1. Elephant.zip () : Interior Accessories
(File Repository)

...re and it will wrap around the model. Important!: If the model has 'jagged' edges once in your scene select all the vertices and weld....

2. MGInverseBridgeMD.zip () : LightWave
(File Repository)

This works like bridge, but inverted. So you select a loop, or string of polygons and it will replace them with two polygon caps. This is useful for creating floors in buildings etc.

3. MGInvertmaps.zip () : LightWave
(File Repository)

This will alllow you to select and invert weightmaps either around 0 or 50% with an option to invert points which have no value in the map.

4. MGLatheAxis-1.rar (1.3) : LightWave
(File Repository)

You can use this to do a lathe around an arbitary axis as defined by two points.Select your polygon, then select the 2 points which form the axis you wish to lathe around.

5. 3DATS Book Ispirato
(News/News)

...ent on the planet. 'ispirato', features the incredible artwork of 43 artists from 17 different countries, selected by a panel of judges from 5 different companies within the industry. Printed on super...

6. Creating Simple Roof Tiles Part 1
(Tutorial/Tutorial - 3D Software)

...ity of roof tiles. I used 30 as you can see on images below.   4. With created edges still selected, use edge extrude tool, to make the ridges. I used about 12cm for height and width of...

7. BAUHAUS FURNITURE
(News/News)

...for polygon efficiency - faster rendering with realistic results ! • Max models grouped for easy selection & objects are logically named for ease of scene management. • Models ar...

8. E-on Software Uncovers Vue 7.5
(News/News)

...ncements. More details on the new features of Vue 7.5 will be disclosed at the time of release. A selection of new features already available in release 7 includes: Direct access and interac...

9. CGA 3D Awards
(News/News)

... Still Imagery and Animation/Film and Real-Time. From the submitted entries a panel of expert judges will select the top five nominees in each category. The Industry choice category will be selected b...

10. Creating A Winter Scene
(Tutorial/Tutorial - 3D Software)

...ions = 5, for color 1 make it dark gray and color 2 make it white. Then on reflection box, make it 15 and select raytrace for the reflection map. Snow landscape material Initial Settings ...

11. Creating Waterfalls Tutorial
(Tutorial/Tutorial - 3D Software)

... model will now look like on the figure below 3. To model the water falls. From the Creating Panel, select Geometry and choose Particle  Systems. On object type choose PArray. Then drag any...

12. A New Business Structure for the Global Economy
(Articles/Articles - Business)

...the company to bring on other award-winning artist when workloads require it. 3DA Studio Artist (Select name to bring up Artist Spotlight Bios): Russell Thomas Paulo Barrelas Aar...

13. Challenge 10 Winners
(Contest/Charrette Winners)

...allenge", the tenth challenge at 3DA! It was a tough one once again, but we have made our selection and the winners of the 'Livingroom II Render Challenge' are as follows: SimplyChen...

14. Artist Spotlight - Aaron Coon
(Artist Spotlight/3D Designer)

...derator at VizDepot, Aaron Coon. Aaron qualified as a finalist/participant in last years AVC and just got selected for Expose.     Name: Aaron Coon Nick on the web: aaron-cds Loc...

15. trueSpace - A Love/Hate Relationship
(Reviews/Review - Software)

...logue boxes are really effecting the program or if they are overwritten somewhere else. Case in point, de-selecting “Auto Load” feature should stop tS from loading the last scene you were ...

16. Autodesk's Impression
(Reviews/Review - Software)

...xample, your CAD site plan has a bunch of different types of wimpy stick figure trees and bushes, you can select an Impression block that looks like a luscious tree and select one of the blocks of tre...

17. Faking Mist/Fog in PhotoShop
(Tutorial/Tutorial - 2D Software)

...nd white in the background and foreground color boxes. Step Three: Now with the magic wand tool selected, right click on the fog layer and choose color range. Use the eyedropper to select th...

18. AW2 Contest Winners
(Contest/Contest Winners)

...r. The name, Teotihuacan implies place of those who have the roads of the Gods. This gave me the clue for selecting colors, textures and treatment of the site. The whole ambience had to be powerful ye...

19. Maxwell Material Editor
(Tutorial/Tutorial - 3D Software)

...xm files, or to any other location, then just acess to it by clicking on the litle folder icon. After you select the library, you get previews from all the materials inside this library (fig.5). These...

20. SketchUp Review
(Reviews/Review - Software)

...really necessary for this type of model manipulation. One caveat is that you need to use the alt key when selecting move in order to move something away from the plane the edge or point lies on, such ...

21. Contest Submissions, Terms and Rules:
(Contest/Contest Rules)

...e of the community voting. The judges will review the entries that did not make it to the finals and select any they feel are deserving of consideration. The Judges will then judge the final...

22. Contest Judges
(Contest/Contest Judges)

...o: Chen Qingfeng: Xiamen, China 3D and architectural visualization artist. EXPOSE 1: 5 works selected, winner of a Excellence Award. EXPOSE 2: 3 works selected. EXPOSE 3: "...

23. Artist Spotlight - Branko Jovanovic
(Artist Spotlight/3D Designer)

...entering finals of this years CGarchitect architectural visualization competition. Being one of 15 people selected for competition finals among such artists like Chen Quinqfeng is quite an honor. ...

24. Lets Paint!
(Tutorial/Tutorial - 2D Software)

... about it, just like any other rendered image I had. In photoshop, open any image, then triplicate it by selecting all (ctrl a) then pasting twice (ctrl v). it will look something like this. T...

25. Maxwell Render Review
(Reviews/Review - Software)

...axwell camera or lights in the drop down menu, no matter how hard you look), go to the camera options and select either targeted or free ‘Maxwell’ camera, I chose targeted, since it gives ...

26. The123D Small Office Scene
(Archived/News/News)

The123D SMALL OFFICE Kit is a collection of over 40 high quality finely detailed & textured 3D models to add richness to your office interior visualisation projects.

27. ambientLight half off Sale!
(Archived/News/News)

New site Goodies - 50% Discount!  What better way to kick off the new year than with a nice saving. We're giving you all the opportunity to save 50% on your orders until the end of February 20

28. ZBrush for MacOSX
(Archived/News/News)

ZBrush for MacOSX : Available September 29. So you have a brilliant idea, just waiting to be created? Pick a ZSphere, build a base mesh in a couple of minutes and then sculpt, sculpt, sculpt until yo

29. Challenge 11 Winners
(Archived/News/News)

3DAllusions announces the winners of the "Modern House Rendering Challenge", sponsored by Got3D!

30. Autodesk 3DS Max Design
(Archived/News/News)

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