AutoCAD 3ds Max 2015 Beginner to Advanced Training

The AutoCAD 3ds Max 2015 Course is divided into following lessons:

Chapter 1: Getting Started

• Learning Objectives
• Launching 3ds Max Design
• Configuring 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design
• Customizing Mouse Interaction
• Working with Standards
• Setting Display Units to Architectural
• Assigning a Project Folder
• Configuring and Saving View port Layouts
• Creating a Prototype File
• Configuring the Default UI and Presets
• Maximizing the Workspace
• Synchronizing the User Interface and Default Presets
• Navigating Menu Drop-Downs
• Working with Toolbars
• Managing the Ribbon
• Managing Work spaces
• Understanding Object Interaction
• Navigating the Scene Using the View Cube
• Saving 3ds Max Files
• Using Undo and Redo
• Accessing the Help System
• Accessing Autodesk’s Online Portals

Chapter 2: Pre-Production and Planning

• Pre-Planning the Production
• Developing a Sketch-Style Storyboard
• Examining a Sample Storyboard
• Planning Scene Level of Detail
• Understanding Level of Detail
• Planning File Output
• Outputting for Print and Web
• Reviewing Still Image Types
• Examining Animation Output
• Reviewing Animation Output Types
• Understanding Layers
• Working with Layers
• Previsualizing a Scene
• Configuring in View port Previsualization with Nitrous

Chapter 3: Modeling

• Modeling in 3ds Max
• Understanding Shapes
• Working with Spline Shapes
• Working with Extended Splines
• Creating New Shapes
• Adjusting Curve Quality and Render Parameters
• Cloning Shapes
• Creating Outline Shapes
• Attaching Shapes
• Editing Closed 2D Shapes
• Trimming and Welding Splines
• Filleting a Vertex
• Understanding Mesh and Poly Objects
• Discovering the Editable Poly Object Type
• Converting Object Types
• Aligning Objects
• Using Select and Place to Locate Objects
• Utilizing the Snap Tools
• Learning to Use the Graphite Modeling Tools
• Working with the Paint Deform Tool
• Using the Conform Paint Tool
• Understanding 2D and 3D Objects
• Exploring More Editable Poly
• Working with Caddies
• Modeling Windows
• Modeling Window Frames
• Modeling Window Panes
• Introducing Compound Objects
• Working with ProBoolean
• Using Shape Merge
• Aligning the Road
• Merging Objects
• Examining Modifiers and the Modifier Stack
• Learning About Object Space Modifiers
• Adding a Bevel Profile Modifier
• Editing 2D Shapes
• Stacking Modifiers
• Editing Modifiers
• Understanding World-Space Modifiers
• Applying the Map Scalar Modifier
• Working with the Chamfer Modifier
• Understanding Object Painting
• Painting a Scene
• Discovering AEC Objects
• Building with AEC Walls
• Adding a Door
• Installing Windows
• Working with Containers
• Inheriting Container Contents
• Importing a Point Cloud
• Modeling from a Point Cloud
• Modeling - Best Practices

Chapter 4: Materials

• Introducing Materials
• Understanding the Slate Material Editor
• Creating Schematic Materials
• Working with the Standard Material
• Discovering the Arch and Design Material
• Adjusting Shaders
• Editing Reflectivity
• Assigning a Material
• Using Map Patterns
• Simulating Geometry
• Incorporating Displacement Mapping
• Setting Transparency
• Calculating Map Sizes
• Creating a Tile Map
• Determining Map Coverage
• Adding a UVW Map Modifier
• Working with Unwrap UVW
• Working with Multiple Materials
• Discovering the Multi/Sub-Object Material
• Setting Material IDs
• Editing Material IDs
• Assigning a Multi/Sub-Object Material
• Understanding Blend Materials and Masks
• Using a Blend Material
• Masking with Materials
• Understanding Substance Textures
• Working with Substance Textures
• Baking Textures - Render to Texture
• Painting a Texture with View port Canvas
• Working with Vector Graphics
• Discovering Material Libraries
• Understanding the Autodesk Materials Library
• Using an Autodesk Library Material
• Creating a New Library

Chapter 5: Lighting

• Differentiating Standard Lights versus Photometric Lights
• Understanding Direct and Indirect Light
• Discovering Daylight
• Placing a Daylight System
• Adjusting Location
• Adjusting the Physical Sky
• Understanding Photometric Lights
• Enabling Streetlights in a Scene
• Changing Photometric Light Presets
• Understanding Indirect Light
• Calculating Indirect Illumination
• Working with Final Gather
• Setting Final Gather Bounces
• Working with Sky Portals
• Discovering Photon Mapping
• Configuring Interior Night Lighting
• Using Photometric IES Web Files
• Enabling Photon Mapping
• Creating Object Lights
• Understanding Image-Based Lighting
• Creating a Simple Image-Based Lighting Setup
• Rendering Image-Based Lighting with Mental Ray
• Rendering Image-Based Lighting with iRay

Chapter 6: Rendering

• Introducing Rendering
• Rendering Still Images
• Understanding Still Image Resolution
• Rendering Still Images
• Setting Render Presets
• Understanding Still Image File Types
• Choosing Still Image File Types
• Rendering Animations
• Understanding Image Resolution for Animations
• Setting Animation Resolution
• Understanding Animation File Types
• Creating a Preview Animation
• Rendering Sequential Images
• Using the RAM Player
• Saving with Animation Codecs
• Discovering iRay
• Visualizing Realistic Lighting with iRay
• Rendering with the Quicksilver Hardware Renderer
• Editing a Scene Using iRay in Active Shade

