes the book particularly useful in understanding the Court's impact upon contemporary American society. Given the controversial nature of this decision, which recognized a woman's liberty to elect an abortion, it also serves as a portal for examining the points and counterpoints with respect to the Court's function. Treadlines during this period profile a Court that grew increasingly cautious in charting constitutional rights and liberties and equality principles and less amenable to unbridled expansion of federal power. Through processes of review that limit protected speech or reflect less concern when speech is burdened by regulation that is not content-based or does not target expression directly, for instance, the Court has imposed significant curbs upon the First Amendment. Overall, the Supreme Court has become increasingly assertive in reviewing congressional power to regulate in areas that fall within the historical province of the states. This work engenders an appreciation for how constitutional power, rights, and liberties are not a constant over time but works in progress that are subject to the ebb and flow of judicial philosophy. Written for a general audience and particularly accessible for non-law school students and non-lawyers, fact and summary boxes provide quick insight and understanding of cases. Entries include Craig v. Boren (1976), Illinois v. Gates (1983), Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha (1983), Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (1992), United States v. Virginia (1996), Grutter v. Bollinger (2003), Lawrence v. Texas (2003), Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004), and many others. In addition, a glossary defines key terms.

Roe V. Wade: The Abortion Question (Landmark Supreme Court Cases)

Average customer rating:

Roe V. Wade: The Abortion Question (Landmark Supreme Court Cases)
D. J. Herda
Manufacturer: Enslow Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Library Binding

Law & Crime | Reference & Nonfiction | Children's Books | Subjects | Books

Look Inside Teen Books | Trip | Specialty Stores | Books
Similar Items:

Brown V. Board of Education: Equal Schooling for All (Landmark Supreme Court Cases)

ASIN: 0894904590

Roe v. Wade, Updated Edition: The Untold Story of the Landmark Supreme Court Decision that Made Abortion Legal

Average customer rating:

Roe v. Wade, Updated Edition: The Untold Story of the Landmark Supreme Court Decision that Made Abortion Legal
Marian Faux
Manufacturer: Cooper Square Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Women's Studies | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books

Human Rights | Politics | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books

General | Constitutional Law | Law | Subjects | Books

ASIN: 081541093X

Book Description

It is difficult to keep in mind that the era of illegal abortions ended only 27 years ago.

Roe V. Wade: The Right to Choose (Supreme Court Cases Through Primary Sources)

Average customer rating:

Roe V. Wade: The Right to Choose (Supreme Court Cases Through Primary Sources)
Simone Payment
Manufacturer: Rosen Publishing Group
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Library Binding

Law & Crime | Reference & Nonfiction | Children's Books | Subjects | Books

General | Ages 4-8 | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0823940128

Roe V. Wade: United States Supreme Court

Average customer rating:

ROE v. WADE - An Annotated Ruling

Roe V. Wade: United States Supreme Court
Bo Schambelan
Manufacturer: Running Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Law | Subjects | Books

Jurisprudence | Perspectives on Law | Law | Subjects | Books

General | Politics | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books

General | Law | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 1561382027

Customer Reviews:

ROE v. WADE - An Annotated Ruling.......2000-10-14

ROE v. WADE, Bo Schambelan's annotated transcription of the watershed decision by the same name, is of doubtless value to those who, despite having never read a Supreme Court opinion, wish to dive immediately into the deep end of the pool. Intended primarily for a lay audience with a fervid interest in the controversial case, Schambelan's book is comprised mostly of text taken verbatim from the Court's own published opinion. On the upside, most of the book's content comes directly from the horse's mouth. On the downside, the Court's text hardly makes for an easy read for the uninitiated. Essentially a reference work, ROE v. WADE provides readers with abridged transcripts of the Court's decisions in both Roe v. Wade and its companion case, Doe v. Bolton, as well as all concurring and dissenting opinions, including original footnotes and citations.

The remainder of the book is taken up with a variety of supplements which are particularly worthwhile to anyone lacking a pre-law background. The introduction, though not substantive enough to qualify as a case primer, does provide a summary of the Court's opinion which is sufficient to enlighten less familiar readers. Far more useful is the author's preparatory "Notes on the Text" which mercifully explains the arcane style of legal citations for anyone ambitious enough to track them down. Also of interest is the author's "Postscript" which lists the citations and abbreviated holdings of every Supreme Court ruling on abortion legislation from 1973 through the 1992 Casey decision.

Of some incidental value are the biographical sketches of every Justice who has sat on the Court, again, from 1973 through 1992. More serviceable, however, is Schambelan's "Glossary" which should go a long way toward dispelling much of the confusion that any casual reader is likely to encounter. To his credit, Schambelan also provides a reprint of those constitutional amendments on which so much of the Court's analysis of abortion rights turns. To his discredit, however, he neglected to include a list of secondary sources that might have spurred further study.

