formZ 4.0: 3D Modeling, Rendering, and Animation / Edition 1

by Lachmi Khemlani

Overview

* A hands-on guide to form.Z—the most popular 3D software on the market—specifically geared towards architects and designers

* Workshop approach focuses on the concepts, skills, and technologies needed to master form.Z

* CD-ROM contains step-by-step tutorials

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071425162
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date:	11/28/2003
Edition description:	BK&CD-ROM
Pages:	446
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.28(d)

About the Author

Lachmi Khemlani, Ph.D., is the author of the earlier to 3D with form•Z, also published by McGraw-Hill. She has taught form•Z workshops and other CAD courses for a number of years at the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned her doctorate in architecture, specializing in computer applications.

She works as an independent consultant and writes extensively on CAD and modeling solutions, including articles, product reviews, tutorials, and a biweekly newsletter. Her credentials include a professional B.Arch. (Honors) degree from the Indian Institute of Technology and an M.Phil. in Architecture from the University of Cambridge, England. She has also worked on numerous design projects as a practicing architect.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

Getting Acquainted
WORKSHOP 1: LETTING YOURSELF GO

1: Beginning with 2D: A Complete Session

2: Direct 3D

3: Some Basic Functions

4: Combining Objects in Various Ways: The Booleans
Assignment: A Simple Pavilion
WORKSHOP 2: BRINGING A SENSE OF SCALE

1: Sizing Up Your World

2: Restraining the Cursor

3: Transcending Objects: Working at Multiple Levels

4: Executing Transformations and Making Copies

5: Editing Elements

6: Insertions: A Convenient Alternative to Booleans
Assignment: An Architectural Block Model
WORKSHOP 3: PERSONALIZING YOUR ENVIRONMENT

1: Your Own Colors and Styles

2: Controlling the Displays

3: Working With Layers

4: Using Your Own Reference Planes

5: Having Different Views

6: Specifying Your Preferences
Assignment: An Item of Furniture
WORKSHOP 4: ENHANCING YOUR MODELING CAPABILITIES

1: Going Round and Up and Down

2: Sweeping Your Way Through

3: Skinning and Lofting Your Forms

4: Cutting Your Sections

5: Moving Over Rugged Terrains

6: The Remaining Derivatives

7: Rounding, Bending, Fillets, and Draft Angles

8: Cultivating Attachments

9: Alignments, Distributions, Extensions, and Placements
Assignment: Site Planning for Urban Design
WORKSHOP 5: ILLUMINATING, TEXTURING, AND RENDERING YOUR WORLD

1: Imaging

2: Lights Galore!

3: Radiosity Based Rendering

4: A Closer Look at Textures

5: Other Object Properties
Assignment: A Table Lamp
WORKSHOP 6: GOING ORGANIC

1: Plain Meshes and Subdivisions

2: Moving, Disturbing, and Deforming Meshes

3: Displacing Meshes

4: Smooth Curves, C-Curves, and C-Meshes

5: Nurbz and Patches

6: Cutting and Gluing Freeform Objects

7: The Metaphysics of Metaformz
Assignment: A Curved Roof Structure for a Stadium
WORKSHOP 7: ENDING WITH MORE

1: Writing in 3D

2: The Power of Symbols

3: Panoramic Views and QuickTime VR

4: Animating Your World

5: Internal and External Communication
APPENDIX: BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE DRAFTING MODULE
INDEX