Realistic Architectural Visualization with 3ds Max and Mental Ray

Name: Realistic Architectural Visualization with 3ds Max and Mental Ray
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ISBN: 9780240809120

ISBN-10: 0240809122

ISBN-13: 9780240809120

Edition: 2007

Authors: Roger Cusson, Jamie Cardoso

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Bring new realism to your visualizations with a command of the 3ds Max toolset. Three step-by-step tutorials demonstrate exterior and interior, day and night lighting scenes. You learn the nuts and bolts of importing models from CAD programs, lighting, applying mr shaders and materials, and optimizing your renders. Mental ray is made simple with an accessible description of its tools. * Color reproductions illustrate a wide array of subtle techniques. * mental ray is made easy with accesible demonstations. * Companion CD contains all of the project files.

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 4/5/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface


Project Files: Exercise Disk


The Living Room: Introduction



Preparing Materials for an Interior Space



Introduction



Starting the Scene



The Arch & Design Material



BRDF



Advanced Rendering Options



Working on the First Material



Working on the Sofa Material



Working on the Floor Material



Working on the Glass Material



Working on the Metal Material



Conclusion



Day Lighting for an Interior Space



Introduction



Interior Lighting Concepts with mental ray



Parameters in Final Gather



Basic Group



Final Gather Map Group



Parameters in Global Illumination



Starting the Scene



Establishing Basic Lighting Parameters



Adding Lights



Adding an Omni Light to Simulate Scattered Light



Modifying the Spot Light



Making Changes to Materials Due to Light Effects



Exposure Control



Adjusting the Exposure of the Living Room Scene



Mental ray Parameters for the Final Render



Samples per Pixel Group



Filter Group



Finalizing the Living Room Render



Conclusion



Artificial Lighting for the Interior Space



Introduction



Starting the Scene



Establishing Basic Lighting Parameters



Adding the Artificial Lights



Adding More Lights to the Scene



Adding a Lume Shader to the Lights



Adding Exposure Controls to Improve the Image and Final Render



Conclusion


The Harbor: Introduction



Preparing Materials for an Exterior Scene



Introduction



Starting the Scene



Applying Materials to the Background Buildings



Creating a Material for the Wooden Chair



Creating a Material for the Pavement



Using the Ocean (Lume) Shader for Water



Creating the Water Material in the Harbor Scene



Conclusion



Lighting for an Exterior Scene



Introduction



Exterior Lighting Concepts with mental ray



mr Sun Parameters



mr Sky Parameters



Starting the Scene



Establishing Basic Lighting Parameters



Refining the Lighting and Creating a Rendered Image



Conclusion



Working with the mr Physical Sky Shader



Introduction



mr Physical Sky and the Sun Disk



Moving the Sun to a Desired Location



The mr Physical Sky Shader



Sun Disk Appearance Group



Inherit from mr Sky Group



Horizon and Ground Group



After Dark Group



Non-Physical Tuning Group



Aerial Perspective (When Used as Lens/Volume Shader Only) Group



Creating Camera Haze



Using a Bitmap Background in mr Pbysical Sky



Some Notes About mr Physical Sky



Conclusion


Conclusion and Further Study



CAD Transfer



Introduction



Overview



Importing 3D Geometry



Linking AutoCAD Files



Why Transfer Files?



An Approach to CAD Transfer



A Generalized Approach to Modeling and Rendering with Linked Files



Exceptions to the Generalized Approach



Process of Linking Files



Linking Files from AutoCAD



Layers



File Link Manager Parameters



AutoCAD Layers, 3ds Max Layers and 3ds Max Objects



Applying Materials



More Complex Material Assignments



Mapping



Reloading Linked Files



Linking Files from Revit



Revit Object Database



Exporting 3D Model to AutoCAD



Linking an AutoCAD File Exported by Revit



Reloading a Revit Model Linked through a .dwg File



Materials in Revit



Accessing Revit Materials in 3ds Max



Caution About Using Revit Materials



Conclusion



Caustics



Introduction



Caustics



Creating Caustics in a Wine Glass



Creating the Lights and the Caustics Effect



Final Adjustments to the Image



Conclusion



Camera Effects



Introduction



Flash Effect and Depth of Field



Creating the Flash Effect



Depth of Field



HDRI



Introduction



Assigning a HDRI image to a light source



Light Point (base) Parameters



Adding the HDRI image to the light



Rendering Large Complex Scenes



Introduction



Render Passes



Render Passes Parameters



Distributed Bucket Rendering



Distributed Bucket Rendering Parameters



Network Rendering



Common Errors



Introduction



The mental ray Message Window



Photon Errors



Final Gather Errors



The Cover Image



Introduction



Adjusting Final Gather Settings



Image Size



Sampling Quality



Rendering



Lights and Materials



Exposure Control


Index