Author name: John Pruden

John is the principle and founder of Digital-X. After obtaining his architecture degree from Arizona State University in 1997, John put Digital-X in motion rather than pursuing a traditional career in architecture. His 25 years of experience with computer generated renderings afford him the luxury of passing harsh judgement on all work before it leaves the outbox.

Stucco Joints

Stucco expansion joints are generally .75″ wide, and .5″ deep, so they should not be too bold. Color is usually the same as the adjacent walls. These should only be “cheat modeled” with splines if the camera is far enough away to not tell the difference.  Care should be taken when reading cad elevations.  Do […]

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Popouts

Window “pop-outs” generally project out 2 inches from the face of the building.  Sometimes at the top or bottom of the window, we might have a horizontal base or header, and often these are pushed out an additional 2″ (total of 4″ off the facade). Long horizontal accent bands which often span the length of

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