Course Contents

1.  Orientation / Introduction

• Wheel

• Mouse Wheel Used to select view port

• Mouse Wheel Used to cancel what ever you are doing (Object creating and other Tools)

• Mouse Wheel Used to move view (Click)

• Mouse Wheel Used to Rotate View (Alt+Click)

• Mouse Wheel Used to Zoom In & Out (Revolve)

• navtools (Lower left Navigation Tools set)

• Zoom Tool (To zoom smoothly than mouse wheel)

• Zoom All (To Zoom All View Ports)

• Zoom Extents (To maximum zoom to Object)

• Zoom Extents All (To Maximum zoom in all view ports)

• Zoom Region Tool (To select a selected region)

• Field of view Tool (Only available in Perspective view port)

• Pan Tool (work same as mouse wheel click drag work)

• Walk Through Tool (give a feel of walk – front,  back, right, left with arrow keys for Up and Down use Shift with up and down arrow)

• Arc Rotate Tool (Work same as Alt+Mouse wheel click works)

• Maximize View port Toggle (To Maximize selected view port) (Alt+W is the better keyboard shortcut option)

• Shift+Z to View Undo

• gizmo (used with most frequent transformation Move, Rotate, Scale)

• Move Gizmo

• Rotate Gizmo

• Scale Gizmo

• (-)(+) to resize Gizmo

• X to hide or show Gizmo

• Reference coordinate system (next to Move, Rotate, Scale on tool bar)

• View Reference

• Screen Reference

• Local Reference

• selecting

• Select Object Tool

• Select by Name (H) Hit List                                 

  Apply on Line

• Selection Region

• Window Crossing

• freezing

• Freezing

• Hiding

• Isolated Mode (Alt+Q)

• creation

• Define object creation mode

• Define Steps of Creating Objects (one, two or three creation steps for objects like Spheres (1 step creation), Bow (2 Step Creation) or Tube (3 Step Creation) and others)

• Define Auto Grid in create panel

• Define Keyboard entry options (to create objects by entering X,Y,Z, Height, Width, Length)

• Define Extended primitives

• Defining Modifying panel

• sub object

• Complete object with adjustable Parameters is called Parametric.

• Apply Edit Poly Modifier to introduce and explain sub object mode.

• Vertex / Vertices

• Other modifiers sub object mode

• shapes

• Define shapes panel under Create tab on command panel.

• Define start new shape option

• Define LINE and the term Bezier curves (curve between to vertices)

• text

• Define Creating Text

• Define Editing text

• Define Aligning Text

• Define how to change Fonts

• Define Kerning (space between letters)

• Define Leading (space between lines)

• Apply Bevel of Extrude Modifier to make Text 3D

• Define interpolation steps for smoothing text smoothness of corners

• Define Bevel Modifier sub settings to smoothen results on text.

• lmporting Aut0CAD & illustrator files

• Define how to import AutoCAD file in MAX

• Define how to import Adobe illustrator file in MAX (save as older version)

• Define how to convert a CoralDraw to illustrators file (save as older version)

• compound (under the command panel 3^rd. to create drop down option)

• Define Compound objects mode (it works with both 2D & 3D objects and shapes)

• Define Boolean

• Define Loft

• Define Scatter

• architectural

• Importing Cad or other architectural maps

• Start making houses and buildings

• array

• Defining ARRAY tool in Tool dropdown on main menu bar.

• Array dimensions>Count>1D, 2D, 3D... etc.

• transforms - Defining three basic Transforms (Select & Move, Select & Rotate, Select & Uniform scale)

• modifiers

• Apply Lathe Modifier (to let object rotate around the center point)

• Bend Modifier (to bend objects)

• Taper Modifier (to give taper edge out or in effect)

• Melt Modifier (to give melting effect)

• Wave Modifier (to give Wave effect to objects)

• Slice Modifier (to slice parts of objects)

• Stretch Modifier (to give stretching effect to objects)

• Twist Modifier (to give Twist effect to objects)

• Copying and pasting Modifiers from one to another object

• mesh (frame work with which objects made)

• To edit Mesh of nay object

• Define soft selection

• box

• Defining Box Modeling

• edges (2^nd. option after converting to edit poly in modify panel)

• F-2 change the mode of selected area (filled or outlines)

• F-3 to change to wire frame view or to smooth and highlights view

• F-4 for viewing both at a time normal view and only wire frame

• Deleting an Edge by delete button or by back space button difference

• meshsmooth

• Mesh smooth and Turbo smooth modifier

• grouping

• Define Group options in menu bar 4 from left

• cloning

• Define Shift Key” cloning command

• Copy (no relation to each other)

