3D Stadium Construction

[ry1220]

You said you were using Blender, so naturally, you can model in greater detail with that program than I can by using Google SketchUp. Yet I like the ease of use I get with SketchUp and the fact that I can make a basic model in a relatively short period of time.

Here's a fictional stadium that I made today, which I realized has similar dimensions to AT&T Park, after I completed the high RF wall.


BTW, I remember seeing that 1960s Yankee Stadium model when I was modeling mine. It was nowhere as detailed (or as complete) as it is now. It's simply stunning!

[rabbitzk749]

HOW do you does this....it is amazing

[ry1220]

Originally Posted by rabbitzk749

HOW do you does this....it is amazing

Tombair uses Blender, available here, I use SketchUp, available here, both of which are freeware we use to make our 3d models of stadiums. I start with a standard infield that I made, then saved, and build around it. This enables me to "mass-produce" stadiums. Here is today's work:

[rabbitzk749]

Do you have a basic field template to go off of?

The infield I mean

[tombair]

Nice work, ry1220!

The first thing I did was create the layout of the diamond using exact measurements to get it as exact as I can. The nice thing about doing a fictional stadium is that, except for the diamond, you can do whatever you want.

For the rest I just used my imagination. Blender is incredibly powerful. It took me a long time to get proficient enough to do the basics. Once you get used to it, it's fun...and still frustrating sometimes because I still make.

[ry1220]

Originally Posted by rabbitzk749

Do you have a basic field template to go off of?

The infield I mean

Yep. I start with the infield pictured under 'Attached Images,' which I made myself, and then add around it. Within an hour or two, I can make a stadium that looks like this: