2D

• What is new in AutoCAD 2007 Interface
• Publish 2D DWF file
• Hide dimension layers in Perspective viewport
• X-Reference
  

3D Modeling
hold shift + middle button to rotate the camera view in 3D

• use PolySolid to draw a 3D wall
• 3D face, edge and point manipulation (hold ctrl + left click)
• Roof modeling 1: imprint, edge manipulation, slice, shell
• Roof Modeling 2 : Trim, imprint, point manipulation
• Loft (could generate surface or solid model)
• Sweep (could generate surface or solid model. Notice: SPline not working for path)

Lighting, material and Rendering

• Lighting setup
• Rendering with Global Illumination and Final gathering
• dynamic UCS
• Camera setup and perspective view in paper space
• Add material will slow down AutoCAD rendering significantlly.
  • Apply an exsiting material to objects
  • create a new material and apply to objects
• Publish 3D DWF file ( It support material and transparency!)

Some of the tools are removed from the tool bar, how ever, you can still access them by typiing in command line.

• slice tool: type " slice".
• Clipping plan: type "3dclip"

3D Examples (DWF format)

• AutoCAD Homework C
• Final project of John Willams

Other

• hotkey in command line
• Old Video Tutorials of AutoCAD 2006
• Other Online Tutorials

• DreamWeaver: Pop up window from HTML to SWF.

• Motion Tween
  • 2D Animation with Motion Tween
  • Motion Guide animation
• Shape Tween
  • 2D Animation with Shape Tween
  • Mask Animation
    
• Vido Animation

• Buttons
  • How to create buttons
  • Button with rollover animation (SWF)
• Image slide show
  • How to create image slide show
  • How to add thumbnail buttons to a slide show (source file)
• Interactive architectural presentation
  • Interactive architectural presentation-solid button (source file)
  • Interactive architectural presentation-transparent button (source file)
• Transfer AutoCAD into Flash
  • Plot 3D DWG file to EPS file
  • Import EPS file to Flash and create buttons
• Scroll bar
  • Text scroll bar (reusme)
  • Image scroll bar
• Preloading Bar
• Copy an existing preloading bar

How to link pags together in Flash?

• Web strucsture and flow chat

Flash Scripting

• Action Script sheet (PDF)

• Nested Curtain Wall
  • Step 1: Basic Curtain Wall with shared Depth parameter
  • Step 2: Create a schedule to control the instance
  • Step 3 : Add extrusion, and create a new shared parameter
  • Step 4: Add material, modeling more details

Pattern + Roof

• Step 1: Conceptural Mass Family-Roof Surface
• Step 2: Pattern family
• Step 3: add more details for pattern; materials
• Step 4: output images

• use GIS data from TIGER
  • download data from TIGER website
  • Join table with the block layer
• use GIS data from Fact Finder
  • 1. download data from Fact Finder website
  • 2. Generate database table by Excel and Access
  • 3. Link database to a shape layer in ArcView
• use TOPO!
  • Add TOPO layers in ArcMap
  • Export TOPO! layers to TIFF format
  • Load TIFF into ArcScene
  • See following Maya tutorial about Modeling Accurate Terrain.

Other:

• Google Sketch up video tutorial

• Interface
  • Maya Interface Setting
  • Customize Tool Bar (Shelf)
• Polygon Modeling
  • Create polygon tool, Extrude
  • Split face, extrude face
  • Bevel
  • Selection Loop, Bevel
  • Wedge faces
  • Smooth
• NURB Modeling
  • Loft
  • Revolve
  • Extrude
  • Sphere, Insert ISOparms to create detail
  • Offset, snap, attach curve, bevel plus
  • Close curve, Planar, Convert to Polygon, Extrude
  • Alive, Trim
  • Projection, Trim
  • Duplicate surface curves, extrude
  • Intersect surface, trim, round tool
• Deform
  • Bend
  • Lattice
• Import model from other program
  • file transfer from AutoCAD-3DVIZ-Maya
  • file transfer directlly from AutoCAD - Maya
  • file transfer from Revit to Maya
• Edit Material and projection
  • Create a TGA image with Alpha Channel in Phtoshop
  • Material and Mapping in Maya
• material and projection
  • Tri Plan projection from "Hypershade Window" (good for same materials across multiple objects)
  • Plannar mapping from "Polygon UVs" menu (specify individual surfaces)