3Ds MAXIntroduction

Introduction

What is the 3D graphics. Applications of 3D Graphics. What is 3Ds MAX .? System requirements for 3Ds max. Components of 3Ds MAX. Plugins.

What is the 3D Graphics.

The 3D Graphics is one of the most important and sophisticated Computer graphics branches.

It offers the user a 3Dimentional Virtual environment and figures can be interactive environment or just a watching movie or image.

Applications of 3D graphics.

Entertainment and games. Cinema movies and Visual tricks. Education and Explanation Drawings

and figures. Virtual reality application. Commercial announcements. Etc..

What is 3Ds MAX.

3Ds Max : a 3D graphics programs can be used for generating 3D Graphics images , videos, models, animations, AutoCAD objects,VRML, etc ..

3Ds Max developed and produced by Discreet graphics co. www.discreet.com specialized for the Computer graphics . Like 3D and 2D graphics , web 3D graphics ( not VRML ), video editing programs, etc.

System Requirements for 3Ds MAX.

The Most important Computer components for 3Ds max are .

1. VGA Card (Graphics card).2. Main Memory.3. CPU Cash.4. Monitor.

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VGA Card: for the rendering process to be fast and more efficient we need a good VGA card with big internal memory and good processor.

Main Memory: Enables users to deal with big scenes , accurate detailed objects , and the sophisticated objects like hair , grass ,trees ,etc..

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CPU cash : helps the VGA card in the rendering process it also helps in dealing with the program components and controls quickly and smoothly.

Monitor: the size and colors of the monitor helps in the Modeling and rendering operations respectively.

Components of 3D Max.

Main Menu : the most important component of the 3Ds Max every this that 3Ds Max can do can be done using the Main Menu using the main menu you can be in no need of all the other components except tools bar.

Tools bar. Creation panel. Modify panel. Material Editor. Track view.

3Ds Max Components continue. Track View Graph editor. Schematic view Editor.

All these components will be discussed in Details in the following slides.Note that: not all these components are developed

by 3Ds max team but all of these components were produced by them and come with the program package by default with out any additional packages installations.

Plugins.

The plugins are components just like the previous components but not produced by 3Ds Max team and not included in the default program package. So the user can get it as a separated packages and install it to the max folder.

Some common plugins :1.VRay : materials and rendering engine.2.Final Render: Materials and rendering engine.3.Brazil: Materials and Rendering engine.

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4. Maxwell : Rendering engine.5. CAT : Character Animation tool for

characters animation.6. After burn: for smoking , clouds , fires and

other none rigid 3D objects.7. glu3D : for creating liquids real flow

animation and real physical liquid behaviors 8. Phoenix : for creating sophisticated objects

like hair and grass .9. SimCloth: for creating clothes and make a

real physical animations and behaviors for it.