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Review

• Basics:
  Controls: named views • virtual camera manipulation • safe frames • Virtual camera settings
• Intermediate controls:
  • SketchUp-like Editing in Rhino (Gumball!)

  Relevant Arch 380 video links for review/refreshing.

  Intro to Rhino

  Arch380: Intro • Rhino_Tutorial_A
  On Lynda: Rhino_Tutorial_B • Rhino_Tutorial_C

  Topography (surface from contours)

  Arch380: Topo Tutorial #1 • Topo Tutorial #2 • Topo Tutorial #3 • Topo Tutorial #4 • Topo Tutorial #5

  Solids (booleans and offsets)

  Arch380: Wk3_Pool_1 • Wk3_Pool_2 • Wk3_Pool_3 • Wk3_Pool_4
  Wk3_Pavilion_1 • Wk3_Pavilion_2 • Wk3_Pavilion_3 • Wk3_Pavilion_4 •

  Solids (stairs and rails)

  Arch380: Stair_1 • Stair Tower_1 • Stair Tower_2 • Stair Rails_1

  Chairs (freeform surfaces)

  Arch380: Chairs_1 • Chairs_2 • Chairs_3 • Chairs_4

  Flamingo

  McNeel: An Introduction to nXt for Rhino • Exterior Rendering • Interior Rendering

  V-Ray

  Intro and Overview • Exterior Scene Rendering • Interior Scene Rendering • custom materials in VRay

  Blocks & Model structuring tips

  Grant Adams - Texture Mapping (from 45 min to end)

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Lighting

Basics:

Vray Light Intro • Manual Sun Settings •

Intermediate:

Precision Sun Settings •

Advanced:

HDRI environment via dome light • Night sky HDRI • HDRI Environment via Rhino settings • Interior lighting tutorial

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Textures

SimplyRhino: VRay Materials Introduction
CBE: Transparency maps
CBE: Examples: glass • Examples: Wood floor texture and bump map • Examples: sheetrock material

Make your own texture in photoshop part 1 • Make your own texture in photoshop part 2 • Make your own VRay material- Intro • Make your own VRay material- BRDF

Rhino + V-Ray: Texture Mapping Controls

Grant Adams - Texture Mapping (first 45 min) • Rhino texture mapping widgets part 1 • Rhino texture mapping widgets part 2

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Terrain

Rhino + V-Ray: Terrain (Terrain and Scene Population?)

CBE: Trees and entourage • Realistic grass • Water

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V-Ray

Introductory

Chaos Group: (VRay creators)
(#1) VRay for Rhino - Intro for Architects • (#2) VRay for Rhino - Webinar •

SimplyRhino: (#1) VRay & VRay RT Intro • (#2) Studio Scenes & Dome Lights • (#3) VRay Materials • (#4) VRay Textures and Decals

CBE: Intro to Render Engine Settings • VRay Options overview

Advanced

Caustics tutorial

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NURBS

Editing Control Points

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Animation

Camera Path Animation tutorial

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