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by Rodrigo Duarte: - How To Create Basic Metallic Textures
- An Introduction To Glass
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Using a Displacement map to model part of a plug

Rodrigo Duarte May, 7th 2012 5 Comments

Displacement map textures are not for every modeling job, but they are very well suited for some tasks. In this tutorial we will use one such texture to model the piece that reinforces the connection of the cable to the plug.

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

Modeling a mid-century modern table

Christopher Tyler May, 7th 2012 3 Comments

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

This modeling tutorial walks through the modeling process for a mid-century modern table by designer Jean Prouve. It includes extensive use of custom grids and guides, flatten operations, polygon modeling, subdivision surfaces and even boolean tools.

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

Modeling a wooden chair

Christopher Tyler May, 6th 2012 7 Comments

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

This modeling tutorial shows how to model a wooden chair. It uses grid templates, path extrude, skin objects, custom grids and other tools to generate a set of subdivision surface objects.

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

Modeling a component of a French press

Christopher Tyler Apr, 26th 2012 0 Comments

CX Advanced, CX Intermediate, CX Modeling, CX Version 7 Specific

This modeling tutorial shows how to use the path extrude tool to generate geometry for a subdivision surface object.

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

COMPACT CAMERA: Preparing the camera for rendering, I

Christopher Tyler Apr, 18th 2012 2 Comments

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

This tutorial shows how to adjust and refine a model in preparation for rendering. This includes the use of hard edges, proper placement of bounding edge (control edges), and manually adjusting the resolution of a sub-section of the mesh using the Subdivide command.

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

Quick diamond ring

Rodrigo Duarte Mar, 16th 2012 2 Comments

CX Intermediate, CX Modeling, CX Texturing

We have enough material to create a simple diamond ring. We'll use the gem from the Another Quick Gem tutorial and set several instances of it in a ring.

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Using a Displacement map to model part of a plug

Modeling a mid-century modern table

Modeling a wooden chair

Modeling a component of a French press

COMPACT CAMERA: Preparing the camera for rendering, I

Quick diamond ring