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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
8.0 Specific

Preparing geometry for a material with anisotropy and a coating

Christopher Tyler Nov, 14th 2012 2 Comments

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

This modeling tutorial shows how to prepare a lathed object for conversion to polygon mesh. It focuses on optimizing the mesh for even polygon distribution and also reducing redundant geometry. Finally it looks at the UV data generated by lathe.

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by Rodrigo Duarte: - How To Create Basic Metallic Textures
- An Introduction To Glass
- Gems 101

Creating an Icosahedron

Rodrigo Duarte Oct, 31st 2012 0 Comments

CX Intermediate, CX Modeling, Design 3D CX

Icosahedrons are Platonic Solids of 20 faces. We will create an Icosahedron from a dodecahedron.

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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
8.0 Specific

Creating and Editing Custom HDRI Images for use in Design3D

Christopher Tyler Oct, 28th 2012 3 Comments

CX Advanced, CX Intermediate, CX Lighting, CX Rendering, CX Texturing, Design 3D CX

This tutorial shows how to edit 32 bit per channel HDRI bitmaps in Photoshop. It discusses the difference between 8, 16, and 32bit per channel color and how to work with Photoshop's HDRI color palette. It also discusses how to use this data inside of Design3D.

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by Rodrigo Duarte: - How To Create Basic Metallic Textures
- An Introduction To Glass
- Gems 101

Ferns

Rodrigo Duarte Oct, 23rd 2012 2 Comments

CX Intermediate, CX Modeling, CX Texturing, Design 3D CX

Ferns are relatively simple plants that may come in handy for architectural renderings. We will create ferns from photographic reference. The logic is the same as for other plants, relying on the stencil channel to avoid explicitly modeling the shape of the fern. The fern shape file is included at the end of the tutorial.

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by Rodrigo Duarte: - How To Create Basic Metallic Textures
- An Introduction To Glass
- Gems 101

Creating Braids and Knots with the Skin Tool: Our first Knot

Rodrigo Duarte Oct, 19th 2012 0 Comments

CX Intermediate, CX Modeling, Design 3D CX

In a past tutorial, we created a simple braid from two strands. In this one, we will create a knot, a single continuous object composed of only one strand with a slight variation on what we did when creating the braid.

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by Rodrigo Duarte: - How To Create Basic Metallic Textures
- An Introduction To Glass
- Gems 101

Creating Braids and Knots with the Skin Tool: Introduction

Rodrigo Duarte Oct, 18th 2012 0 Comments

CX Intermediate, CX Modeling, Design 3D SE, SE Intermediate, SE Modeling

We will create a braided ring using the Skin Tool. This is simple but requires order, lest we end up with a mess of squares and tangled geometry.

CX Intermediate

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Preparing geometry for a material with anisotropy and a coating

Creating an Icosahedron

Creating and Editing Custom HDRI Images for use in Design3D

Ferns

Creating Braids and Knots with the Skin Tool: Our first Knot

Creating Braids and Knots with the Skin Tool: Introduction