• Instance (related to each other)

• Reference (effect on original will effect all Reference objects)

• Increase number of copies to get more copies, Instances or References

• editor

• Introduction to Material Editor dialogue box

• parameters

• Defining the parameter adjustments of modify dialogue box

• Defining 2 sided objects one side transparent problem (fix it with app lying material)

• basicmap

• Define how to apply bitmap map (two ways to applying)

• bump

• Define Bump Map application (Noise map) (Bitmap)

• Photoshop

• Intro to Photoshop and its importance for working with 3DsMAX

• Ambient Diffuse Specularity

• Defining Ambient Color (color of area where light does not hit directly)

• Defining Diffuse Color (actual color of the object)

• Defining Specularity color (color of area where light directly hits on object)

• opacity mapping

• Defining Opacity map importance (specially for making fence effect to objects)

• reflect / refraction

• Defining Reflection mapping (Reflect/Refract map to let object reflect surroundings)

• Defining Refraction mapping (affect which we see when we look through glass effects)

• raytrace

• Defining Raytrace Map type in Reflection map option.

• maps

• More about maps options

• materials

• More about Materials

• Free

• Intro to Built-in Material Library of SD

• mapping (UVW modifier)

• Defining Map adjustments with UVW modifier (with use of Gizmo in UVW modifier mode)

• multisub

• Defining how to give ID to each part of same object to apply different maps on each of them.

• unwrap (Unwrap UVW modifier)

• Defining Unwrap UVW modifier.

• Check on Select Element option

• keyframe

• Defining concepts of Frames. Key frames, Tweening (movement between two points of movement of objects).

• animating

• Defining Auto key (N) and Set key (works with that key icon button which is right after it)

• Time Configuration Dialogue Box

• Defining the Pivot Point

•  adjusting

• Defining Key frame adjustment concepts.

• Copying frames within time line (using shift key while moving them)

• Animation Options

• Defining animation options with Modifiers and Materials.

• trajectories

• Defining “Trajectories”

• Visual Indication of the Path of an Animation

• advanced

• Defining the speed issues of objects animation (Advance level subject)

• rigging

• bones

• To create “Bones under the Command panel> Create tab > Systems.

• Defining how to add bone system.

• parenting

• Link and Unlink option on the tool bar

• Defining “I K” Inverse kinematics

• werewolf

• some experiments with that model

• difference

• defining the importance of lights in 3DsMAX

• types

• Defining Default Lights

• Target Lights

• Free spot Lights

• Target Direct

• Free Direct

• Omni

• Sky Light

• three point light

• Defining how to use three lights to make a better lightning for an object.

•  Lightparams

• Defining Omni Lights application

• Defining Exclude & Include options

• Defining Light Multiplier option

• Defining how to change Light Color.

• Defining Near Attenuation(decrease or reduction) & Far Attenuation (decrease or reduction)

• Defining Spot Light parameters

• Defining Light Lister

• shadows

• Defining how to apply shadows

• Defining Type of Shadows

• Defining Shadows Color

• Defining Density of Shadow

• Defining Shadow Parameters (Bias, Sample range, Size for rest of shadow)

• cameras intro

• Defining importance of Cameras

• create

• Defining how to Creating Cameras (ctrl+C)

• Defining how to switch between Camera and Perspective views

• camera types

• Defining Target Camera

• Defining Free Camera

• Lens

• Defining Lens

• Defining FOA (field of view)

• depth

• Defining Depth of Field (blur affect around the focus area)

• navigateanimate (Camera Navigation Tools)

• camera navigation tools.

• Dolly Camera Tool

• Dolly Target Tool

• Field of View Tool

• Perspective Tool

• Truck Tool

• Roll the Camera Tool

• Orbit Tool

• Pan Tool

• rendering

• Defining the importance of Rendering

• scanline

• Defining Render scene dialog box (F+10)

• Defining common Parameters

• Time output:

• Output Size:

• Render output: Targa image file type

• environment (Rendering > Environment)

• Defining the environment and effect dialogue box

• How to change color of environment

• How to add bitmap to environment

• parts

• Shift+Q to render selected view port

• Render type drop down on the tool bar

• MentalRay (rendering engine)

• Mental Ray Renderer

 15.  Architectural work in MAX

• Detailed over view of Architectural work in MAX

• Importing map for project

• Line work

• Doors and windows (Boolean tool)

• Stairs

Duration        =          90 Hours