Over-imposing 3D models over photos is troublesome, (and very approximate) as the FOV on photos was difficult to match the FOV of a 3D model without a precise mathematical formula. The attached example shows my most recent project, where we tried to overlap 3D model over an actual site photo, without trying to make it “super-photo-realistic”, but rather “eye-pleasant” using a field of view (FOV) that human eye would like ...

With industrial robots, 3D scanners, 3D milling machines and all the high end technology involved manufacturing and construction, people might ask "Why can’t we just get rid of 2D documentation?" There is a new tendency today to use numerically controlled machines to produce the elements of the spatial structure, bypassing thus traditional 2D documentation. A good example is the architectural practice of Frank Gehry, one of the most prolific and original ...