Berlage Postgraduate

Course Overview

The track for Berlage postgraduate students consists of lectures and hands-on workshops. This page contains all the information that you'll need for the workshops.

Before we start on Day one, you need to have the following software installed:

• McNeel Rhinoceros 4.0 SR9, available on Blackboard
• Autodesk Maya 2013 SP1, available on TOI Software for Students

Installation manuals are available on the @Hok website

Day 1: modeling Villa Savoye in Rhino

Topics: Modeling in Rhino

• Rhino Introduction
• Modeling Villa Savoye in Rhino

Reference:

• Rhino
• Rhino tutorial: Creating 2D Objects

Day 2: finishing the model and exporting data

Topics: advanced modeling techniques, generating 2D line drawings from a 3D model, exporting 3D geometry

• Rhino Curve Based Modeling
• Rhino Surface Editing

Day 3: rendering a 3D model in Maya

Topics: importing a 3D model in Maya, setup for rendering using Mental Ray, basic materialization using MIA shaders, render settings

• Quick start with Maya for Visualizations (Recap and Reading)
• Tutorial: Export Rhino to Maya
• Tutorial: Basic visualization in Maya
• MEL Sun Simulator

Reference:

• Rhino File Exchange
• Lighting and rendering
• Mental ray rendering
• Rendering Mental Ray: Final Gather
• MIA Material - Basics

Download:

TOI Maya Toolbar

Day 4: materialization and post-processing

Topics: advanced MIA shaders, using textures, CG lighting, post-production using Photoshop

• MIA Material - Background Information
• Materials and textures
• Texture positioning - Projection mapping
• Basic post-production in Photoshop

Reference:

• Texture positioning - Overview
• Conceptual Architectural Visualisation
• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• CG Textures

Extra:

• Mental Ray Ambient Occlusion tutorial