Syllabus

CHAPTER – 1

Workspace

Interface of 3ds max

Setting preferences

Set project

Exploring interface

Creating basic object and modify panel

Navigating view ports

CHAPTER – 2

Move, Rotate, and scaling objects

Hotkeys

Setting display, system units

Grid setting

Shading modes

Viewport configuring

Customizing colour and hotkeys

Transform center

CHAPTER – 3
Using Array
Instance duplicate
Isolate selection and lock
Scene explorer
Selection tool and window crossing
Object grouping

CHAPTER – 4

Standard primitives
Level of detailing
Moving pivot point
Building modifier stack
Understanding topology dependence
Volume select modifier
Clearing a selection stack
Collapsing the modifier stack

CHAPTER – 5
Understanding Shapes
Create line
Lathe / revolve
Modify line with end result on
Create Outline
Detailing using lathe and interpolation

CHAPTER – 6
Understanding editable mesh, editable poly
Modeling sofa
modeling dining table
extended primitives
modeling with extended primitives
chamfer

CHAPTER – 7
Animation Key frame and Time Configuration Setup

CHAPTER – 8
Key frame and Animation
Text Animation
Object based Animation
pose to pose animation

CHAPTER – 9

Particle systems
Spray
Super spray
PF Source
Rendering and Animating
Particle Systems
Forces and deflectors
Wind , Gravity ,Path follow

CHAPTER – 10

Camera path animation

Two point camera animation

Camera path follow animation

Render with camera animation

CHAPTER – 11
Hair and fur
Animating Hair and fur

CHAPTER – 12
Biped animation
Footsteps / figure mode / motion capture
Animating a biped character

CHAPTER – 13
Geometric deformable
FFD BOX
FFD CYL
WAVE
RIPPLE
BOMB
Atmospheric apparatus
box gizmo
sphere gizmo
cyl gizmo

CHAPTER – 14
Facial Animation
Introduction about facial animation
About Morpher
Animating Morpher
Adding Heyframes to Morpher
Rendering Morpher to 3D Character

CHAPTER – 15

ANIMATION PROJECT
ROBO MODEL