Friday, September 30, 2011

Lathe, Loft and Compound Objects





assignment part I

Lathe 3 Objects, add materials and light
Post (at least) 3 renders to your blog

Loft 3 Objects, add materials and lighting
post (at least) 3 renders to your blog

Be creative!

assignment part II

Compete Boolean "Chest" assignment on Blackboard ?

OR:

Utilize 3 of the following to produce (at least) 3 different renders
ProBoolean
Terrain
ShapeMerge
BlobMesh
ProCutter
Connect
Conform
Scatter

Your assignment (both options) must be textured and lit!

Next week we begin editable polygons!  Research Editable Polygons, Editable Mesh and Box Modeling...post to the 3DR&D Facebook Page

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Lighting and Rendering



assignment:

Light your ammo room (worksheet from Blackboard)
post (at least) 3 renders to your blog

Friday, September 16, 2011

Materials and Surfacing


Assignment:

Working with the Material’s Editor, add surfaces to the provided 
“AmmoRoomMaterials_Student.max” scene.

Assignment Link

Friday, September 9, 2011

2D Shapes : LOGO




Assignment: LOGO

Design an appealing logo with shapes
Must include a Text element
Extrude and/or Bevel logo
Render and Save to your Blog for review next time

research topic for next week: materials, textures, surfaces in 3D Studio Max
post 1 unique link to our Facebook Page:


3DR&D

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Intro to MAX




Build a robot in 3D Studio MAX using primitives and basic transforms

create a new blog post:
 tell me about your process, include any concept art and, of course...

post (at least) 3 renders of your robot:
different angles...show it off!

 Research: post a UNIQUE link to 3DR&D on the topic of:

Splines, Lines, and Paths in 3DS Max





3D Studio Max - Keyboard Shortcuts


q
= select
^z
= undo
w
= move
^y
 = redo
e
= rotate


r
= scale
shift z
= undo viewport
h
= selection list

shift y
= redo viewport
^p
= pan


^r
= orbit view
F3
= shaded / wireframe toggle
alt z
= zoom
 F4
 = edged faces toggle
^w
= zoom region


z
= zoom extents


i
= center view on mouse
g 
 = grid toggle
^p
= pan
x
= toggle transform gizmo


space
= lock selection