exploded envelope

Half a day's worth of clicking, pretty dry stuff but weirdly satisfying. Drawn in 3D autocad and rendered in 3Dmax, this is a partially exploded 3D view of the operable envelope system that my group has developed for our technology module. The idea is to create a modules of operable fins which gives the user greater control in the natural lighting and passive cooling of the interiror space. The idea is hardly original but it was technically challenging enough for technology idiots like us. The rendering turned out pretty decent although some parts did not come out right. The guide lines for the exploded part are barely noticeable and the texture for the metal spandrel panel was too even. I wanted to try using Vray to render but was too lazy to do so. Maybe next time.