Project
Pigsty
Follow Project Pigsty and the development of Automason Studio, with practical observations from model railway design, 3D printing and the model-making bench.
A building, and a bit more…
A shelter and a smaller annexe. Automason Studio 0.3.1 takes another small step towards making buildings that are more than one simple box.
Only 2 1/2 people…
A tidier panel and a Sketch that brings the model into view. Another small step towards making Automason Studio easier to use, and explain.
What’s happened to the Pigsty???
A Project Pigsty update: the Blender add-on now generates a fully clad and tiled model from a saved building configuration.
Not Just Pigstys…
The same technology behind Project Pigsty generates a detailed gabled stone cottage, showing how Automason Studio can extend beyond one building type.
Another small step forward…
The first working Automason Studio proof of concept turns a simple configuration into a stone-clad building model inside Blender.
Project Pigsty Phase 2
Project Pigsty enters phase two: turning a technical proof of concept into a more approachable Blender tool for configurable model buildings.
Please take a look at this…
Support El and Jake’s Race the Train challenge for Macmillan Cancer Support, one reason the Project Pigsty work is being shared freely.
No Bugs?
Project Pigsty phase one reaches its goal: a complete 3D model of a small stone pigsty building.
Computers Lack a certain common sense
Teaching a procedural building tool the design rules people call common sense, including where drainpipes should sit around doors.
The one Golden Rule…
Project Pigsty’s golden rule is to finish before adding features—even when a useful idea such as larger foundation stones appears.
Why does it take so long?
Why procedurally generated model buildings can take days to complete, and how Project Pigsty turns that processing time into reusable modelling knowledge.
This is my finest model…
How photographs and measurements of an Oxford hand crane became a detailed 7mm scale model.
What is(n’t) Project Pigsty?
Project Pigsty is about sharing the methods behind detailed 3D model buildings, rather than making one finished pigsty model.
Introducing Project Pigsty…
Project Pigsty is an experiment in turning years of model-making knowledge into practical tools for designing detailed, printable buildings.