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

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

Place instances onto a surface precisely

Christopher Tyler Jul, 9th 2012 0 Comments

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

This tutorial demonstrates how to place instances into a scene with numerical precision by using a custom grid.

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

Setting Units and Grid Divisions

Rodrigo Duarte Jun, 15th 2012 1 Comment

CX Interface, CX Introductory, CX Modeling, SE Introductory

I live in a country that uses metric units. Strata 3D uses imperial units. Some projects –think ancient history– use units that are no longer in use. How do we set Strata Design 3D up to use the correct set of units for each project?

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

Project Component: Part 5–Using subsets to texture individual instances

Christopher Tyler May, 7th 2012 2 Comments

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

This materials tutorial shows how to use the subsets feature to apply specific materials several instances of a single shape. This helps to create a more complex scene while keeping a simple shape/instance setup.

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by Leif Buckley: - – Replicate – A Quick Introduction To Using The Replicate Function.
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– toon – A quick introduction to Toon rendering.

Leif Buckley Mar, 11th 2012 2 Comments

CX Beginner, CX Introductory, CX Rendering, Design 3D SE, SE Beginner, SE Texture & Render

Use Toon render to generate cartoon like graphics.

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

Specularity for beginners

Christopher Tyler Feb, 28th 2012 0 Comments

Design 3D CX, SE Beginner, SE Texture & Render

This lighting/texturing tutorial for beginners discusses the nature of specularity. While it's geared towards beginners there are a few more advanced tidbits of information are thrown in to help illustrate the nature of the specular highlight.

Design 3D SE

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Creating Braids and Knots with the Skin Tool: Introduction

Place instances onto a surface precisely

Setting Units and Grid Divisions

Project Component: Part 5–Using subsets to texture individual instances

– toon – A quick introduction to Toon rendering.

Specularity for beginners