Path Constraints Refresher

 Week_1

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Construct a basic corner scene with low polygon count

1 
Construct a plane (using keyboard entry) 200x200, with a 4polygon count in the front view. 
2 
Mouse right click and convert to an editable poly.
 
3 
Highlight polygon and with window/crossing clicked, drag to grab the bottom two polygons. Press ctrl and add the top right quadrant. Delete.
 
4 
Construct another plane, 200x200, 4polygon count using keyboard entry in the front view.
 
5 
Right click and collapse into an editable polygon. Keep the bottom left quardrant, deleting the other three.
 
6 
Repeat step 4 and 5 but in the left viewport and keeping the top right quadrant.
 
7 
Open the polygon count via views/viewport configuration/statistics and in setup click the polygon count and show in active view.
 
8 
Open the create/cylinder and set radius to 5 and height to 10 and create in the front view via keyboard entry.
 
9 
With the cylinder highlighted click align and click the back quad in the top view and align XYZ and centre for both objects.
 
10 
Repeat the construction of a cylinder via keyboard entry in the left view. Align in the same way.
 
11 
Check the polygon count. Reduce the height and sides parameters in the modify panel to get the count down to an acceptable qualitative level.
 
12 This should give a corner room view, with two possible wall lights, in the perspective port.
 
13 Drop a target camera into the top viewport and move it into position to view the room. Start with a 35mm lens but change to suit. Click the perspective view and press 'C'
 
14 
Place a target light as a general in the top view about the same direction as the camera.15 Drop a free light into the top viewport about the place of the right cylinder. Align it with that cylinder.
 
15 
Shift click and move to copy that light then align it with the other cylinder.
 
16 
Experiment with different light templates and change the Kelvin value of one to 15,000 and cast a shadow.

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Modelling unique rings
The bevel and bevel profile can give you that individual shape you might be looking for.

1
Select create/shapes/doughnut and drag in top view. Create two doughnut objects positioned side by side. Set the Rad1=80 and Rad2=75 for both rings.

2
In top view select ring on left. Open Modifier/bevel. In bevel roll out set
start outline=0
height for Lv1,2,and3=20
Outline Lv1=15, for Lv2=-15
Then enable the smooth across levels option.

3
Select create/shapes/line and draw a profile curve in the front view from bottom to top, about the same height as the first ring. This curve doesn't have to be a closed spline.

4
Select the doughnut shape on the right, open the Modifier/bevel profile. In the parameter roll out select 'pick profile' button and select the profile curve.

5
Examine other possibilities.



Tut_3

 A path can be any chosen spline, closed or open. The following is a reminder:

Path Constraints Refresher

Path Constraints.zip



 

Create your blog and upload.

Week_1

Pearl Harbour: previous work: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDk1bTzNd0k

Watch and then review with your group the 3dsMax movie of the Pearl Harbour incident, writing your own notes. 
Create your blog and upload your views, detailing good and bad aspects of the 3dsMax presentation. 
This is to be done by the end of the session on Monday 30/09/2013.

The Pearl Harbour Conspiracy

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Shortly after dawn on Sunday, December 7, 1941, Japanese warplanes launched an all-out attack on Pearl Harbor [wiki], the major U.S. military base in Hawaii. Within two hours, they had damaged or destroyed 18 warships and more than 200 aircraft, killing 2,403 American soldiers, sailors, and marines, and wounding 1,178. Americans were stunned and outraged.

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor was one of the most dramatic incidents in U.S. history - and the source of persistent questions. Did President Roosevelt know the attack was coming?

Welcome To Virtual Environments Sem. 1 2013

Week_1

The Brief

You will work in small groups (3 or 4 students) to the following brief:

Introduction
Just before 8 on the morning of December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage lasted just two hours, but it was devastating: The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and almost 200 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. The day after the assault, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan; Congress approved his declaration with just one dissenting vote. Three days later, Japanese allies Germany and Italy also declared war on the United States, and again Congress reciprocated. More than two years into the conflict, America had finally joined World War II. – [http://www.history.com/topics/pearl-harbor]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/pearl_harbour_01.shtml


Your Brief
In teams of three or four, using 3D Studio Max, you are to produce an animation to show how the attack on Pearl Harbour unfolded. You are to produce an informative documentary style video which accurately depicts the attack with reference to thorough research which must also be documented as part of the module.