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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
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PROJECT COMPONENT: Part 5. Model an alarm clock handle

Christopher Tyler Oct, 25th 2011 0 Comments

CX Advanced, CX Intermediate, CX Modeling, CX Version 7 Specific, Design 3D CX

This tutorial shows how to model an alarm clock handle using the path extrude tool, polygon modeling and subdivision surfaces.

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PROJECT COMPONENT: Part 4. Modeling an Alarm Clock Hand

Christopher Tyler Oct, 24th 2011 0 Comments

CX Intermediate, CX Modeling, CX Version 7 Specific, Design 3D CX

This tutorial shows how to model an alarm clock hand using subdivision surfaces. It also shows how to set it up for two materials using material subsets.

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PROJECT COMPONENT: Part 7 (optional). Resetting the bounding box of newly isolated geometry

Christopher Tyler Oct, 17th 2011 3 Comments

CX Advanced, CX Modeling, CX Version 7 Specific, Design 3D CX

This tutorial shows how to reset the bounding box of polygons isolated from a larger set of geometry. This is very useful when needing to create new objects with custom bounding boxes (and hence local axes). It also discusses the nature of scale and how it can impact subdivision surfaces.

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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
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Creating Materials for a Clock

Christopher Tyler Oct, 15th 2011 0 Comments

CX Texturing, CX Version 7 Specific, Design 3D CX

This tutorial walks through the creation of a metal and plastic material on a clock object. It helps to show how to configure two materials that have similar settings but very different appearances and discusses why. It discusses the fresnel curve as part of this tutorial.

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Going from Conical (6.2) to View Dependent (7) Blurry Reflections

Christopher Tyler Oct, 15th 2011 1 Comment

CX Texturing, CX Version 7 Specific, Design 3D CX

This tutorial discusses going from 6.2 blurry reflections to the new View Dependent blurry reflection code, specifically looking at the remapped Smoothness range.

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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
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Inserting a hole into an object

Christopher Tyler Oct, 15th 2011 2 Comments

CX Modeling, CX Version 7 Specific, Design 3D CX

This tutorial shows several ways of creating a hole through a basic object. It helps to demonstrate various ways of creating the same or similar final piece of geometry.

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PROJECT COMPONENT: Part 5. Model an alarm clock handle

PROJECT COMPONENT: Part 4. Modeling an Alarm Clock Hand

PROJECT COMPONENT: Part 7 (optional). Resetting the bounding box of newly isolated geometry

Creating Materials for a Clock

Going from Conical (6.2) to View Dependent (7) Blurry Reflections

Inserting a hole into an object