Book Description

Contrary to common belief, infectious diseases are not as well under control as we would like. We are now at a crossroads regarding the impact of the environment on infectious diseases. Renewed interest in biological weapons and the emergence of new pathogens, coupled with a better understanding of the impact of infectious agents on other conventional diseases, has led us to realise that we can no longer remain complacent about the impact of infectious agents on human, animal and crop health.
The present book first discusses current and emerging military and civilian policies on the environment. In addition, the impact of environmental biology on the future of space exploration is discussed, especially in reference to the Mars mission. There follows a discussion of the state of bacteria in the environment, with a presentation of current and emerging techniques of microbial investigation. Finally, two case studies are presented on the impact of these techniques on both political and environmental problems.

Book Description

Permian and Triassic rocks in the eastern Tethyan region form continuous marine sequences that record the waning phases of the Paleozoic and the early stages of the Mesozoic eras. This book describes and interprets these rocks, summarizing the distribution of major fossil groups in a way that will allow detailed comparison with strata of comparable age in the western Tethys and other parts of the world. The sixteen contributions by forty authors are the culmination of the five-year long International Geological Correlation Programme Project 203. The detailed information presented here is gathered from many areas in the eastern Tethyan region - from France to Australia - and will be of use in the evaluation of the major changes in the global marine biosphere known to have taken place at the end of the Paleozoic era. The stratigraphic record for this fascinating segment of Earth history is not widespread elsewhere in the world and is most continuous in the region covered by this book.

Book Description

Speckle photography is an advanced experimental technique used for quantitatve determination of density, velocity and temperature fields in gas, liquid, and plasma flows. This book presents the most important equations for the diffraction theory of speckle formation and the statistical properties of speckle fields. It also describes experimental set-ups and the equipment needed to implement these methods. Speckle photography methods for automatic data acquisition and processing are considered and examples for their use are given.

Book Description

Alfred Hitchcock's classic film Rear Window gets an affectionate kick in the butt in this homage from master crime writer, philosopher, and equal-opportunity offender Kinky Friedman.

It's a case of malaria versus murder when private dick extraordinaire Kinky Friedman comes down with a tropical disease, in the jungle known as New York City, and is confined to his loft on Vandam Street in lower Manhattan, a prisoner in his own home with only his cat and black puppet head as company (neither of whom are great conversationalists).

With little to do but stare out the window in between bedridden bouts of fever and hallucinations, Kinky calls on assistance from the stalwart Village Irregulars, who proceed to dish out their own uniquely skewed brand of tea and sympathy, turning the loft into a virtual Mardi Gras of confusion and drunken debauchery.

Suffering almost as much from company overload as from his fever, Kinky welcomes a rare moment of calm as he finds himself once again alone in his loft. Resuming his position at the kitchen window, he spots a pretty young woman in an apartment across the street. What he hopes might be titillating turns terrifying, however, as a man joins the woman and proceeds to attack her. Sure that he's witnessed a crime, Kinky calls in the cops, but, upon investigating his claim, they can find neither a victim nor an apartment across the street. In addition, no one else saw or heard anything that would ndicate a crime had taken place. Was it foul play or merely a fevered dream?

Convinced that their friend is about to slip off into the land of eternal slumber, the Village Irregulars increase their vigilance and in the process raise the Kinkster's irritability level to an all-time high. Not to be deterred, however, Kinky sticks to his story and is rewarded when a few days later he sees the man in the apartment again, but this time with a gun.

Outrageous, audacious, and ingeniously crafted, The Prisoner of Vandam Street is vintage Kinky: irreverent, clever, and full of the hardened philosophy and mordant wit that has earned him a vast and devoted readership. But what more would you expect from the writer The New York Times has called "The world's funniest, bawdiest, and most politically incorrect country music singer turned mystery writer"?

Download Description

Alfred Hitchcock's classic film Rear Window gets an affectionate kick in the butt in this homage from master crime writer, philosopher, and equal-opportunity offender Kinky Friedman.

Customer Reviews:

Good read.......2005-09-02

This is the first book I'd read by this author and I enjoyed his kinky sense of humor. If you're feeling down, read this book and you'll feel better quickly.

More!.......2005-01-24

Reading Prisoner of Vandam Street wasn't just something to read when I couln't sleep, it was an excuse to be awake to keep reading!As often true with Kinky Friedman books, I experienced edge-of-the-chair suspence while laughing at Kinky's unique humor and both edgy and polished use of language.Being hard-of-hearing, McGovern's misunderstandings are what people get frustrated by when I make similar mistakes. Had Kinky been well, would he have noticed the battering across the street?Had Kinky been well, and had he noticed the battering across the street, and had been able to investigate without the Village Irregulars + 3, would he have been able to protect the battered?

