Correctly setting up blueprints so they’re usable in your modeling work-flow can be a frustrating task to say the least, but in today’s Quick Tip you’ll learn how to do just that. Sasa Posloncec will show you the best place to find and download blueprints, how to correctly separate, scale and align them using Photoshop and how to get them up and running inside 3D Studio Max. Get started after the jump!
One of the most important steps in building a better, faster workflow is the addition of Hotkeys. These simple shortcut commands might only shave seconds off at a time, but in the long run those seconds can add up to hours. In this quick tip from Chandan Kumar, you’ll learn how to save time and work more efficiently by creating your own custom tool menus right inside of 3ds Max’s UI, and how to setup keyboard shortcuts for the tools you use most.
Note: click the ‘Monitor’ icon to view tutorial in full-screen HD.
If there’s one thing we learned from endless episodes of MTV Cribs back in the day, it’s that athletes, rock stars, and A-list celebrities are all bonded by a common interest: A love and passion for fast and expensive cars.
While everyone is likely familiar with expensive cars from the likes Porsche and Rolls Royce, there exists a subset of supercars which are so expensive that they even make a regular Ferrari seem affordable by comparison. At this level, we’re not talking about cars that cost somewhere in the multi-hundred thousand dollar range. Quite the contrary, my friend. No, at this level we’re talking about cars that sell for 7 figures and can easily hit 200 mph on the speedometer.
To get you acquainted with the types of cars the wealthiest in the world keep in their garages, listed below are the 8 most expensive supercars in the world.
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Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita – $4.85 million
Nearly $5 million for a car? Not to worry, the Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita is coated with diamonds. No, seriously. The body of the Trevita sports a pretty awesome visual appearance due to a diamond weave white carbon fibre body.
The company boasts: “For the Trevita, Koenigsegg developed something truly special. This is not paint. It’s not a tint. It’s actually white carbon fibre that shines like millions of diamonds when the sun hits the car.”
Under the hood is a 4.8-liter V8 yielding which offers up 1018 horsepower and a top speed of 254 mph. Only two models were ever produced so good luck finding one even if you have that much coin to waste, uh, I mean spend.
The car was highlighted by Jay Leno last year during a pretty fascinating episode ofJay Leno’s Garage, viewable below.
Lamborghini Veneno Roadster – $4.5 million
With only 9 units ever made, calling the Veneno Roaster a limited edition vehicle might even be misleading. The car delivers 750 horsepower and can reach a top speed of 221 mph.
Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse – $3.5 million
This car is insanely fast and can handle well at speeds exceeding 180 mph. This Bugatti can floor it at over 250 mph and as we highlighted previously, “the only thing preventing the car from going faster than advertised is that Michelin’s hasn’t yet figured out a way to keep its tires from exploding once they reach a consistent speed of 270 mph.”
Not only is the Bugatti Veyron wildly expensive, it’s also the most expensive car in the world to maintain. That fact, however, didn’t stop Floyd Mayweather from picking one up a few months back.
W Motors Lykan Hypersport – $3.4M
Though W Motors may not be a household name – the company was founded in Lebanon and is now based out of Dubai – its Lykan Hypersport is a supercar that impresses on all fronts. In keeping with the ‘limited edition’ motif we have going here, only 7 models of the car were ever manufactured.
For $3.4 million, you might not be surprised to learn that “each LED headlight is encrusted with 220 diamonds or a combination of any other precious or semi-precious stone chosen by the client.” Some of the other stone options include rubies, yellow diamonds and sapphires. Also not a surprise is that the car had a cameo appearance in the movie Furious 7.
The car has a reported top speed of 248 mph.
Video of the car in action can be seen below.
Pagani Huayra BC – $2.8 million
Only 20 models of the Pagani Huayra BC were ever made. The car can reach a top speed of 238 mph and recently made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show
And check out those doors.
Koenigsegg One:1 – $2.8 million
Forget 0-60, the 2015 Koenigsegg One:1 can go from o to 250 mph in 20 seconds flat. The car has an out of this world top speed of 273 mph, making it the fastest production car in the world. Only 7 vehicles were ever manufactured, with 4 units earmarked for Asia, two for European customers, and just one for the U.S.
Ferrari FXX K – $2.7 million
Okay, so the FXX K isn’t street legal, but it’s still one sleek looking car. Only 32 models of the car were ever manufactured and they were sold rather quickly. Speed wise, the FXX K can top 217 mph, making it the fastest Ferrari ever produced.
Ferrari F60 America – $2.5 million
Designed to commemorate Ferrari’s 60th anniversary, the F60 is an absolute beast of a vehicle. Another limited edition car, only 10 were made available in the United States. The car boasts 730 horsepower and has a top speed of 211 mph.
The 3D renderings Below are the most realistic ones ever created, according to Victoria Samarinaite, the community manager for 3D model store CGTrader, who tracked down the photographers.
The images were created using the most popular 3D software packages, including Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Maya, Softimage, Lightwave, Cinema4D, Zbrush and Terragen. The renderers used include Vray, Maxwell and Mental Ray, said Dalia Lasaite, the marketing manager for CGTrader.
