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  • General

    • Announcements Forum


    • Instructor Name : Arif Ahmed
      Designation : Associate Professor
      Office Address : Room No. 202, MCT Dept. AB, DT-04
      Contact : 01754824376
      Email : arifahmed@daffodilvarsity.edu.bd


    • Welcome to 3D Environment Design Course:


    • 3D Environment Design Fall 2021 Final Project Submission: Sec-A




    • 3D Environment Design Fall 2021 Final Project Submission: Sec-B



  • Rationale

    This course provides an introduction to the creation and implications of single and multiple participant 3D virtual environments. Clear understanding in 3d software. In this course we choose VUE and  3ds MAX-world's top ranked software. VUE and 3D Studio MAX is outstanding 3D Modeling and Animation software.

    VUE integrates flexible and powerful terrain modeling technologies. From creating full planets to infinitely detailed terrains capes, VUE's got you covered!

     Create hydrological and thermal simulations, manually sculpt them in real time, and even animate the parameters.  Procedural terrains provide an unlimited level of detail; move your camera closer, and more detail is seamlessly added.

     Like procedural terrains, Heightfield Terrains are based on a function graph, but baked on a fixed-resolution grid. Allowing more flexibility and  realism to your terrains. Heightfield Terrains are also significantly faster to render!

    • Course objective

      Recent advances in real-time 3D technologies are allowing fully interactive virtual environments (VEs) to be created and displayed on common desktop and home gaming computers, instead of the expensive research machines of years past. As it becomes feasible for artists and designers to create these rich virtual environments, they need to be aware of both practical and aesthetic issues unique to interactive virtual worlds. It is this course's aim to present the techniques, experiences, and implications of VE development.


  • Course Outcome:

    • Course Outcomes

      By the end of semester, students should be able to:
      CO1 able to do design digital environment
      CO2 able to do create all necessary environment elements like,tree, mountain,water surface etc.
      CO3 able to create trees and grass animation
      CO4 able to create clouds animation
      CO5 able to create sunlight effects
      CO6 able to create different environment 

  • Course Outline:


    • Week

      Syllabus

      Learning Outcome

      Complexity Level

      CLO

      PLO

      Assessment

      1

      Introducing special environment creation software VUE , 3ds max and Maya.

      Learn VUE

      Navigating through the UI

      Object Manipulations

      Infinite Planes

      students will be able to understand the basics of

      Digital environment creation

      C1

      1

      1

      Class Project-1

      2

      VUE software workflow-part1

      Primitive Objects

      Terrains and the Terrain Editor

      Plants and the plant Edit

      Able to create object in VUE

      C1

      1

      1

      Class Project-2

      3

      VUE software workflow-part2

      Rocks

      Meta Clouds

      Planets

      MataBlobs

      Grouping and Booleans

      Ventilators

      Able to create rocks and meta cloud

      C2

      1

      1

      Class Project-3

      4

      VUE software workflow-part3

      Linking and Targeting Objects

      Lights and the Light Editor

      Drop Object, smart drop

      Alignment Tool

      Select Wireframe

      Able to create Light

      In the scene

      C2

      2

      2

      5

      VUE software workflow-part4

      Color

      Render Options

      Animation Rendering

      Option

      The Render Area

      Able to create animation rendering

      C2

      3

      2

      Class Project-4

      6

      VUE software workflow-part4

      Create an realistic environment using all necessary elements and output the project

      Able to create a complete

      environment

      C2

      3

      2

      Class Project-5

      Mid exam project

      MID EXAM

      7,8,9

      VUE software workflow-part5

      Creating advanced effect in the scene

      Atmosphere

      Editor basics

      Material

      Editor basics

      Eco System basics

      Eco System Painting

       

      Able to use advanced effect in the scene

      C3

      4

      2

      10

      Link VUE environment with 3ds max

      Create 3d architectural building and other structures in 3ds max.Export the scene to VUE and

      Set environment and create output

      Able to

      Link VUE environment with 3ds max

      C3

      4

      2

      Class Project-6

      11

      Final Project

      Create a photorealistic scene using VUE and 3ds MAX

      Able to create photorealistic scene

      C3

      4

      2

      Final Exam

      Project

      FINAL EXAM


    • Course Assessment:



  • Reference Books:

     LEARNING RESOURCES

    Text Book(s)

     
    1

    Vue 7: From the Ground Up: The Official Guide
    by Ami Chopine & Vladimir Chopine

     

    Reference Books(s)

    2

    Physics for Animation
    By Arif Ahmed

     

    Other Resources 
    (Online Resources or others) 

    3

    Youtube Channel:
    https://www.youtube.com/arif3ds1

     

    • Week 1

      Introduction to VUE.

      VUE features an interface design that's optimized for ease-of-use and productivity and is packed full of amazing rendering features including volumetric effects, glowing materials, lens flares, stars and planets, rocks, and more!
       VUE is so productive and easy to use that you'll be designing and animating 3D scenery within seconds.

