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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
8.0 Specific

Examining instance insertion behaviors

Christopher Tyler Jul, 30th 2014 0 Comments

CX Advanced, CX Beginner, CX Interface, CX Intermediate, CX Version 7.5 Specific, Design 3D CX, SE Beginner, SE Intermediate

This tutorial examines how to insert instances in the scene using various insertion behaviors built into the Resource Palette.

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Quick Modeling of a Drill Bit

Rodrigo Duarte Oct, 15th 2013 1 Comment

CX Beginner, CX Intermediate, CX Modeling, Design 3D CX, Design 3D SE, SE Beginner, SE Intermediate, SE Modeling

This tutorial shows how to model a quick drill bit using circles, conversion of objects into 2D Bézier regions, editing Bézier regions and the Skin tool.

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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
8.0 Specific

Projection Textures and the Local Z Axis (SE/CX)

Christopher Tyler Aug, 5th 2013 0 Comments

CX Beginner, CX Intermediate, Design 3D CX, Design 3D SE, SE Beginner, SE Intermediate

This texturing tutorial for beginners shows how projected materials (cubic, cylindrical, spherical, planar, decal) are oriented to an object. This can help to understand why a material is behaving in a certain way, especially for cubic mapped materials. It was recorded with CX but can also be done with SE7.

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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
8.0 Specific

Modeling a teapot spout (SE-partial/CX)

Christopher Tyler Jul, 31st 2013 2 Comments

CX Intermediate, CX Modeling, CX Version 7 Specific, Design 3D CX, Design 3D SE, SE Intermediate, SE Modeling

This modeling tutorial shows how to use the Skin tool to create a teapot spout. It also shows how to convert this to a 3D bezier surface, perform some bezier editing on this surface, then finally convert to a polygon mesh. The final polygon mesh is edited and then has subdivision surfaces applied. Note that the first several parts can be done in SE 7, while all components can be done in CX.

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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
8.0 Specific

Whisk: Part 6 (texturing and rendering) (SE/CX)

Christopher Tyler Jul, 26th 2013 1 Comment

CX Beginner, CX Intermediate, CX Rendering, CX Texturing, CX Version 7 Specific, Design 3D CX, SE Beginner, SE Intermediate, SE Texture & Render

This beginner/intermediate tutorial shows how to texture and render the whisk. It shows how to use luminous geometry, a spot light and how to use the Fresnel interpolator. The tutorial is done in Design 3D SE7, but can also be followed in CX.

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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
8.0 Specific

Whisk: Part 5 (wires, organizational setup) (SE/CX)

Christopher Tyler Jul, 22nd 2013 4 Comments

CX Beginner, CX Intermediate, CX Version 7 Specific, Design 3D CX, SE Beginner, SE Intermediate

This beginner/intermediate tutorial shows how to use Shapes and Instances to control the wire components of the whisk. Shapes/instances are important mechanisms for managing geometry data in a scene and this tutorial shows various ways where this is the case.

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Examining instance insertion behaviors

Quick Modeling of a Drill Bit

Projection Textures and the Local Z Axis (SE/CX)

Modeling a teapot spout (SE-partial/CX)

Whisk: Part 6 (texturing and rendering) (SE/CX)

Whisk: Part 5 (wires, organizational setup) (SE/CX)