Editing FLOSS Visualisation and Documentation

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Projects in the Architecture, engineering, construction and building operations industry (AECO) have a need for precise and clear visualizations and project documentation.

In the main [[AEC_Free_Software_directory#Visualisation_and_Documentation|Software Directory]] is a list of the most important free/libre/opensource projects for this discipline.

A typical sketching workflow might start with some work on paper or perhaps on the desktop with [[Inkscape]] for line work or [[GIMP]]/[[Krita]] for raster work. If online or collaboration vector sketching is relevant this might be with [https://dev.first-draft.xyz first-draft] or [[Excalidraw]]. However the process starts you can end up with some great results before getting started on 3D models.

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This page gathers additional information about Free/Libre resources for Visualisation and Documentation: Libraries for Rendering, Page layout, Image manipulation, etc.

==Textures & Models==
These resources provide textures under a [https://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/ Public Domain / Creative Commons Zero license].
* [https://www.sharetextures.com/ sharetextures.com] has textures for architectural visualization.
* [https://3dtextures.me/ 3dtextures.me] has textures for architectural visualization.
* [https://cc0textures.com/ cc0textures.com] has textures for architectural visualization.
* [https://www.3dassets.one/ 3dassets.one] has textures for architectural visualization.
* [https://texturehaven.com/ texturehaven.com] has textures for architectural visualization.
* [https://3dmodelhaven.com/ 3dmodelhaven.com] has useful 3D models.
* [https://www.ihdri.com/ ihdri.com] has 100% free HDRI skies for illuminating CG scenes.
* [https://hdrihaven.com/ hdrihaven.com] has 100% free HDRI skies for illuminating CG scenes.
* [https://www.cgbookcase.com/ cgbookcase.com] has Free PBR Textures.
* [https://www.texturecan.com/ texturecan.com] has Free PBR CG textures.
* [https://freestocktextures.com/ freestocktextures.com] has free textures.
* [https://resources.blogscopia.com/ resources.blogscopia.com] has free 3D models and textures.
* [http://blender-archi.tuxfamily.org/Textures Blender for Architecture] textures for Blender.
* [https://polyhaven.com/ Poly Haven] Curated public asset library for visual effects artists and game designers.
* [https://architextures.org/ architextures.org] Web with textures.

==Procedural Textures==
Software FLOSS to generate procedural textures.
* [https://rodzilla.itch.io/material-maker Material Maker] Material Maker is a procedural materials authoring and 3D model painting tool, based on the Godot Engine. 
* [http://neotextureedit.sourceforge.net/ NeoTextureEdit] Easy to use graph-based procedural seamless texture editor.
* [https://njbrown.itch.io/texturelab TextureLab] TextureLab is a tool designed to make procedural texture generation fast, simple and free.
* [http://www.blenderinsight.com/ BlenderInsight Procedural Materials]. Free procedural textures for Blender! (*.blend files).


==Examples of Workflows==
Software FLOSS used to generate architecture visualisation.
* [http://Regard3D%2BBlender%2BFreeCAD_workflow Regard3D+Blender+FreeCAD workflow]
* [https://community.osarch.org/discussion/597/excalidraw-sweet-home-3d-blender-archiviz#latest Excalidraw > Sweet Home 3D > Blender Archiviz]

=See also=
* There is a whole category of resources on [[:Category:Visualization_and_Documentation|Visualization_and_Documentation]]

=External Resources=

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