Session One: The User Interface
Session Two: Configuring Autodesk VIZ
Session Three: Basic Functions
Basic Objects
Exercise: Creating Objects
Modify Tab
Exercise: Editing 3D Objects
Object Transform Tools – Move/Rotate/Scale
Exercise: Moving/Rotating/Scaling an Object Freely
Exercise: Moving/Rotating/Scaling an Object Precisely
Object Selection
Object Display Properties
Layer Properties
Object Properties
Object Display
Exercise: Object Display
Exercise: Creating a Desk
Exercise: Grouping Objects
Objects Pivot Point
Session Four: Modeling
Modifiers
Exercise: Working with Modifiers
Sub-Objects Level
Exercise: Editing an Object at the Sub-Object Level
Working with 2D Shapes
Exercise: Creating a Conference Table
Nurbs and Mesh Modeling
Exercise: Creating a Sink and Faucet
Session Five: Materials and Rendering
The Material Editor
The Material/Map Browser
Exercise: Interior Rendering – Bathroom Scene
Cameras
Lighting
Materials
UVW Map Modifier
Material ID’s and Multi/Sub-Object Material
Exercise: Object Material ID Numbers
Exercise: Multi/Sub-Object Material
Exercise: Exterior Rendering – Commercial Building
DWG Linking
Creating 3D Objects out of AutoCAD Shapes
Camera
Materials
Lighting
Background Image
Camera Matching
Exercise: Camera Matching with a Background Image
Render Resolution
Camera Navigation Tools
Face Normals
Exercise: Fixing Face Normal Problems
Session Six: Walkthrough Animation
Exercise: Walkthrough Animation
Configuring the Animation Time
The Walkthrough Assistant
Appendix
User Reference Files
Default Keyboard Shortcuts
Lighting
Rendering an Animation
Asset Browser
Inserting Geometry
Rendering Resolution for Printing
