3D Modeling Lotus Temple

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Out of all the flowers to model a building from, the lotus has to be up there, right? :lotus:

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The Bahá’í House of Worship in Delhi, India, commonly known as the Lotus Temple, is one of the most visited buildings in the world. Its elegant architectural simplicity is a big part of that interest, and that’s why @TheOnlyAaron is creating a 3D model of it LIVE in SketchUp this week.

Tune in for tips on organic modeling and rotational symmetry, and experience the unity of humanity in our live chat :person_in_lotus_position:

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2025-03-14T18:00:00Z

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This promises to be a fun one! Surely Aaron can make it easy on himself and take Tyson’s Sydney Opera House and mirror copy … :grinning_face:

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These links are worth a read-through.

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Thanks for sharing @Guido ! It’s a fascinating structure.

There’s a PDF towards the bottom of your second link that tells the in-depth story of engineering and construction behind the temple. Here’s a sample for anyone who wants to geek out on the details :nerd_face:

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We’re LIVE now!

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Don’t forget to model the inside as well :grin:

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Does this night time image help?

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and this one too?

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and one more before I have to go. :frowning:

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3d Inferior link: https://www.google.com/local/place/fid/0x390ce3c16e028cd1:0x653beb1ee85ec67a/photosphere?iu=https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gps-cs-s/AB5caB_VJGBj9_R3CeHAAiUjpjFEhTnAfsXiSJVy7mQKBO2cwhD0XLbAhbMtRZXHj99ALgpdLoUUuIoOkRr-yLSVWKX_-fEan3GzOrWht-5R3SseleeaNyabDCyboEodDkxpf5CDnC8F%3Dw160-h106-k-no-pi-20-ya38.155148-ro-0-fo100&ik=CAoSF0NJSE0wb2dLRUlDQWdJREV1LV85eEFF

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My stream has crashed hard!

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Hi all, the part 2 link is https://youtube.com/live/mfIeUSQal9E

Sorry for the tech problems!

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Sorry all! My internet seems to be somewhat unreliable today… I guess 99.9% uptime still leaves 0.1% of downtime… which just so happens to be during our stream!

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