3DS MAX Course Outline (Students can choose between 3ds max and Sketchup)

Introduction

1. Introduction

2. Basic interface and layout study

3. Basic and extended primitives

4. Basic layout setting for Architects and designers

Modeling Basic to Advanced level.

1. Edit Poly Modeling

2. Extrude

3. Chamfer

4. Cut and Slices

5. Symmetry Mirror Modeling

6. Designing a table and chair

7. Designing a full 3D house using box

8. Lines and Shapes

9. Importing a plan from AutoCAD/Vectorworks

10. Making an interior space

11. Doors and Windows

12. AEC extended

13. Railing and Trees

14. Stairs 

Advanced Modifiers

1. Compound objects

a. Connect

b. Scatter

c. Pro Boolean

d. Loft

e. Terrain

2. Bend

3. Taper

4. Twist

5. Stretch

6. Skew

7. FFD

8. Wave and Ripple

9. Lattice

9. Lathe

Advanced modeling

Start to Finish Project including furniture and lights.

Basic Lights

1. Omni Light

2. Spot Light

3. Direct Light

4. Light effects

5. Advanced Lighting

Camera

1. Free Camera

2. Target camera

3. Advanced Camera Animation / Path Animation

Texturing and Rendering

1. Diffuse and Bump Mapping

2. Environment and Background images

3. Rendering images

4. Vray Advance rendering and lighting

V-Ray Basic to Advanced level Course Outline

Introduction

1. What is VRay and how to setup VRay

2. VRay image saving options

Global Illumination in VRay

1. Irradiance Map

2. Light Cache

3. Quasi-Monte Carlo/ Brute Force

4. Environmental Lighting

Image Sampling

2. Fixed

3. Adaptive QMC

4. Adaptive Subdivisions

VRay Lights

1. Plane Light

2. Dome Light

3. Sphere Light

4. VRay Sun

5. VRay Shadow

6. Image-based lighting HDRI

7. Object-based lighting

VRay Camera

1. Focal Length

2. Film speed

3. Shutter Speed

VRay Materials

1. Diffuse Color

2. Reflection

3. Refraction

4. Blurry Reflections

Rendering Test Scenes

5. Rendering an interior scene

6. Rendering an exterior scene

Photoshop

Introduction to Photoshop

Opening saving and managing multiple files

Interface Overview

Image Formats

Interface

Navigation of windows in Photoshop

Zooming in images

Panning around

Scroll Images

Rotating images

Resolution and Image Size

Image size and Resolution

Resolution Standards

Selection and editing

Selection methods

Marquee tools

Lasso Tools

Magic wand tool

Moving your selection

Crop tool

Text

Creating text

Font type and styles

Font size

Scale and Rotate

Transforming Objects

Rotating using Freeform

Scaling using Freeform

Saving

Saving PSD

Saving a JPEG

SketchUp Course Outline

Installation and versions

1. Comparisons of Sketchup and other 3D applications

Interface

1. Interface basics

2. Workflow

3. Walking around

4. Creating Camera views

5. Shading faces and edges

6. Shadow and fog

7. Selecting and moving objects

8. Scaling and rotating

9. Manipulating faces and edges

10. 10 Advance selections

Drawing in Sketchup

1. Line tool

2. Using the line as 3d object

3. Rectangle and Circles

4. Polygon

5. Push and pull

6. Offset tool

7. Follow me

8. Text and 3d text

9. Edges and smooth modifier

10. Sections and guides

Organizing Scenes

1. Grouping

2. Exploding group

3. Hiding and Unhiding

4. Layers

5. Outlines

Texturing

1. Applying materials

2. Editing materials

3. Creating materials

Rendering

1. Applying styles

2. Creating styles

3. Animation

Autocad Course Outline

INTRODUCTION

• Interface (HOME/INSERT/ANNOTATE/VIEW/ETC)

• Command Line

• Status Toggles (SNAP/GRID/POLAR/OSNAP/OTRACK/ETC)

• Drawing Controls

• Units

• Workspace

HOME

Draw

• Line

• Polyline

• Circle

• Arc

• Rectangle

• Ellipse

• Spline

• Polygon

• Ray

• Hatching

• Gradient

Inquiry

• Measure

• Select All

Modify

• Move

• Copy

• Rotate

• Mirror

• Fillet

• Trim

• Extend

• Erase

• Offset

• Explode

• Array

• Stretch

• Break

• Polyline Edit

• Hatch Edit

• Scale (Two methods)

Layers

• Creating Layers

• Managing Layers

• Isolate/Un Isolate

• Changing Layers

• Line Type

• Line Weights

Annotation

• Dimensions

• Text

• Dimension Style

• Text Style

• Leaders

Properties

• Colours

• Line weights

• Line Types

• Line Type Scaling

Block

• Create

• Insert

• Edit

• Explode

• Export

INSERT

• Insert

• Attach

VIEW

• Navigate

• View

• Windows

PLOT/PRINT

• Model Space

• Layouts/Workspaces

• Viewports

• Layout Scaling

• Paper Setup

• What To Plot

• Plot Scale

• Plot Offset

• Plot Options

Vectorworks Course Outline

Vectorworks Interface

Palettes

Opening and Filing files

Creating Objects and shapes

Undo/Redo

Snaps

Applying Graphic Attributes

Dimensions

Modeling and Drawing

Tools and other Commands in Detail

Integration between Autocad ad Vectorworks

Creating, Modifying, and Editing

Text

Dimensions

Callout text Tool

Organizing Information

Design Layers and Sheet Layers

Classes

Design Layer and Class Options

Assigning Objects to Layers and Classes

Viewports and Sheet Layers

Drawing Buildings

Setting up the Layer Heights

Drawing Walls

Creating a Roof

Creating a Model

Part 2: Vectorworks Architect

File Setup for scaling the drawing

Document Setup

Text Styles

Custom Dimension Standard

Property Line

Concept Drawings

Preparation

Plan Viewport

Perspective Viewports

Creating the Walls

Creating the Roof

Developed Design Drawings

Doors and Windows

Drawing Buildings

Standard Vectorworks Doors and Windows

Windows and Door Manager

Geometry Settings

Printing

Standard Title Blocks (Drawing Border)

Drawing Labels

Notes, Keynotes, and Callouts

Working Drawings

Final project in the presence of the tutor using basics of InDesign.   

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