Getting Started

• Course Introduction
• Learning objectives
• Configuring 3ds Max and 3ds Max design
• Setting up units
• Setting display units to architectural
• Assigning a project folder
• Creating a prototype folder

Pre production and planning

• Pre-Planning the production
• Developing thestory board sketch style
• Examining a sample storyboard
• Planning the scene level of details
• Understanding level of details
• Planning file output

Modeling

• Modeling in 3Ds Max
• Understanding shapes
• Saving incremental files
• Cloning shapes
• Creating outline shapes
• Attaching shapes
• Editing Closed 2D shapes
• Trimming and welding splines
• Filtering a vertex
• Understanding mesh and poly objects
• Discovering the editable poly object type
• Converting object types

Materials

• Introducing Materials
• Understanding the slate material editor
• Creating schematic materials
• Learning the arch and design material
• Adjusting shaders
• Editing reflectivity
• Assigning a material
• Using map patterns
• Simulating Geometry
• Working wit unwrap UVW
• Editing materials ID’s
• Assigning a multi/sub-object material

Lighting

• Learning direct and indirect light
• Discovering daylight
• Placing a daylight system
• Adjusting location
• Adjusting physical sky
• Understanding photometric lights
• Enabling streetlights in a scene
• Enabling global illumination

Rendering

• Introducing rendering
• Learning about still image
• Understanding still image resolution
• Rendering still images etc…

Cameras

• Understanding the cameras impportance
• Discovering the traditional camera shots
• Learning effective camera distance
• Changing viewer distance
• Discovering the depth of field
• Adding depth of field to control focus

Effects and Dynamics

• Understanding particle effects
• Creating a particle flow
• Discovering 3ds max dynamics
• Simulating rigid bodies
• Draping a table cloth

Output

• Considering the final output
• Underi=standing the scene states
• Setting up scene states for rendering
• Understanding batch rendering
• Configuring a batch rendering Queue

LEED lighting analysis

• Introducing lighting analysis
• Understanding lighting analysis
• Learning who uses lighting analysis
• Identifying issues for lighting analysis
• Examining scene and modeling issues
• Bulding to scale
• Understanding 3D lighting design
• Examining real world lighting

Lighting the scene

• Understanding Lighting preparation
• Creating a ground plane
• Discovering the daylight system

Scene materials

• Understanding scene materials
• Identifying scene materials

Lighting analysis for presentation

• Introducing lighting analysis for presentation
• Understanding lighting analysis tools

Rendering an analysis

• Rendering a complete analysis

Module A. User Interface:

Quick Access toolbar, Menu Bar, Viewports, Navigation Toolbars, Command panel, Animation controls, Status bar, Animation Key frames.

Module B. Viewport Configuration Setting:

Layouts, View Cube, Safe frame, Statistics, Regions, Visual Style

Module C. Main Toolbar:

Selection, move, rotate, Scale, Array, Align, Snap toggle, Grid & Snap setting, Unit Setup, Selection bracket toggle (J), manage Layers.

Module D. Command panel:

Create panel – Geometry: Standard Primitives, Extended Primitives, Auto Grid Doors, Windows, Stairs, AEC Extended, Compound Object

Shapes – Spline

Modify panel – Parameters, Editable Poly, and Selection by vertex/Edges/polygon/Element, Soft selection, Edit Polygons, Edit Geometry.

Hierarchy – Pivot adjustment

Display – Display color, Hide by Category, Hide, Freeze, Display properties

Module E. Modifier List :

Object-Space Modifier – Bend, Bevel, Extrude, lathe, Lattice, Shell, Smooth, Spherify, FFD, HSDS, Turbo Smooth, Mesh Smooth, Quadify Mesh, Stretch, taper, Sweep, Push, Cloth, Displace, Noise, UVW Map.

Module F. Modeling using different kind of modifiers:

i. Basic modeling with standard primitives.

ii. Modeling a Classic Chair by Using Qualify mesh Modifier.

iii. Modeling a Barcelona chair by Using TerboSmooth, Push, and FFD Modifier.

iv. Modeling a Spiral Staircase using ARRAY.

v. Modeling a Pillow using edit poly and meshsmooth modifier.

vi. Modeling Cloth using Garment maker, Cloth modifier and wind deformation on table and bed.

vii. Modeling a certain using displace modifier.

viii. Modeling a certain using Noise modifier.

ix. Modeling a certain using Cloth modifier (Group & Node).

x. Modeling a certain using Cloth modifier (group & Wind).

xi. Modeling a certain using normal spline & grid.

xii. Modeling a Ground by using displace Modifier.

xiii. Modeling a Carpet Using Hair and Fur.

xiv. Making a simple curtain model, noise, FFD modifier.

xv. Modeling of an Interior & Exterior with Texturing bitmap.

xvi. Modeling Vray 3d grass using Vray displacement modifier.

xvii. Animation control bar utilization

Module G. Material Editor:

i. Basic texturing concept

ii. Use of Multi & Sub object Material

iii. Fall-off map

iv. Noise map

v. Raytracing Map

Module H. V-Ray material:

Making of Plain Glass material, Reflective Glass, Steel material, Stainless Steel Material, Glossy realistic material, acrylic material.

Module I. V-Ray Lighting:

Vray IES, Vray Ambient, Varylight & Vray Sunlight. Cove Light (using vray light), rod light (using Vray light), Spot Light (using ies light), Direct target light, Omni light

Module J. V-ray Physical camera

Focal length, F-number, Film speed, Sutter speed, Target point.

Module K. V-ray Plan