Virtual Model of Ostia Antica:  The Virtual Model

    

 The images 3D have been produced using Newtek Lightwave. We used the Modeller 5.6 
for the modelling and Layout 6.5 for the rendering. We recreated about the 75%-80% of the 
total surface of Ostia, that means 181 different objects. Each object represents a defined 
unit in the project and it could be an Object Island (a collection of houses, warehouses, 
and other buildings),a special objects (the Tiber, the sea), a single major monument 
(like Capitolium or Theater). To speed up modelling, we develop a Lightwave script to 
make programmatically regular buildings and different types of roofs. We used 
extensively also the library RECON3D - Classic Objects to create the most 
important monuments, especially, for the columns and mouldings. 
The Virtual OSTIA folder takes about 380 Mb of hard disk space.


Written by Angelo Coccettini and Marzia Vinci Edited by Art Recon Inc.
French version by Martha Metelski
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