Garden Design Training Course Outline
3DS MAX Course Outline (Students can choose between 3ds max and Sketchup)
Introduction
1. Introduction
2. Basic interface and layout study
3. Basic and extended primitives
4. Basic layout setting for Architects and designers
Modeling Basic to Advanced level.
1. Edit Poly Modeling
2. Extrude
3. Chamfer
4. Cut and Slices
5. Symmetry Mirror Modeling
6. Designing a table and chair
7. Designing a full 3D house using box
8. Lines and Shapes
9. Importing a plan from AutoCAD/Vectorworks
10. Making an interior space
11. Doors and Windows
12. AEC extended
13. Railing and Trees
14. Stairs
Advanced Modifiers
1. Compound objects
a. Connect
b. Scatter
c. Pro Boolean
d. Loft
e. Terrain
2. Bend
3. Taper
4. Twist
5. Stretch
6. Skew
7. FFD
8. Wave and Ripple
9. Lattice
9. Lathe
Advanced modeling
Start to Finish Project including furniture and lights.
Basic Lights
1. Omni Light
2. Spot Light
3. Direct Light
4. Light effects
5. Advanced Lighting
Camera
1. Free Camera
2. Target camera
3. Advanced Camera Animation / Path Animation
Texturing and Rendering
1. Diffuse and Bump Mapping
2. Environment and Background images
3. Rendering images
4. Vray Advance rendering and lighting
V-Ray Basic to Advanced level Course Outline
Introduction
1. What is VRay and how to setup VRay
2. VRay image saving options
Global Illumination in VRay
1. Irradiance Map
2. Light Cache
3. Quasi-Monte Carlo/ Brute Force
4. Environmental Lighting
Image Sampling
2. Fixed
3. Adaptive QMC
4. Adaptive Subdivisions
VRay Lights
1. Plane Light
2. Dome Light
3. Sphere Light
4. VRay Sun
5. VRay Shadow
6. Image-based lighting HDRI
7. Object-based lighting
VRay Camera
1. Focal Length
2. Film speed
3. Shutter Speed
VRay Materials
1. Diffuse Color
2. Reflection
3. Refraction
4. Blurry Reflections
Rendering Test Scenes
5. Rendering an interior scene
6. Rendering an exterior scene
Photoshop
Introduction to Photoshop
Opening saving and managing multiple files
Interface Overview
Image Formats
Interface
Navigation of windows in Photoshop
Zooming in images
Panning around
Scroll Images
Rotating images
Resolution and Image Size
Image size and Resolution
Resolution Standards
Selection and editing
Selection methods
Marquee tools
Lasso Tools
Magic wand tool
Moving your selection
Crop tool
Text
Creating text
Font type and styles
Font size
Scale and Rotate
Transforming Objects
Rotating using Freeform
Scaling using Freeform
Saving
Saving PSD
Saving a JPEG
SketchUp Course Outline
Installation and versions
1. Comparisons of Sketchup and other 3D applications
Interface
1. Interface basics
2. Workflow
3. Walking around
4. Creating Camera views
5. Shading faces and edges
6. Shadow and fog
7. Selecting and moving objects
8. Scaling and rotating
9. Manipulating faces and edges
10. 10 Advance selections
Drawing in Sketchup
1. Line tool
2. Using the line as 3d object
3. Rectangle and Circles
4. Polygon
5. Push and pull
6. Offset tool
7. Follow me
8. Text and 3d text
9. Edges and smooth modifier
10. Sections and guides
Organizing Scenes
1. Grouping
2. Exploding group
3. Hiding and Unhiding
4. Layers
5. Outlines
Texturing
1. Applying materials
2. Editing materials
3. Creating materials
Rendering
1. Applying styles
2. Creating styles
3. Animation
Autocad Course Outline
INTRODUCTION
• Interface (HOME/INSERT/ANNOTATE/VIEW/ETC)
• Command Line
• Status Toggles (SNAP/GRID/POLAR/OSNAP/OTRACK/ETC)
• Drawing Controls
• Units
• Workspace
HOME
Draw
• Line
• Polyline
• Circle
• Arc
• Rectangle
• Ellipse
• Spline
• Polygon
• Ray
• Hatching
• Gradient
Inquiry
• Measure
• Select All
Modify
• Move
• Copy
• Rotate
• Mirror
• Fillet
• Trim
• Extend
• Erase
• Offset
• Explode
• Array
• Stretch
• Break
• Polyline Edit
• Hatch Edit
• Scale (Two methods)
Layers
• Creating Layers
• Managing Layers
• Isolate/Un Isolate
• Changing Layers
• Line Type
• Line Weights
Annotation
• Dimensions
• Text
• Dimension Style
• Text Style
• Leaders
Properties
• Colours
• Line weights
• Line Types
• Line Type Scaling
Block
• Create
• Insert
• Edit
• Explode
• Export
INSERT
• Insert
• Attach
VIEW
• Navigate
• View
• Windows
PLOT/PRINT
• Model Space
• Layouts/Workspaces
• Viewports
• Layout Scaling
• Paper Setup
• What To Plot
• Plot Scale
• Plot Offset
• Plot Options
Vectorworks Course Outline
Vectorworks Interface
Palettes
Opening and Filing files
Creating Objects and shapes
Undo/Redo
Snaps
Applying Graphic Attributes
Dimensions
Modeling and Drawing
Tools and other Commands in Detail
Integration between Autocad ad Vectorworks
Creating, Modifying, and Editing
Text
Dimensions
Callout text Tool
Organizing Information
Design Layers and Sheet Layers
Classes
Design Layer and Class Options
Assigning Objects to Layers and Classes
Viewports and Sheet Layers
Drawing Buildings
Setting up the Layer Heights
Drawing Walls
Creating a Roof
Creating a Model
Part 2: Vectorworks Architect
File Setup for scaling the drawing
Document Setup
Text Styles
Custom Dimension Standard
Property Line
Concept Drawings
Preparation
Plan Viewport
Perspective Viewports
Creating the Walls
Creating the Roof
Developed Design Drawings
Doors and Windows
Drawing Buildings
Standard Vectorworks Doors and Windows
Windows and Door Manager
Geometry Settings
Printing
Standard Title Blocks (Drawing Border)
Drawing Labels
Notes, Keynotes, and Callouts
Working Drawings
Final project in the presence of the tutor using basics of InDesign.
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