DesignClass | Design & Technology Scotland
Overview
Making things look presentable or realistic is an important skill for many designers and engineers and they use a huge range of different skills and techniques to achieve the correct look.
In this unit of learning, pupils will develop skills in creating attractive illustrations and renderings using bot manual techniques and 2D and 3D computer work.
In this unit of learning, pupils will develop skills in creating attractive illustrations and renderings using bot manual techniques and 2D and 3D computer work.
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Simple scene renders
In these tasks, a simple scene has been created using 3D CAD. It has been saved in both IGES and STEP formats.
You will quickly discover that the 3D models have been simply assembled - not realistically at all! This is fine - it is only for illustrative work. This is a technique used by designers to cut down on production time.
You will learn about material and texture mapping, lighting, decalling and rendering a high quality output.
You are tasked with creating a pleasant illustration to this simple scene. If you are feeling confident you can add further models to the scene to increase realism.
You will quickly discover that the 3D models have been simply assembled - not realistically at all! This is fine - it is only for illustrative work. This is a technique used by designers to cut down on production time.
You will learn about material and texture mapping, lighting, decalling and rendering a high quality output.
You are tasked with creating a pleasant illustration to this simple scene. If you are feeling confident you can add further models to the scene to increase realism.
A4 Drawings Pack
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- Resource coming!
Resource coming!
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"Inspiration comes during work, not before it."
Madeleine L'engle (1918 - 2007)
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Texture & Bump Maps
Textures and bump maps can make a scene come alive. Here are some textures and bump maps to get you started. These work with any software that uses image-textures. Not all these textures are seamless.
A4 Drawings Pack
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"Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice"
Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011)
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CAD Render | Tutorials
Creating Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) is a huge industry all on its' own. In Graphic Communication you will learn some of the basics of this field.
Here I provide video tutorials and supplementary files so you can render CAD challenges, using Blender 2.8 or above.
Blender is completely free software, which is incredibly powerful.
Here I provide video tutorials and supplementary files so you can render CAD challenges, using Blender 2.8 or above.
Blender is completely free software, which is incredibly powerful.
Video Tutorials
In this first rendering task, I provide a lighting rig and a supplementary model. This will help you with some of the very basics of Blender 2.8, and able to create some of the renders shown in the gallery.
You will soon want to edit the strength and position of lights, and some of the camera properties.
Remember to DOWNLOAD the files below!
You will soon want to edit the strength and position of lights, and some of the camera properties.
Remember to DOWNLOAD the files below!
- Tutorial Files
Scene example 2
Video Tutorials
Video #1 | Importing models to the scene
Video #2 | Lighting the scene with HDRI
Video #3 | Applying materials to the scene
Video #4 | Applying materials to the Vee-Block
Video #5 | Camera and render settings
- Tutorial Files
A4 Drawings Pack
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"Anxiety is part of creativity; the need to get something out."
David Duchovny (1960 - )
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Level D render assessment
Level C render assessment
Level B render assessment
Level A render assessment
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