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Introducing To 3D Studio Max George Atanasov Telerik Corporation www.telerik.com
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How To Modify Things
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Enables you to change the geometry of an object and its properties Modifier menu Modifiers list Modifiers stack 3
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4 Contains all modifiers Different for each kind of object Groups of modifiers Selection World Space Object Space
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Managing all aspects of modification Modifiers Copy, Paste, Cut, Remove… Collapse Unlimited modifier number Order Sequence is important Bend -> Taper != Taper -> Bend Sub-object selection 5
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Advanced Selection Methods
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Main Toolbar -> Select Object (Q) Pop-up labels Cursor changes to a cross Selection brackets Overlapped objects Keep left clicking Objects are selected in turn 7
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Using selection regions (Q) Click, drag and release to select object Change region shape Rectangular region Circular region Fence region Lasso region Paint region 8
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Region modes Window Crossing Selection filter All Geometry Shapes Etc. 9
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Selecting object by its name Main Toolbar -> Select by Name (H) 10
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Handy way of selecting objects Create and save selection Add or remove objects Rename selection Fast select from dropdown Selects all the objects in the highlighted set 11
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Main Menu > Tools > Isolate Selection (Alt + Q) Unselected objects in the scene being hidden 12
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Groups, Layers, Links
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Use groups to: Organize large amounts of objects Reduce the amount of selectable objects Grouping options Group level Group, Ungroup Open, Close, Explode Object level Attach, Detach 14
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Group appearance Pivot point Transform Modifiers Groups also can be grouped 15 When moving multiple objects to a known point group them before the move and ungroup them after the move.
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Organize your objects Easy to select and reorganize Exclude from rendering Lock / Unlock Layers in 3D Studio are abstract You can not implement layering in 3D The order sequence is not important 16
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Layer manager – Tools -> Manage Layers Tree view Layer Create, Delete* Hide, Freeze, Render Object Hide, Freeze Add, Move, Select 17
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To freeze – Right click -> Freeze Selection Freezing makes the object Not transformable Gray colored Non-textured 18 To deactivate visual changes of the frozen object: Right click on the object -> Object Properties -> Uncheck Show Frozen in Gray To deactivate visual changes of the frozen object: Right click on the object -> Object Properties -> Uncheck Show Frozen in Gray
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Linking – Child and parent objects Hierarchy Parent Child Sub-child 19 When the parent object is transformed, the child also transformed, but child transformations does not affect the parent object
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Clone, Mirror, Symmetry
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The ability to copy objects is called “Clone” Main menu -> Edit -> Clone (Shift & drag) You can clone as: Copy Instance Reference 21
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Array – Main menu -> Tools -> Array Creates a multiple clones of an object Array modes 1D 2D 3D 22
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Mirror tool (Main menu -> Tools -> Mirror) Mirror axis X, Y, Z, XY, YZ, ZX Offset Clone options No clone Copy Instance Reference 23
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Symmetry modifier – Modifiers list -> Symmetry Mirror axis Weld Seam Threshold Handy for Character modeling Vehicle modeling Any symmetrical object 24
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Align tool – Main menu -> Tools -> Align Allows you to accurately place one object in relation to another object 25
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Spacing tool – Tools -> Align -> Spacing Tool Array of object Count Spacing Orientation Objects can follow Straight line Spline 26
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Snap tool – Main toolbar -> 3D Snaps Toggle Snap settings Grid Vertex Pivot Etc. 27
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