Just recently I have found out the hard way that using the scale tool that I have, so ignorantly, been using for ages is simply wrong.
I don’t know why I haven’t realized it before.
I was texturing a model of a building (as described in the real world scale uvw tutorial) and something didn’t work as expected. I had a 25×25 cm textures that simply looked huge when applied to the model.
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Why you should never use the scale tool in 3d max
Today I have received an email from an autodesk product manager to let me know about an interesting project that they have been working on – Butterfly Project.
So what does it actually do?
The main idea is that you can edit a dwg file without any license or software installed. All you need is a web-browser and the latest flash player from adobe.
This makes it accessible from anywhere and by anyone you share it with.
And speaking of sharing, you can actually co-edit a drawing with a colleague or a client in real time. Everything is done directly online so the files are not actually transferred from one user to another. This means that you can conduct online meetings with unlimited participants, make revision mark-ups, etc.
There is also a widget that let’s you explore all the changes done in a revision meeting so you won’t miss anything.
I see this application particularly useful for cad drafting studios and architecture offices, especially for internal meetings.
However, I don’t see it being used for architectural visualization at the moment… but I am certain the way technology evolves, in the future we will see something similar for 3D models.
In the meantime, you can watch the video bellow to see a more in depth presentation or check out the official site for project butterfly.
There are plenty of websites on the internet that offer free textures. However, browsing through 40-50 sites to find a certain texture can prove to be a time consuming task. With that in mind, I have made a selection of 10 websites which I thought may be useful to you too.
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Top 10 free textures websites
In this tutorial I will go through a simple, yet effective way to setup a lighting rig using 3ds max and vray.
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Vray exterior daylight tutorial
