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by Jean Probert: - Modeling A Triangular Tube With Complex Tapered Angles – Introduction
- Modeling A Triangular Tube With Complex Tapered Angles – Part 1
- Modeling A Triangular Tube With Complex Tapered Angles – Part 4

Working with Cubes and Rounded Cubes, Part 1

Jean Probert Oct, 29th 2010 0 Comments

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

This is a series of three short videos demonstrating some of the things you can do with cubes and rounded cubes. Conceptually, these shapes are very simple, but really understanding these primitives and their basic manipulation will help you greatly in your basic modeling projects, and more advanced projects as well.

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

Modeling a simple milk carton shape

Christopher Tyler Sep, 27th 2010 2 Comments

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

This is a tutorial for those new to 3D modeling. This will help you to understand how to use the modeling tools to shape a simple object, using multiple approaches to achieve the same goal.

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

Learning about global illumination (CX/SE)

Christopher Tyler Sep, 23rd 2010 3 Comments

CX Beginner, CX Lighting, CX Rendering, Design 3D CX, Design 3D SE, SE Beginner, SE Texture & Render

This is a two part tutorial that walks through an interesting little projects which helps to demonstrate some of the render dialog settings. It specifically discusses what is called radiosity or global illumination and some settings that control this function.

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by Rodrigo Duarte: - How To Create Basic Metallic Textures
- An Introduction To Glass
- Gems 101

Diamonds: Simple brilliant cut

Rodrigo Duarte Sep, 22nd 2010 0 Comments

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

If you enjoyed Gems 101, you may want to learn more about creating 3D gemstones. Here is a brief tutorial on modeling the geometry of a Brilliant Cut diamond, starting from a cylinder, converting into a polygon mesh, and then extruding, scaling, connecting and deleting points.

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

Rendering a magnifying glass (CX/SE)

Christopher Tyler Sep, 12th 2010 2 Comments

CX Beginner, CX Lighting, CX Modeling, CX Texturing, Design 3D CX, Design 3D SE, SE Beginner, SE Texture & Render

This set of brief tutorials walks through the creation, scene setup, and rendering of a magnifying glass object.

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by Rodrigo Duarte: - How To Create Basic Metallic Textures
- An Introduction To Glass
- Diamonds: Simple Brilliant Cut

Gems 101

Rodrigo Duarte Sep, 7th 2010 1 Comment

CX Intermediate, CX Modeling, CX Texturing, Design 3D CX, Design 3D SE, SE Intermediate, SE Modeling, SE Texture & Render

Gems are among the most fun objects to create in 3D. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create simple gems, including a lathed cabochon and a subdivision gem.

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Working with Cubes and Rounded Cubes, Part 1

Modeling a simple milk carton shape

Learning about global illumination (CX/SE)

Diamonds: Simple brilliant cut

Rendering a magnifying glass (CX/SE)

Gems 101