Chapter 7: Cameras

• Understanding the Camera
• Discovering Traditional Camera Shots
• Identifying Effective Camera Distance
• Changing Viewer Distance
• Discovering Depth of Field
• Adding Depth of Field to Control Focus
• Understanding Camera Angles
• Adjusting Camera Angles
• Discovering Composition Essentials
• Understanding the Rule of Thirds
• Implementing the Rule of Thirds
• Discovering Diagonals
• Establishing Diagonals
• Using Camera Clipping Planes
• Adding a Camera Correction Modifier
• Establishing Perspective Match for Compositing
• Using 2D Pan and Zoom

Chapter 8: Animation

• Understanding Animation Concepts
• Identifying Controllers and Controller Types
• Discovering Object Animation
• Exploring Key frame Animation
• Key framing a Moving Object
• Editing Key frames Using the Dope Sheet
• Understanding Path Animation
• Animating on a Path
• Understanding Velocity Control
• Applying an Ease Curve
• Discovering Camera Animation Basics
• Separating Camera Position and Rotation Control
• Animating a Dummy on a Path
• Linking a Hierarchy
• Retiming an Animation
• Simulating a Population
• Modifying a Population Simulation

Chapter 9: Effects and Dynamics

• Understanding Particle Effects
• Creating a Particle Flow
• Creating a Particle Flow Fountain
• Creating the Fountain Pillar Particle Flow
• Incorporating Collisions into the Fountain
• Discovering 3ds Max Dynamics
• Simulating Rigid Bodies
• Simulating with Forces and Constraints
• Creating a Tearable Curtain
• Using Render Effects
• Activating Mental Ray Camera Glare
• Adding a Volume Fire Effect
• Generating Grass with Hair and Fur
• Working with Space Warps

Chapter 10: IK and Rigging

• Discovering IK
• Rigging a Mechanical Assembly
• Introducing the Character Animation Toolkit
• Creating a CAT Rig
• Understanding Biped
• Animating a Biped Walking Up Stairs
• Working with the Skin Modifier
• Using Weight Tables with Biped and Skin

Chapter 11: Scripting

• Understanding MAXScript
• Creating Scripted Objects
• Adding a Macroscript to a Button

Chapter 12: Post-Production

• Introducing Post-Production
• Discovering the Concept of Short Scenes
• Discovering Video Post
• Using the Video Post Queue
• Indicating Change of Time or Place
• Adding a Cross Fade Transition
• Using Image Layers
• Understanding Scenes Layering
• Rendering with Passes
• Working with State Sets
• Creating a State Set Composite
• Discovering Autodesk Composite
• Compositing Multiple Layers
• Remapping Color Output

Chapter 13: Program Interoperability

• Understanding Program Interoperability
• Linking versus Importing
• Linking to an AutoCAD Model
• Applying Materials to an AutoCAD Model
• Rendering a Linked AutoCAD Model
• Linking a Revit Model
• Rendering a Linked Revit Model
• Importing an Inventor Assembly
• Introducing Civil View
• Initializing Civil View
• Importing a Civil 3D Model
• Understanding the Civil View Explorer
• Placing Road Marking Objects
• Adding Signs and Vehicles to the Layout
• Rendering the Civil View Scene
• Importing an FBX File
• Exporting an FBX File

Chapter 14: Output

• Considering Final Output
• Understanding Scene States
• Setting Up Scene States for Rendering
• Understanding Batch Rendering
• Configuring a Batch Rendering Queue
• Outputting Still Images
• Understanding Print Resolution
• Controlling Print Size
• Exploring Gamma Correction
• Setting Gamma Correction
• Creating Special Image Types
• Discovering the Panorama Exporter
• Creating a Panorama File
• Outputting for Cinema
• Saving Open EXR Files
• Outputting to a Stereolithography File for 3D Printing

Chapter 15:Lighting Analysis

• Introducing Lighting Analysis
• Using Lighting Analysis
• Identifying Lighting Analysis Integration
• Introducing LEED Certification and 3ds Max
• Discovering the Lighting Analysis User Interface
• Working With the Lighting Analysis Assistant
• Identifying Issues for Lighting Analysis
• Understanding 3D Lighting Design

Chapter 16: Lighting Analysis - Lighting the scene

• Creating a Ground Plane
• Discovering the Daylight System
• Adding a Daylight System
• Configuring the Daylight System
• Exploring Skylight Portals
• Adjusting Exposure Control

Chapter 17: Lighting Analysis - Scene Materials

• Understanding Scene Materials
• Identifying Scene Materials
• Creating a Material for the Ground Plane
• Adding Beige Wall Paint Material
• Adjusting the BRDF Function Curve
• Using the Multi-Object and Sub-Object Materials
• Adding an Autodesk Material Glazing for Windows
• Applying an Autodesk Material Metal for the Window Frame

Chapter 18: Lighting Analysis for Presentation

• Understanding Lighting Analysis for Presentation
• Using the Lighting Analysis Assistant
• Incorporating Light Meters
• Configuring Lighting Analysis Image Overlay

Chapter 19: Lighting Analysis - Render an Analysis

• Rendering a Complete Analysis
• Adjusting Exposure
• Configuring Final Gather
• Setting Common Rendering Settings
• Rendering a Final Image
• Grabbing a View port Image