3DS MAX Industrial Training – Course Content

• Navigate the 3DS Max User Interface and Workspace
• Transforming Objects Using Gizmos
• Graphite Modeling Tools Set
• Command Panel
• Time Slider and Track Bar
• File Management
• 3DS Max First Project
• Setting Up a Project Workflow
• Clock Modeling
• Spline Modifier
• Bringing It All Together
• Modeling in 3DS Max: Architecture Model – Part 1
• Units Setup
• Importing a CAD Drawing
• Creating the Walls
• Creating the Doors
• Creating the Window
• Adding the Floor and Ceiling
• Modeling in 3DS Max: Architecture Model – Part 2
• Modeling the Couch
• Modeling the Lounge Chair
• Introduction to Animation

• Animating the Ball
• Refining the Animation
• Animation Principles
• Anticipation and Momentum in Knife Throwing
• Character Poly Modeling – Part 1
• Setting Up the Scene
• Creating the Hands
• Character Poly Modeling – Part 3
• Creating the Head
• Merging and Attaching the Head’s Accessories
• Introduction to the Materials: Interiors and Furniture
• The Slate Material Editor
• Material Types
• Mental Ray Material Types
• Shades
• Mapping the Couch and Chair
• Mapping the Window and Doors
• Textures and UV Workflows: The Soldier
• UV Unwrapping
• Seaming the Rest of the Body
• Applying the Color Map
• Applying the Bump Map

• Applying the Specular Map
• Character Studio: Rigging
• Character Studio Workflow
• Soldier Modeling
• Character Poly Modeling – Part 2
• Completing the Main Body
• Creating the Accessories
• Putting On the Boot
• Associating a Biped with the Soldier Model
• Character Studio: Animation
• Animating the Soldier
• Introduction to Lighting: Interior Lighting
• Three-Point Lighting
• 3DS Max Lights
• Lighting the Still Life in the Interior Space
• Selecting a Shadow Type
• Atmospheres and Effects
• Light Lister
• 3DS Max Rendering
• Rendering Setup
• Cameras
• Safe Frames
• Raytraced Reflections and Refraction