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mental ray & VRay tutorials: Correcting the Viewport colour display of imported AutoCAD drawings, when added into a Layer in 3Ds Max Often, imported AutoCad drawings lose their original colour once added into a new layer (using “Manage Layers” toolbar) in 3Ds Max. This “glitch” usually frustrates numerous users for a number of reasons, as colour coded drawings help to quickly understand the design and to easily “select by colour” any given layer/s of the relevant drawing in the 3Ds Max scene. After countless requests to post an article/tutorial on how to correct this problem, I have finally managed to put something together with help of a prolific script writer/ senior Visualiser/Photographer called David Venables.David created a simple script to override the above mentioned problem! I have had the pleasure to meet and continue to work with David while at AVR London. Without further ado let us start by importing an AutoCAD file format (i.e. DWG) into 3Ds Max. With the DWG file imported into Max, the next step is to quickly create a simple script and apply it. Fn ColourFromLayer = Local SelectionArr = (selection as array) Ta

Free Stock Images & Videos ~ AllTheFreeStock.com Mike Campau Retouching, Image Design and CGI I present to you my two entries into the 2011 UU theory competition. This years competition was a little different as there were some rules and guidelines to follow that somewhat restricted what you could submit. First, the image had to relate to the city in which you live... in my case it is Detroit, the "MotorCity". Home of the once Big Three and a long history of automobile manufacturing. Detroit also had the first mile of road paved with concrete in the world, combine that with our music heritage and diverse community you have my two entries for the UU. Second, the 3 finalists' artwork will be put on t-shirts for sale in the UU shop, so the design would have to work on white unless you wanted your final design to be boxed on the t-shirt... which I didn't. Third and finally, the UU logo had to be used in some way.

101 Things you didnt know in 3DS Max... 1. The white MaxScript area in the bottom left of the screen can be used as a quick-access calculator, just type in the sum, press enter and hey presto! 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 3ds Max has a pop-up message feature for when a certain file is opened. 19. 20. 21. - Back to Top -

3ds Max Tutorial | Preparing an AutoCAD drawing for 3D by Ian Ibbotson Introduction It is extremely important to prepare an AutoCAD drawing taking into consideration two main issues The drawing should be organised and drawn so as not to compromise the production drawing. This tutorial explains the main issues to consider when drawing in AutoCAD and preparing a drawing for use in 3D work Download Sample Data kf301_files.zip (583kb) Top of page Layers and Drawing Methods Organisation of all elements that are to be used in 3D using layers is vital as well as a good knowledge of clean, accurate drawing methods for 3D work. The correct drawing method (which is easier) produces a good looking and accurate result in 3D Clean and Simplify Drawing Before using an AutoCAD drawing for importing into MAX/VIZ only those elements that are going to be used for 3D work need keeping in the drawing. Layers The main method of creating objects in MAX/VIZ outlined in these tutorials is to create objects from layers. Open kf301_01.dwg in AutoCAD. Drawing Methods Building

FreeMediaGoo.com Portfolio Kevin Goulet THE TRUTH BOUT GRAPHIC CARDS AND 3DS MAX! - Graphics Cards hmmm a lot to answer to have i.... first of all quality isn´t your main issue when u work on a scene with 200 000 polygons or more, like i do almost every day, i promise u that. i prefer quality to go into the renderings. just kinda happy rotating the view after 10-15 seconds work (high-end huh?). yeah sure u try to work with low poly substitutions etc but it´s inevitable u gonna have to play with the complete scene from time to time. this here is the single issue 3d artists freak out on. see, textures and lights etc any geforce handles really well. thank god for the geforce. any model. the reason i´m refering to geometry2.max is that it´ll bring your pc down to it´s knees, and ALMOST represent some geometry 3d artists like myself have to cope with every day. it´s one of my favorites. forget synthetic benchmarks and teoretical opinions without real world experience. just run this here benchmark and see where your system will get u. take my advice or don´t. believe me or not.

Quickscape Tutorials Project Overview This tutorial describes the process of creating a 3D infrastructure and landscape scene from an AutoCAD design drawing using MAX/VIZ and Quickscape application software. Popularity: 9.1 visits per day | Last visit: Today | Total visits: 20,052 Stage 1: AutoCAD Drawing In stage 1 on this project, surfaces are created from an accurate landform mesh made from 2D and 3D polylines using Quickscape surfacing routines. Popularity: 25.02 visits per day | Last visit: Today | Total visits: 55,118 Stage 2: Create Landform Mesh This tutorial takes AutoCAD groundmodel data and uses it to create a landform mesh in 3ds Max with Quickscape. Popularity: 6.08 visits per day | Last visit: Today | Total visits: 13,392 Stage 3: Create Surfaces Production of seamless surfaces for roads, pavements, grassed areas and planting beds is probably the most important stage in the creation of a 3D landscape scene. Popularity: 6.34 visits per day | Last visit: Yesterday | Total visits: 13,967

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FumeFX,PFlow, & Krakatoa | John Rand FumeFX,PFlow, & Krakatoa My very first ever video tut. so please bear with me (it could be my last All the basic info you need to know to use FumeFX to run particles through pflow, save out to particle partitions, color and render… all in ten minutes. Final Render QT 6.5mb Tutorial WMV 12.9 mb My 12 Favorite Tutorials of 2010 15 Flares Facebook 0 Twitter 7 Pin It Share 4 4 Google+ 0 LinkedIn 3 inShare3 StumbleUpon 1 Reddit 0 15 Flares × 2010 is behind us and just before we start with all the 2011 goodness… here are my favorite 12 tutorial articles of 2010 on this blog. I wish you all the best 2011 possible. Enjoy! A quick way of adding fog in post using the ZDepth render pass. Described for VRay, but the method is the same for any render engine that is capable of outputting a depth pass. How to create great looking rocks inside 3d Studio max using the Advanced Painter plugin and rendering it all with V-Ray. A Focus on how to create a great looking ground cover, complete with grass, gravel, leafs and rocks. Short description of the modeling and postwork done to achieve the amazing looking ‘Maison Hermes’ render by State of Art Studio. The creation of 1st place winning ‘Winter Interior’ scene, created for the IDVN Design Visualization Render Challenge 2009.

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