Quick Wooden Window Frame

by Rodrigo Duarte | Oct 10, 2012

The ability of Strata Design 3D CX7 to apply textures to subsets of polygon meshes enables us to create really quick wooden window frames. We start with a flattened cube.  

Creating a Moonstone texture

by Rodrigo Duarte | Sep 24, 2012

With the anisotropy features we now have, it’s easier to create semiprecious stone textures such as this moonstone texture. The scene for this example is a simple one: a lathed stone, a subdivision silver piece, hanging from a path extrusion. A single spotlight...

Texturing subsets: A Spray Paint Can

by Rodrigo Duarte | May 30, 2012

Strata Design 3D CX 7 allows us to assign different textures to different subsets of a polygon mesh object. We will create a spray paint can to show this new technique.The Can The can begins as a lathe and is converted into a polygon mesh to allow subset texturing. We...

Creating 3D objects for iBooks

by Julie Applegate | Feb 24, 2012

Now you can add 3D to your iBooks projects. You’ll need a Mac, Apple’s new iBooks Author application (free from the Mac App Store) and the latest version of Design 3D CX, CXi or SE. You may have used Strata tools in the past to add 3D to PDF documents and...

Modeling a Can Pull Tab with Polygon Modeling and Subdivision Surfaces, Part 2

by Jean Probert | Sep 19, 2011

This tutorial is a beginner tutorial on modeling a can pull tab. I try to review some of the elementary polygon modeling concepts involved, but I also assume you are not totally new to polygon modeling and subdivision surfaces. This tutorial uses Design 3D 7’s...