Computer aided design

Notes for computer aided design lessons Photoshop 3ds Max Google Sketchup

Year 2012 - 2013

16/10/2012 1.Find image larger than 6MP

2. Open (Disney) streetview

3. Open saved “Sky” image in the PS5 4. Drag “Sky” image into Disney picture 5. Create a copy of Disney picture 6. Use magic wand to cut out the background 7.Press down Shift to add selections

8. Use Ctrl+T to rescale background

Ctrl+Shift+I – invert

13/11/2012 jj

Press this to add a vector mask

Add layer with background (Layer mask)

Use the brush tool To switch between black & white use X

12/11/2012

Use crop tool – C Change a background into a layer Double click on background

Alt + drag down to make a copy of a layer

Work from left to right to get brightness change

Use d roppers to indicate dark/ light areas and tidy them up

Can also use curve tool to

Arrow allows indicating the amount of black / white elements

Use polygonal lasso tool to draw the shape of the wall

Ctrl and press in the layer

Zoom out, use lasso tool to select an area

Pick foreground to transparent

Draw gradient line from top, a bit out so light is not too intense

To add the contoures for the drawing go into layer

Select lines with magic wand

27/11/2013

Open STYLES toolbar

Export 2D

Change to 2000pixels wide so it is good rez for A4

To restore default colours, settings click on house icon and then 1st ion

Change styles for the type of drawing In mix can combine line styles with styles of colour

Display hidden line mode to So all the lines are available

Untick the edges so no borders are seeable

Click on the SHADOWS

Change percentage of the OPACITY

RASTERIZE layer to

29/01/2013 AUTODESK 3DS MAX DESIGN

To create an object

Shortcuts: • • • • • •

G – grid P – perspective B – bottom W – move X – to get rid/ show axes I -­‐ rotate

Modify

Copy tool Hold down shift and drag the item you want to copy Choose copy and select amout of items you want

F – switch the edges on

Polygon Box Modeling

SolidTo split the face up select 2 edges Detach / attach / make unique

To edit an object go into one view F4 turns on/ off edged faces To edit facade

To select a row of faces hold Shift+line To select the ones you want Ctrl+selection Extrude Outline Insert Bridge Flip

Press ctrl+ selects all edges, right click & connect

To add new faces by connecting edges 1. Choose poly editable 2. Ctrl+ choose edges 3. Right click -­‐ connect