Introduction to Autodesk 3ds Max Design

Chris Hall
Autodesk Education – Educations Programs Manager MFG|M&E

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 Introductions
 Chris Hall: Education Programs Manager, Autodesk Education
 Worked at Autodesk 7 years
 Have used M&E products in production
 Certified Inventor Professional, Autodesk Certified Instructor and Autodesk
Certification Evaluator

 Your experience

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 Course Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
 Use basic tools to get started with the software.
 Transform and duplicate objects
 Create basic 3D shapes
 Create and apply materials to your 3D designs
 Use lighting to effectively illuminate your designs
 Animate your designs
 Render your designs

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 Touring the User Interface

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 Touring the Interface

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 Touring the Interface
 Toolbars are dockable/undockable

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 Touring the Interface
 Toolbars are dockable/undockable

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 Touring the Interface
 (RMB) Quad Menu

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 Working with Viewports

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 Working with Viewports
 Make a viewport active
 Resize the viewports
 Change the number of viewports and their arrangement
 Switch between single and multiple viewports(Alt+w)
 General Viewport Label
 Viewcube

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 Working with Viewports
 Hot Keys
 (V) Viewports Quad Menu
 (P) Perspective
 (F) Front
 (K) Back
 (T) Top
 (B) Bottom
 (L) Left
 (F3) Shaded/Wireframe

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 Navigating the Scene

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 Navigating the Scene
 Viewport Controls
 Undo Navigation Operations (Shift + Z)
Zoom Extents/
Zoom Extents Selected
Zoom Zoom All Zoom Extents All/
Zoom Extents All Selected

Maximize Viewport

Field of View/
Zoom Region Orbit/Orbit Selected/ Orbit Sub-Object

Pan/Walkthrough

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 Navigating the Scene
 Hot Keys
 (Alt + MMB) Orbit
 (MMB) Pan
 (Ctrl + Alt + MMB) Zoom with Mouse
 (P) Perspective
 (F) Front
 (K) Back
 (T) Top
 (B) Bottom
 (L) Left
 (F3) Shaded/Wireframe
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 Selecting Objects

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 Selecting Objects
 Selection Tool
 (Ctrl) Add objects to selection
 (Alt) Remove object from selection
 Window/Crossing
 Selection Regions
 Select by Name
 Selection Sets

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 Creating Objects

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 Creating Objects
 Units Setup
 Main Toolbar
 Command Panel
 Cylinder
 Box
 Modify the Size

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 Transforming Objects

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 Transforming Objects
 Select and Move
 Select and Rotate
 Select and Scale
 Snaps
 Transform Type In
 Quad Menu

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 Navigating the Scene
 Hot Keys
 (Q) Select
 (W) Move
 (E) Rotate
 (R) Scale

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 Duplicating and Cloning Objects

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 Duplicating and Cloning Objects
 Shift + Transform
 Ctrl + C
 Ctrl + V
 Menu Bar -> Edit -> Clone
 Copy/Instance/Quantity
 Quad Menu

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 Defining the Pivot Point

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 Defining the Pivot Point
 Command Panel -> Hierarchy
 Reference Coordinate System

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 Animating Transforms

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 Animating Transforms – What are Keys?

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 Animating Transforms
 Auto Key
 Set Key
 Track Bar/Time Slider
 Playback Controls
 Copying Keys (Shift + Drag)
 Filters

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 Creating Materials & Maps

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 Creating Materials and Maps – Slate Material Editor

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 Creating Materials and Maps
 New Material
 Changing Color
 Applying Material to an Object
 Adding Bitmap Image File
 Adding UVW Mapping

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 Creating Materials and Maps – UVW Maps

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 Working with Lights

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 Working with Lights
 Render Setup
 Render Engines
 Render

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 Working with Lights
 Daylight System

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