Lasaite offered some advice to those looking to pursue careers in 3D graphics:
Which of the images do you think has the greatest impact? Tell us in the comments section below.
We have hit the last DAY of the series, and we hope we have provided you with some insight and that those will help you and give you more confidence to walk further toward your being a Pro AutoCAD user.
In this session we will rush a little bit, and learn few things you need to learn before closing.
Things we are going to be pushing forward in the following lines, are
All will be covered just from the basics point of view, but the most important will be covered.
Learn more about Annotation in AutoCAD
This can also be reached from the HOME tab
annotation
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The following image will serve as an exercise.
This is nothing but the image we worked on DAY 19, Now the task will be to create 5 Layers, and place each of the part of this project in its appropriate layer.
Layer 1: the Object itself
Layer 2: The Dashed lines
Layer 3: The center line
Layer 4: HATCH pattern
Layer 5: Annotations
Your layer properties manager window should look like the following.
Learn more about creating LAYERS in AutoCAD
It is time to try the HATCH command in AutoCAD.
Today, we have a pretty straightforward image to replicate, and part of the task here is to use the HATCH command once the image is created.
The image below can help you locate the HATCH command.
To sum it up, they wont be lots of difficulties in this one. You need to be able to place objects however it is required in a 2D space. We tend to the end of this series, and one thing that you need to learn with these is to master the 2D space in AutoCAD. If you wish to jump into the 3D world later on, it is necessary you master how to move element in a 2D space.
If you remember what we did in Learn AutoCAD DAY 7, you will notice that the following is quite similar to it. We had to learn how to use the OFFSET command and we have been using it throughout since sometime now. In this session, you have to use it as well.
We have bent this to push you to use the ROTATE command. But it you have eyes to look at the image in a more engineering point of view, you will quickly notice that you can draw the object without inclination angle and bending it just at the end of the project, but as we indicated earlier in this series, feel free to go free-style unless stated not to. But avoid wasting time!
Take the shortest way!
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If you have difficulties, check how we solved the exercise on Learn AutoCAD DAY 7 and Learn AutoCAD DAY 8 that may help you. This exercise is simply the combination of those projects.
We slow down a little today, and we would like you to come back and use some basic commands we think we have not made use of enough.
Now, we are going to look at the CHAMFER command and play with the UCS command a little bit more than we did in the past days.
Here is the object we will try replicate in this session, pretty quick one huh!?
We have been into more difficult situation!
Remember you can do it your own way, but here is how I will suggest you do it.
Start with the following. Four lines, you have all dimensions, pretty easy
Then, use a line to close the object. You need not to know the length of this line, just use those two points to get it.
Now use the CHAMFER command on the left upper corner. The Chamfer distances are 33 x 33 units.
Learn how to use the CHAMFER command in AutoCAD
We have made an extensive use of the UCS command earlier. Move the UCS to the position shown on the image below, that will allow you to get the circles we are trying to create at their right positions.
After Getting the UCS at the position shown above, the center of the bigger circle will be at the point of coordinates (36,36) and the center of the small circle will be at the point of coordinates (84,20)
In this session we will be challenging ourselves to learn how to play with the ARRAY command in AutoCAD.
The image below is one of those that may best serve this purpose. It is to be noted that all slots are equally spaced around the circles.
Feel free to visit the post where we practiced and talked about the use of the ARRAY command in AutoCAD.
There is not much to be done in this one but the proper use of the ARRAY command. All you will need is to have mastered the TRIM command, the LINE command, the FILLET command and theCIRCLE command.
Below we have split annotations in different figures to avoid having a bushy image. Combine all information available on the figures if you want to accurately replicate today’s exercise.
Piece in the center of the exercise.
The following image might be helpful to you to have a good start
After proper TRIMMING, you will be left with the following
Now all you need to do is to use the FILLET command to round edges and create objects that are in the center of the figure.
Not like the previous DAY, we are going to start learning cool things today. Not to say that DAY 1 was useless, that helped to warm up.
We have lately learn the basic basics in AutoCAD, and you should by now know the environment and I have no doubt that you are familiar with common words used here to describe stuff such as Command window, Status Bar, Navigation bar…
We will use the image below, and try learning all things we need to learn to be able to create something similar using AutoCAD.
We’ve learned a little how to use the coordinate system to create lines in AutoCAD. In this Session, we will forget a little about the Cartesian coordinate system.
It is true that using the Cartesian coordinate system we could draw lines with specified dimension, but this method is more convenient and is the one you will be making use of in the future.
Read more about how you can create lines and play with their angle
EXECUTION
To create the image above
Draw the line of 80 units
Start the second line from the first point of the 80 units line, and draw the second line with an inclination angle of 58 degrees.
Draw the third line. It is a straight horizontal line.
All you have to do now is to create a line from the 2 open points shown on the figure in step 3.
Here is a good exercise that will help you practice what we have just learned. I will suggest youlearn how to use the ROTATE command in AutoCAD before trying to do the following exercise.
In case of difficulties, I would like you to know that I solved this step by step few days earlier.
