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G) This week I was able to finish the book with finalizing my vacation cottage and making my design logo. I learned different ways to make a logo, but I didn't really learn anything new with making my vacation cottage because it was pretty much the same thing as building a house. In the real world if I had my own business I would be able to make my own design, except probably more complex. If I ever wanted a vacation cottage this might help me to decide the location and what it would look like. A problem that I have run into this week was building my logo because the dimensions weren't fitting correctly, but I overcame the problem and the outcome was fine. In the end I was successful in both my logo and vacation cottage because they both came out like what the book wanted. I can use these skills in the future if I want another logo or if I want to make a small cottage other than my big house. I was able to be creative with my logo and even made it different colors.

F) This week I have been working my vacation cottage terrain and was able to shape it around my house. This is a very good thing to know how to do for the future because when I create my own house I am going to be able to shape my own terrain. You can't really apply these skills to the real world unless you actually become an architect because then you could shape the terrain to how the home is designed. This was actually the smoothest going process that I had to go through in the book, and everything shaped together really well. I didn't exactly have any problems per say with creating the terrain but it did end up being real high and is as though my house is on a mountain. I was successful in making the terrain because it shaped perfectly around my house and looked "professional". This step allowed for me to be creative because it was my own ideas going into the terrain and I was actually designeing what it's shape was. The only thing I really had to follow was the dimensions I had to plug in.

D&E) This week I have been working on creating a layout and placing 6 different camera views on one of the pages. These skills will help me in the future of this course because according to Mr. Bailey we are required to have a layout page after each project, so it is essential that we know how to create them. The major skills that I learned in creating a layout was how to create it so that what is on page zero shows up on every page after, including that each page is numbered. Depending on what your job is in the real world it could be a great way to keep your work organized or if you are in the architect profession it could be a way of keeping your designs in a show book (to show your work to your customers). The major problem that I had with this was not knowing at first that what you put on page zero shows up on every page after it. In doing this I had to start over which put me a little behind, but I did it over as quickly as possible and it put me right back where everyone else was. I got my work done the right way, even though it took a little extra time and to me it seemed the I was successful. In the future I am going to try and make less mistakes because thats usually what got me off task, in the sense of making me angry and needing a break. In making the layout page there wasn't much you could do in being creative.



C) Last week I was also working on this but I was also finishing up my interior so it was fit to my liking. This week, along with the past couple of weeks I have also been working on the exterior of my house and the terrain. I also had added my 4:00 shadows to my house to make a more real effect. The biggest skill that I have learned was being able to use all of the tools and know when to use what tools. The biggest thing (tool) that I learned was how to right click in order to get shadows and other such similar things. I can't exactly apply these particular skills to life, but I did learn how mastering certain skills will make your life so much easier. In the real world (consisting of having a job) these skills will help you get your work done on time and will also make your work better. The biggest problem that I ran into was, my computer wasn't functioning properly so it was hard for me to get my tasks done on time. There wasn't really anything I could do about it so I just had to deal with it and work through it. I completed the tasks that I needed to and I just stayed as focused as possible trying to block out any distractions. This section allowed for me to be very creative because it was dealing mostly with terrain which is all your choice. I was also able to add in some extra exterior fixtures and such things as a pool, hot tub, and some trees.



A) This week I have been working on my kitchen along with the interiors of all my rooms. I have also worked on my porch and am almost done that. After I got done what was asked I went into individual rooms to specialize them to my liking. The most important skill that I have learned was to get done what was asked in the book on time so that I do not fall behind. In the program the most important thing that I have learned was getting real familiar with the tool bars. In the real world you need to get things done on time which in this coarse is very beneficial. If I ever wanted to enter the field of architecture, I already have the basic understanding knowledge of the program and with some extra help I feel like I could be a top notch architect. One major problem I have is making sure every little thing in my house is perfect and spending way to much time making it look like what I want. I spent a lot of time getting familiar with the tool bars so that I could fly through the book, in the sense that I knew what I was doing. Being able to follow instructions and doing things right the first time has made my experience in this class pretty successful thus far. Once I got done what was asked I was able to go back and add extra things that thought would make my house look better.

B) During the past couple of classes I have been creating a deck and a porch. Last week I was working on my kitchen and making last minute changes, making it appealing to me. Also last week I was working on the interiors of my rooms and finishing up my basement. The problem that I had was getting sidetracked with changing different designs throughout my house in order for them to be of my liking. I figured out that if you focus and get the work done that is needed then afterwards you can make the changes to your house that you want. In the real world, if you stay focused, getting your work done on time and having a good work ethic then you will be sucessful in what ever you do. I strongly agree with this, and try to live my life by it each day. One major problem that I ran into was getting things done on time, due to the lack of concentration. I have a tendency to get sidetracked and my concentration level drops, making me fall behind. I felt that I did an exceptional job getting what was need done on my house completed and then having time to fix it to how I wanted it. At first I changed things to often, which made me fall behind, but now that I figured out to stay concentrated I feel that I will be even more successful in the future. After I finished my deck and porch I was able to change the design of both and was even able to use different meterials to do so.