AD 432 - 3D MODELING AND VISUALIZATION - schedule

weekly schedule

week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

week 1

Mon. Jan. 12

intro:

Course Intro - syllabus, course details, D2L, equipment and supplies, software info, course website, etc.

Assignment 1:

Assignment 2: (optional for personal computer license):

Assignment 3:

Gather course materials (3 button mouse, USB drive, notebook for notes, sketchbook for prepatory assignments)

Wed. Jan. 14

Demo:

  • Software introduction, 3D concepts, modeling concepts.
  • Cinema 4D: basics, view ports, coordiante manager, object manager, asset browser, object manager, displays.
  • C4D Preferences
  • C4D keyboard shortcuts and customization
  • C4D navigation
  • C4D Tools and Tool Settings
  • C4D Selections
  • Primitive Objects
  • Attributes: object, project, layers,
  • Axis Modification and Axis
  • Saving

Intro:

Assignment 1

week 2

Mon. Jan. 19

No class in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr's Birthday

Wed. Jan. 21

demo

Modeling techniques for Assignment 1 - Object Manager, Selection Tools, Axis, Arrange Tool, Place Tool, Dynamic Place Tool, Axis Modification

Due

Assignment 1 - Prep Assignment

Upload files to D2L

week 3

Mon. Jan. 26

Demo

Lighting techniques for Assignment 1 - some links from Steffan Tell (for portraiture but very good diagrams of light set ups)

Shading techniques for Assignment 1 - Introduction to Redshift Standard Material, Redshift Render view, Redshift IPR,

Work time

Assignment 1

Wed. Jan. 28

demo

Rendering for Assignment 1

week 4

Mon. Feb. 2

Due (DELAYED UNTIL FEB 4)

Assignment 1 - Submit files to D2L

Intro

Assignment 2

Introduction to Polygon Modeling

Wed. Feb. 4

Demo

Modeling Techniques for Assignment 2 - Component Modes, Component Coordinates, Polygon Tools, Extrude, Symmetry, Bevel, Melt, Dissolve, Edge Loops, Polygon Pen, Optimize

Practice File for in-class Modeling Demo

Work time

Assignment 2

week 5

Mon. Feb. 9

Demo

Review Modeling Techniques for Assignment 2

Work time

Assignment 2

Wed. Feb. 11

Demo

Review Modeling Techniques for Assignment 2

week 6

Mon. Feb. 16

Demo

Redshift PBR Materials workflow - Texture Maps, RS Texture Nodes, Input and Output,

Wed. Feb. 18

Demo

Redshift PBR Materials workflow - Texture Maps, RS Texture Nodes, Input and Output,

week 7

Mon. Feb. 23

Due

Assignment 2 - Submit Files to D2L

INTRO

Assignment 3

Demo

Modeling with Splines - Spline Types and Parameters, Spline Pen, Spline Sketch, Loft, Lathe, Sweep, Extrude, Loft

PRACTICE FILE

Wed. Feb. 25

Demo

Review Splines and Generators

Introduction to the Cloner

SAMPLE FILES FOR DEMO

Work time

Assignment 3

week 8

Mon. Mar. 2

Demo

Introduction to Cinema 4D Deformers - Bend, Twist, Wrap, Spline Wrap

DUE

Sketch(s) for assignment 3

Wed. Mar. 4

Intro

Assignment 4

DEMO

Deformers practice file

week 9

Mon. Mar. 9

No Class - Spring Break

Wed. Mar. 11

No Class - Spring Break

week 10

Mon. Mar. 16

Demo

Introduction to Maxon Noise

Additional Redshift Nodes - Ramp, ABS, Color Layer, Material Blender

Wed. Mar. 18

Demo

Additional Redshift Nodes - Wire frame, Fresnel, Incandescent,

week 11

Mon. Mar. 23

Demo

Rendering techniques with Redshift

Wed. Mar. 25

Due

Assignment 3 - submit files to D2L

Demo

Procedural Modeling - Introduction to effectors, fields, Volume Builder, Volume Mesher,

Demo files

Procedural Modeling practice files

Intro

Assignment 4

week 12

Mon. Mar. 30

Due

Drawings and 5 Resources for Assignment 4 - Submit to D2L

Demo

Organic Cell Patterns/Organic Noise - Random Field, Voronoi Fracture, Polygon Reduction (Demo File)

Wed. Apr. 1

DEMO:

UV PROJECTION AND MAPPING - test file

week 13

Mon. Apr. 6

Work time

Assignment 4

Wed. Apr. 8

work time

additional tools for Assignment 4

Intro:

3D Artist Presentation

week 14

Mon. Apr. 13

Demo

Redshift - Beginning of UV mapping with the Triplanar Node

Redshift - Addition of OSL Shaders for additional nodes in RS - OSL Shaders on Github

work time

Assignment 4

Wed. Apr. 15

Due

Assignment 4 - Submit Files to D2L

Intro

Assignment 5

DEMO:

UV PROJECTION AND MAPPING - test file

demo

Modeling techniques for Assignment 5

week 15

Mon. Apr. 20

demo

Modeling techniques for Assignment 5

Wed. Apr. 22

presentations

group 1

Work time

Assignment 5

week 16

Mon. Apr. 27

presentations

group 2

Work time

Assignment 5

Wed. Apr. 29 - last meeting time of the semester

Due

Assignment 5 - submit files to D2L

  • Present work for discussion and critique

Group critique for Final project

finals week

*** NO MEETING DURING FINALS WEEK. NO FINAL EXAM ***