Greetings, students and design professionals! Welcome to Perception, your new design pal. We were once students in architecture and beginners in the world of professional practice too. Honestly, it does take a lot of time to find websites that can give you decent free assets. The truth is, you might end up spending half the day looking for them, so we wanted to help save your precious time by creating a central hub that contains some of the best websites for free assets for you to use in your projects.
First up: free BIM families. These are pre-made components that you can use in your BIM projects, saving you time and effort. You don't need to create every element from scratch. Here is where you can find them:
Next: Free 3D models! Sometimes, you really don't have time to create 3D models to populate your scene, so it's an excellent idea to utilize the thousands of free 3D models you can just import into your 3D scene. Here are some excellent websites:
In addition to 3D models, you may also need textures and PBR (physically-based rendering) materials to give realism and depth to your scene. Here is our list of favorite websites we keep revisiting:
HDRI (high dynamic range imaging) maps are another essential tool for creating realistic environments in 3D design. These maps provide a wide range of lighting information to accurately depict the way light interacts with your scene. Here are some websites that will provide them to you for the low cost of 0$:
If you need to include people in your scenes, you can find a variety of free human cutouts online. These are flat, two-dimensional images of people that you can just bring onto your scene or photoshop file. Some great websites for finding free human cutouts include:
Free Photoshop brushes can be a great resource for those looking to add some extra flair to their designs. These are digital brush strokes that can be used to add effects when you're doing post-production work. Check out the following websites for free Photoshop brushes:
Finally, if you're putting together a portfolio or presentation, free templates can be a huge time-saver. Redokun and Competition.Archi are among a few that offer a range of free templates for both portfolios and project boards, and they can be found here:
In addition to these resources, Dimensions.com gives you a whole catalog of different objects, furniture, and standard layouts that help you in finding out the standard sizes. For example, you can find the standard layouts for parking spaces of different angles to ensure that your parking lot is designed correctly and adheres to standards. Sometimes they’ll send you the CAD file for free if you email them. Check them out and check out other websites that offer free CAD blocks:
Bookmark this page, as we will continuously keep it up to date with new websites that provide free assets. We will make sure to dedicate a central hub for all the free quality models and assets so you never have to waste time trying to find them. Don't worry, Perception has your back!
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