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

Perpetual Rotation – The Cycle Attribute

Rodrigo Duarte Aug, 10th 2012 0 Comments

Attributes are a great tool somewhat hidden in the Project Window. We shall use the Cycle Attribute to make a sprocket rotate continually.

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

Revealing objects with Animated Fog

Rodrigo Duarte Aug, 8th 2012 0 Comments

CX Animation, CX Intermediate, CX Texturing

This tutorial builds on the Adding Fog to a Scene tutorial, and shows how to animate the Start Distance of a Fog shader applied to the air of the scene to reveal the scene.

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

Modeling an oxygen mask type object

Christopher Tyler Aug, 7th 2012 0 Comments

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

This modeling tutorial shows how to generate a medical type object similar to an oxygen mask. It uses subdivision surfaces and polygon modeling.

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

Quick Mountains Using a Height Map

Rodrigo Duarte Aug, 5th 2012 2 Comments

CX Beginner, CX Intermediate, CX Modeling

We will learn to create quick mountains importing a bitmap file and converting it into a Mesh. The ability to import a bitmap image and have its grayscale information converted into a mesh is a great tool.

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

Avoiding Unwanted Specular Highlights with a Light Gel

Rodrigo Duarte Jul, 25th 2012 0 Comments

CX Beginner, CX Intermediate, CX Lighting

There are some cases in which We only want a light to cast diffuse light, or we may want a light to cast only specular light. We achieve this with a Light Gel.

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

Modeling an architectural staircase element

Christopher Tyler Jul, 13th 2012 1 Comment

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

This modeling tutorial demonstrates how to use named custom grids to model symmetrical elements. It also shows how to work with instances that have pesky nested nodes. The use of the Replace selected function is also covered.

CX Intermediate

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Perpetual Rotation – The Cycle Attribute

Revealing objects with Animated Fog

Modeling an oxygen mask type object

Quick Mountains Using a Height Map

Avoiding Unwanted Specular Highlights with a Light Gel

Modeling an architectural staircase element