      Teaching strategy:
      Lecture and Software demonstration.

      Learning Outcome:

      students will be able to understand the basics of 
      Digital environment creation




      • VUE Software System Requirement:

        System Requirements
        VUE
        VUE is a 64-bit application, designed for 64-bit versions of Windows 8, Windows 10 and Intel Mac OS X 10.10+ platforms. Like all 3D packages, it is highly demanding in terms of computer power. Although the application is totally multi-threaded to ensure the smoothest possible response, you must realize that there is a lot going on when you work in VUE.
         
        Recommended System Specs
        Windows 64 bit (Windows 8 or Windows 10), Mac OS 10.13-11*,
        Multi-core CPU (Intel Core I7, I9, AMD Ryzen or Mac Pro), AVX compliant,
        8GB+ of RAM,
        4GB+ of free Hard Disk space (on the drive hosting the OS),
        We recommend a graphics card containing at least 4 GB of VRAM with a 3D Mark score of 10,000 or better.
         
        Compatible Hosts:
        Autodesk MAYA 2016-2020 (Win/Mac)
        Autodesk 3ds Max 2015-2021
        Maxon Cinema 4D R16-R23 (Win/Mac)
        Newtek Lightwave 11.6-2020

      • Terrains

        VUE integrates flexible and powerful terrain modeling technologies. From creating full planets to infinitely detailed terrainscapes, VUE's got you covered!
         Create hydrological and thermal simulations, manually sculpt them in real time, and even animate the parameters.  Procedural terrains provide an unlimited level of detail; move your camera closer, and more detail is seamlessly added.
         Like procedural terrains, Heightfield Terrains are based on a function graph, but baked on a fixed-resolution grid. Allowing more flexibility and  realism to your terrains. Heightfield Terrains are also significantly faster to render!



    • Week2

      Primitive Objects

      Terrains and the Terrain Editor

      Plants and the plant Edit

      Able to create object in VUE

      C1

      1

      1

      Class Project-2


      Teaching strategy:
      Lecture and Software demonstration.

      Learning Outcome:

      Able to create object in VUE

      students will be able to understand the basics of 
      Digital environment creation


      • Vegetation

        VUE ships with a hefty plant library, comprised of over 170 plant species, from HD vegetation to low resolution. More species are added on a regular basis1.
         
        The VUE vegetation technology ensures that no two plants you add to your scene will be identical, freeing you from hardcore vegetation modeling tasks, and adding more subtlety to your scenes.
         
        The Plant Editor lets you easily customize any of the plants included and allows you to create your own, unique plant species. VUE will also automatically animate plants for you so that they gently sway in the breeze, or twist and bend in strong winds!
         
        VUE is natively compatible with the fully procedural Plant Factory file format, to produce high-quality hero trees as well as distant vegetation. VUE can animate all of the exposed plant properties (such as Health, Seasonality or any other published plant parameter).



    • Week3

      Planets
      MataBlobs
      Grouping and Booleans
      Ventilators

      Able to create rocks and meta cloud

      C2

      1

      1

      Class Project-3


      VUE software workflow-part3
      Linking and Targeting Objects


      Teaching strategy:
      Lecture and Software demonstration.

      Learning Outcome:

      Able to create rocks and meta cloud

      Able to create object in VUE

      students will be able to understand the basics of 
      Digital environment creation


      • EcoSystems

        With e-on's patented EcoSystem technology, you can easily populate your scenes with millions of plants, trees, stones and other objects, to achieve an unprecedented level of natural complexity and detail while keeping VUE’s performance and display running smoothly.
         
        EcoSystems do not merely scatter objects randomly across the surface. Instead, our technology decides where to place them according to the natural rules you define.
         
        Additionally, the ESosystem painter lets you interactively paint EcoSystems over any surface.


    • Week4

      Lights and the Light Editor

      Drop Object, smart drop

      Alignment Tool

      Select Wireframe

      Able to create Light

      In the scene

      C2

      2

      2


      VUE software workflow-part4

      Color

      Teaching strategy:
      Lecture and Software demonstration.

      Learning Outcome:

      Able to create rocks and meta cloud

      Able to create object in VUE

      students will be able to understand the basics of 
      Digital environment creation



      • Clouds & Atmospheres

        Simply said, VUE has the most advanced, complete and fully procedural atmospheric engine on the market. Convert any mesh to clouds, create complex atmospheres from scratch, or use any of the predefined atmospheres, create planetary cloud layers, and export standalone clouds or full cloud layers as openVDB *.
         
        You can easily control the overall shape of the clouds, from feathery to clumpy and create skies with as many overlapping spectral cloud layers as you like for complex and unbelievably realistic cloudscapes!


    • Discussion Forum

    • Student Engagement

    • Attendence

      • 3D Environment Creation in VUE

        • 3D Environment Creation in VUE

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      • VUE Intro

        • Introduction to VUE