Realistic architectural visualization with 3ds Max and mental ray / Roger Cusson and Jamie Cardoso.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cusson, Roger.

Contributor:

Cardoso, Jamie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architectural rendering--Computer-aided design.

Architectural rendering.

3ds max (Computer file).

Mental ray (Computer file).

Computer-aided design.

Physical Description:

xiii, 330 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Focal Press, [2007]

Summary:

"Accompanying DVD-ROM contains ... "tutorial files and sample files"--P. [4] of cover.

Contents:

Project Files: Exercise Disk xiii

The Living Room: Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Preparing Materials for an Interior Space 3

1.2 Starting the Scene 4

1.3 The Arch & Design Material 8

1.3.1 BRDF 13

1.3.2 Advanced Rendering Options 13

1.4 Working on the First Material 16

1.5 Working on the Sofa Material 25

1.6 Working on the Floor Material 30

1.7 Working on the Glass Material 35

1.8 Working on the Metal Material 39

Chapter 2 Day Lighting for an Interior Space 43

2.2 Interior Lighting Concepts with mental ray 44

2.3 Parameters in Final Gather 46

2.3.1 Basic Group 47

2.3.2 Final Gather Map Group 51

2.4 Parameters in Global Illumination 52

2.5 Starting the Scene 55

2.6 Establishing Basic Lighting Parameters 58

2.7 Adding Lights 61

2.8 Adding an Omni Light to Simulate Scattered Light 67

2.9 Modifying the Spot Light 73

2.10 Making Changes to Materials Due to Light Effects 75

2.11 Exposure Control 76

2.12 Adjusting the Exposure of the Living Room Scene 78

2.13 Mental ray Parameters for the Final Render 80

2.13.1 Samples per Pixel Group 80

2.13.2 Filter Group 81

2.14 Finalizing the Living Room Render 83

Chapter 3 Artificial Lighting for the Interior Space 87

3.2 Starting the Scene 88

3.3 Establishing Basic Lighting Parameters 90

3.4 Adding the Artificial Lights 94

3.5 Adding More Lights to the Scene 100

3.6 Adding a Lume Shader to the Lights 106

3.7 Adding Exposure Controls to Improve the Image and Final Render 114

The Harbor: Introduction 121

Chapter 4 Preparing Materials for an Exterior Scene 123

4.2 Starting the Scene 123

4.3 Applying Materials to the Background Buildings 128

4.4 Creating a Material for the Wooden Chair 134

4.5 Creating a Material for the Pavement 141

4.6 Using the Ocean (Lume) Shader for Water 145

4.7 Creating the Water Material in the Harbor Scene 149

Chapter 5 Lighting for an Exterior Scene 161

5.2 Exterior Lighting Concepts with mental ray 162

5.2.1 mr Sun Parameters 164

5.2.2 mr Sky Parameters 169

5.3 Starting the Scene 172

5.4 Establishing Basic Lighting Parameters 174

5.5 Refining the Lighting and Creating a Rendered Image 183

Chapter 6 Working with the mr Physical Sky Shader 189

6.2 mr Physical Sky and the Sun Disk 190

6.3 Moving the Sun to a Desired Location 190

6.4 The mr Physical Sky Shader 192

6.4.1 Sun Disk Appearance Group 192

6.4.2 Inherit from mr Sky Group 194

6.4.3 Horizon and Ground Group 196

6.4.4 After Dark Group 198

6.4.5 Non-Physical Tuning Group 198

6.4.6 Aerial Perspective (When Used as Lens/Volume Shader Only) Group 200

6.5 Creating Camera Haze 200

6.6 Using a Bitmap Background in mr Pbysical Sky 202

6.7 Some Notes About mr Physical Sky 206

Appendix 1 CAD Transfer 211

A1.2.1 Importing 3D Geometry 211

A1.2.2 Linking AutoCAD Files 212

A1.2.3 Why Transfer Files? 213

A1.3 An Approach to CAD Transfer 213

A1.3.1 A Generalized Approach to Modeling and Rendering with Linked Files 213

A1.3.2 Exceptions to the Generalized Approach 214

A1.4 Process of Linking Files 214

A1.5 Linking Files from AutoCAD 215

A1.5.1 Layers 215

A1.5.2 File Link Manager Parameters 216

A1.5.3 AutoCAD Layers, 3ds Max Layers and 3ds Max Objects 218

A1.5.4 Applying Materials 220

A1.5.5 More Complex Material Assignments 220

A1.5.6 Mapping 221

A1.5.7 Reloading Linked Files 221

A1.6 Linking Files from Revit 223

A1.6.1 Revit Object Database 223

A1.6.2 Exporting 3D Model to AutoCAD 224

A1.6.3 Linking an AutoCAD File Exported by Revit 225

A1.6.4 Reloading a Revit Model Linked through a .dwg File 226

A1.6.5 Materials in Revit 226

A1.6.6 Accessing Revit Materials in 3ds Max 227

A1.6.7 Caution About Using Revit Materials 229

Appendix 2 Caustics 231

A2.2 Caustics 232

A2.3 Creating Caustics in a Wine Glass 232

A2.4 Creating the Lights and the Caustics Effect 241

A2.5 Final Adjustments to the Image 251

Appendix 3 Camera Effects 255

A3.2 Flash Effect and Depth of Field 256

A3.3 Creating the Flash Effect 256

A3.4 Depth of Field 263

Appendix 4 HDRI 269

A4.2 Assigning a HDRI image to a light source 270

A4.3 Light Point (base) Parameters 277

A4.4 Adding the HDRI image to the light 277

Appendix 5 Rendering Large Complex Scenes 289

A5.2 Render Passes 290

A5.2.1 Render Passes Parameters 300

A5.3 Distributed Bucket Rendering 300

A5.3.1 Distributed Bucket Rendering Parameters 301

A5.4 Network Rendering 305

Appendix 6 Common Errors 309

A6.2 The mental ray Message Window 309

A6.3 Photon Errors 310

A6.4 Final Gather Errors 315

Appendix 7 The Cover Image 317

A7.2 Adjusting Final Gather Settings 318

A7.3 Image Size 319

A7.4 Sampling Quality 319

A7.5 Rendering 319

A7.6 Lights and Materials 320

A7.7 Exposure Control 321.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780240809120

0240809122

OCLC:

85830734

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