Very disappointing..........2004-11-01

I was hesitant to express my opinion on this latest of Kinky's novels, feeling perhaps it was my own failure to "get it" that made me dislike this horrid drivel so intensely, but after realizing the majority of reviewers found "The Prisoner of Vandam Street" so repugnant, I felt somewhat better (I guess) that I am not alone in my disappointment in this novel. I like Kinky, I am a fan of Kinky's earlier novels so this is not easy to say. This novel is just plain B.A.D. I can only hope this is just a phase the Kinkster is going through and is not what we can look forward to. Judging from his other recent novels ("Kill Two Birds" immdiately comes to mind), sadly this seems not to be true. Kinky has lost his touch. His fiction/mystery efforts are lazy, boring, repetitive, and devoid of plot and interesting characters. I'm not taking another chance on buying these doorstops new from now on. I'll just wait until they land on the 10 cent pile at the Salvation Army.

Sigh. And he was one of my favorites.

A dismal, unfunny waste of time.......2004-08-06

I like Kinky's books, I really do - they revel in political incorrectness, and usually are full of witty observations, humourous if implausible adventures involving a likeable (and familiar) cast of characters, name-dropping and clever word-play. This novel, Kinky's latest, has none of those qualities, it is instead a tiresome exercise in banality and repitition.

What plot there is relates to Kinky coming down with malaria after a drinking binge with McGovern, and after about 50 pages of him hallucinating and talking nonsense in the hospital, he is sent home with orders for rest and relaxation in his loft on VanDam Street. What follows is more of Kinky sitting around talking nonsense at home, and in the midst of his delirium he thinks he witnesses a crime of domestic violence in the building across the alley. The police and the Village Irregulars are not sure whether this episode was the product of Kinky's feverish imagination, or a real crime.

The book ultimately includes line after line devoted to cat turds, and to throw in a little something different Kinky makes McGovern nearly deaf throughout the novel, (for no reason explained in the book), and so McGovern is constantly repeating everything said, although he of course never gets it right. There was one chapter in the novel, more than halfway through, that had ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with the rest of the book, and I believe was borrowed from a magazine piece Kinky had recently done. It involved the recent passing of one of his parents, and in it he reminisced about life in the family ranch in Texas, and the joy his parents brought to the kids who went there for camp. Other than those few pages, it is clear Friedman's heart just wasn't in this book, as the whole thing seemed thrown together with no regard for his readers, just to deliver a manuscript to his publisher. Let's hope Kinky cares enough about his many fans to put some effort into his next book.

Hitchcock's Rear Window, Kinky-Style.......2004-07-08

Confined to his New York apartment at 199B Vandam Street for six weeks after contracting malaria--the "only truly deadly strain" of the disease--private detective Kinky Friedman (not to be confused with his creator, author, country singer, and potential future governor of Texas Kinky Friedman) happens to see, Rear Window-style, a woman brutally beaten in an apartment across the street. The problem is, feverish and delirious as he's been, Kinky does not make the most convincing of witnesses, and neither the police he summons nor his gang of variously accented, frequently inebriated cronies--the so-called "Village Irregulars," the collective Grace Kelly to his laid up Jimmy Stewart--believe him. When further investigation suggests Kinky wasn't imagining things, the game, as he and Sherlock like to say, is afoot.

But the mystery in The Prisoner of Vandam Street is in a sense beside the point, entertaining though it is, for Kinky Friedman's novel is a departure from standard mystery fare. The author's prose is bursting with word play and Conan Doyleisms and pop culture references and irreverent philosophical musings. If at times it borders on the cloying, his writing is far more often downright funny:

"Now, I'm not making light of people who are deaf or losing their hearing. I am not mocking a disability that afflicts millions of Americans as they grow older, effectively cutting them off to varying degrees from the hearing world. All I'm saying, and I'll try to speak loudly and slowly and enunciate clearly, is that they should get medical help or a hearing aid or a large, metal ear-horn like the kind that was used in medieval times, and stop constantly blaming hapless, sensitive friends like myself for mumbling."

Friedman also has a serious side, evidenced in the book's closing parable and in the sweetly moving, brief chapter on his--Kinky the character's as well as Kinky the man's--continued sense of loss after the death of his parents.

In short, mystery lovers with a taste for off-color jokes and pun-punctuated prose will get a kick out of Kinky.

Reviewed by Debra Hamel, author of Trying Neaira: The True Story of a Courtesan's Scandalous Life in Ancient Greece

Books:

Books Index

Books Home

Recommended Books