- The User Interface
- Configuring Autodesk VIZ
- Basic Functions
- Modeling
- Materials and Rendering
- Walkthrough Animation
Students enrolling in the course should have a working knowledge of AutoCAD.
AutoCAD Training Course Duration
24 hours
AutoCAD Training Course outline
Session One: The User Interface
Pull-down Menus
Tab Panel
Toolbars
Command Panel
Status Bar
Animation Tools
Navigation Tools
Viewport Right-Click Menu
Quad Menu
Exercise: Viewport Display
Session Two: Configuring Autodesk VIZ
Session Three: Basic Functions
Basic Objects
Exercise: Creating Objects
Modify Tab
Exercise: Editing D 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
Exercise: Moving an Object’s Transform Gizmo
Session Four: Modeling
Modifiers
Exercise: Working with Modifiers
Sub-Objects Level
Exercise: Editing an Object at the Sub-Object Level
Working with D 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 D 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
