Design Resources

Firms

• Fast + EPP Engineering and Architecture

• StructureCraft Timber Construction

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Calculators and Tectonic Resources

• Fast + EPP Concrete, Wood and Steel Structure Calculator

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R&D

• CG Wiki

• Design Automation Lab at NUS

• Design Automation Lab at NUS - GitHub

• BTF Rendering in Mitsuba 2

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CS Assets

• WHL Library for Python Modules

• DOStips Batch Command (String Manipulation)

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Technical Assets

• Houdini Architecture Assets

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REFERENCE MATERIALS

• Tuelo Talks Free Accredited Webinars and Events

Sustainable Design

• Rain Water Harvesting Guide

• Master Gardener OSU

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DATA SOURCES

Mapping Data

• Mapbox Mapping Data for Buildings, Traffic, Weather, Demographics etc..

• CADmapper Mapping Data for Buildings and Roads

• Google Maps Customizer in Browser

• SnazzyMaps Maps Customizer in Browser

• Andrew Marsh Web Tools: 3D/2D Sun path, Psychrometric Chart, CIE Sky Generator etc..

• LiDAR Data (Mainly in the U.S.)

• WRLD3D High Quality Mapping Data (paid)

• Heightmaps (Global Coverage)

Analysis Data

• Windroses

• U.S. Weather/Climate Data and Records

• IMapInvasives Invasive Species Data

• City of Portland Open Data

• U.S. Census Data

• Hidden Hydrology: Hisorical Ecology in Portland

• Portland METRO Data

2D ASSETS

BTF Material Databases

• CUReT BTF Database

• Bonn BTF Database

PBR Materials

• AMD GPUOpen MaterialX Library

• AmbientCG

• SketchupTextureClub: PBR Materials, Building Textures, Orthographic Photos etc…

• CGbookcase PBR Materials

• Polyhaven HDRI’s and PBR Materials (Previously HDRI Haven)

• 3Dtextures PBR Materials

• ShareTextures PBR Materials (Previously CC0 Textures)

• Poliigon PBR Materials (only some free stuff)

• Textures.com Textures, Orthographic Images, PBR Materials etc… (Low res unless you pay)

• FreePBR PBR Materials

• FlyingArchitecture PBR Materials (free and paid)

Textures

• Architextures Textures and CAD Hatches

• High Res Library of Seamless and Non-Seamless Textures

• Photoreal Leaf Textures

• Textureify Textures, Background and HDRI’s

• CadnNav Textures

• 3Dsky Textures and HDRI’s

HDRI’s

• LocationTextures Sky HDRI’s

• 360Cities HDRI’s and Panoramas from Around the World (real world location)

• HDRI Skies

• IHDRI

Cutouts

• Meye Free Plant Cutouts

Photos

• Photo Bash

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3D ASSETS

• Large List of 3D and 2D Asset Sources by Lumion

• Interior Furniture and Decor

• BIMobject 3D Library for Almost Anything

• VizPark Interior Decor Free Samples

• FlyingArchitecture Library (free and paid)

• Polantis Architecture Assets

• CadnNav 3D Models

• RenderPeople 3D Rigged People Models

• Industrial Kitchen BIM Objects

• Photoscanned Museum Assets

• Photoscanned 3D Models

Vegetation Assets

• TreeIT Tree Library

• VizPark Plants Free Samples

• Polantis Tree and Plant Assets

• 3Dsky 3D Models

Photoscans

• Flower, Animal and Insect Scans

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