The Istana Seri Menanti, is one of the famous landmarks in Negeri Sembilan. The details and model of this palace was generated using Autodesk Revit Architecture software. The system of Revit environment allows users to manipulate whole buildings or assemblies (in the project environment) or individual 3D shapes (in the family editor environment).Several categories of object or 'families' in Revit system allow user to create realistic and accurate families ranging and this was helpful in generation of several carving and details in this palace.
Example of carving, baluster and 'tunjuk langit' of Istana Seri Menanti
This palace is now turned into a royal museum and the speciality about this four-storey building is constructed without using any nails. The generation of 3D model of this palace is for documentation of cultural research and for preservation for the future generation.