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	Amapi Pro 7.5 Training Code:VTC-33660 Price: $89.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Amapi Pro 7.5 Training Producer: Media: CD-ROM Author: Marcus Berry ISBN: 1-932808-97-3 Duration: 13 hrs / 169 lessons Compatibility: Win XP, ME, 2000, 98, NT, Mac OS X, OS 9 Marc Berry, designer and 3D specialist, takes you on a complete journey through the workings of Amapi Pro 7.5, from basic principles to high-end output. This 13-hour course should satisfy everyone wishing to properly learn Amapi Pro 7.5, whether an outright beginner in the world of 3D, or someone who’s switched to Amapi Pro after a long gestation period with another product. The course includes a 45-minute movie-sequence with full commentary where Marc guides you step-by-step through the NURBS modeling of a contemporary domestic product, from start to finish. Work Files are included. To get started, click on one of the lessons below. Try For Free Right Now To help you evaluate this training program, some of the tutorials may be viewed for free online. Listed below are all of the chapters and lessons for this title. Click on any of the linked lessons below to watch them now online! CD Contents Amapi Pro Basics Introducing Amapi Pro (05:21) Interface Quick-tour (05:30) Opening and Closing Model Files (05:12) The Rooms (04:45) The Preferences Editor Pt.1 (03:44) The Preferences Editor Pt.2 (03:38) Saving Your Models Pt.1 (03:43) Saving Your Models Pt.2 (02:55) Poly or NURBS Modelling? (04:13) Poly / NURBS Toggle (03:40) The Interface and Screen Layout The Tool Palette (05:07) The Control Panel (07:20) Describing the Scene View Pt.1 (02:04) Describing the Scene View Pt.2 (05:00) The Optional Palettes (05:47) Single and Multi Pane Modes (04:07) Navigation Using the Navigation Palette (04:38) Navigation Palette (Viewpoint Tool) (03:04) Smart Navigation Pt.1 (04:54) Smart Navigation Pt.2 (05:23) Getting Started Modelling Creating Freehand Primitives Pt.1 (05:31) Creating Freehand Primitives Pt.2 (05:21) Creating Precise Primitives (05:37) Modified Primitives (05:31) Creating Grid Planes (02:51) Move Tool (06:33) Rotate Tool Pt.1 (06:45) Rotate Tool Pt.2 (Global/Local Toggle) (05:00) Stretch Tool Pt.1 (Point Editing) (05:57) Stretch Tool Pt.2 (06:03) Scale Tool (07:18) Some Basic Selection Techniques (05:31) Freehand Extruding (06:45) Freehand Extruding and Sweeping (05:04) Selection Techniques in Full Selection Techniques - Pt.1 (06:09) Selection Techniques - Pt.2 (06:06) Selection Techniques - Pt.3 (02:49) Drawing Curves & Polylines Introducing Polylines (05:38) Polylines (06:14) Circles (06:11) NURBS Curves (05:14) Interpolated Curves (05:18) Bezier Curves (06:03) Editing Basic Curves (Stretch tool) (03:59) Editing Derived Curves (Stretch tool) (02:10) Editing Bezier Curves (Stretch tool) (04:01) Deleting Points on a Curve (06:36) Adding Points to a Curve (05:56) Arcs (05:17) Helix (04:04) Composite Curves (06:22) Symmetry (05:01) Extracting Curves Pt.1 (03:30) Extracting Curves Pt.2 (03:49) Extracting Curves Pt.3 (03:15) Object Creation Using Curves Extruding Curves (Freehand) (05:26) Sweeping Curves (Freehand) (05:24) Extruding Along a Path Pt.1 (04:53) Extruding Along a Path Pt.2 (02:20) Sweeping Along a Path (04:45) Double Sweep Tool (04:53) Ruled Surface Tool Pt.1 (03:13) Ruled Surface Tool Pt.2 (03:13) Coons Surfaces (03:20) Gordon Surfaces (From Open Curves) (03:28) Gordon Surfaces (From Closed Curves) (03:47) Facet Creation Tool Pt.1 (05:25) Facet Creation Tool Pt.2 (03:23) The Modeling Palette Chamfer Tool Pt.1 (05:29) Chamfer Tool Pt.2 (02:47) Chamfer Tool Pt.3 (02:09) Chamfer Tool Pt.4 (03:02) Thickness / Offset Tool Pt.1 (04:19) Thickness / Offset Tool Pt.2 (03:18) Cut Tool Pt.1 (Booleans) (07:01) Cut Tool Pt.2 (Punch) (05:19) Cut Tool Pt.3 (Extract / Slice) (04:10) Delete Tool (05:03) Tesselate Tool (Standard Tessellation) (03:05) Tesselate Tool (Custom Tessellation) (04:45) Deform Tool (Control Box) (05:52) Deform Tool (Bend / Twist / Taper / etc) (04:22) Bend Tool (03:21) Mold Tool (04:48) Bump / Soften Tool (04:49) Smoothing Objects Smoothing Surfaces & Volumes Pt.1 (06:12) Smoothing Surfaces & Volumes Pt.2 (05:34) Smoothing Curves & Polylines Pt.1 (05:18) Smoothing Curves & Polylines Pt.2 (02:35) Smoothing Summary (With Box Modeling Exercise) (06:07) Dynamic Geometry The DG Palette Pt.1 (02:53) The DG Palette Pt.2 (05:22) Working with DG Pt.1 (05:26) Working with DG Pt.2 (06:14) Smoothing and DG Pt.3 (03:56) NURBS and DG (03:02) Working with DG Turned Off (05:11) The Control Panel General Comment (01:27) Grouping / Ungrouping Objects (05:48) Absolute / Relative Modes (03:43) Simplified Display (02:34) The Ghost Icons (Hidden Layer) (03:41) Backface Culling (01:21) Working Planes (Advanced) When to Change the Working Plane (01:55) Changing the Working Plane (05:11) The Camera Plane (04:53) Changing the Orthonormal Base Origin (04:52) NURBS Modelling What is NURBS Modelling? (04:42) Basic Principles (03:01) Creating NURBS Primitives (04:17) Editing NURBS Volumes (02:37) Adding Geometry to Nurbs Surfaces (06:12) Creating & Editing NURBS Curves (05:13) Adding Geometry to Nurbs Curve (03:05) Deleting NURBS Elements (03:17) Creating NURBS Surfaces from Curves (03:55) Trimming NURBS Surfaces (03:02) Ruled Surface Tool Pt.1 (04:40) Ruled Surface Tool Pt.2 (03:29) Chamfer / Fillet Intro (05:04) Chamfer / Fillet Usage (06:27) Using the Thickness / Offset tool (04:08) Advanced NURBS Using the Manifold Tool (03:40) Understanding BREPS (03:35) Correcting NURBS Display Problems (03:10) Customising NURBS Display (05:58) Projecting a NURBS Curve (02:08) Converting NURBS to Polyhedral (04:31) Match Tangents Tool (06:53) The Assembly Palette Duplicate Tool (05:24) Duplicate (on a Support) (05:42) Symmetry Tool (05:43) Close Tool (01:15) Snap / Align Tool (04:43) Lay-on Tool (01:56) Weld Tool Pt.1 (05:26) Weld Tool Pt.2 (04:10) Decimate Tool (02:17) Measurements Tool (05:38) NURBS Project Nurbs Project Intro (01:38) NURBS Project Step 1. (03:43) NURBS Project Step 2. (03:37) NURBS Project Step 3. (05:13) NURBS Project Step 4. (05:06) NURBS Project Step 5. (04:42) NURBS Project Step 6. (05:07) NURBS Project Step 7. (05:12) NURBS Project Step 8. (04:40) NURBS Project Step 9. (03:19) NURBS Project Step 10. (02:59) Managing Your Scenes The Object Information Panel (04:38) The Scene Graph (04:27) Search Objects (02:46) Layers (05:23) Naming Objects (01:59) Enter / Leave Group (02:07) Context-Sensitive Menu (02:15) The Rendering Room Assigning & Editing Materials Pt.1 (05:44) Assigning & Editing Materials Pt.2 (05:35) Rendering Conditions (05:58) The Catalog Room Working with Directories (06:01) The Preferences Editor Setting Preferences (04:25) The Shortcuts Editor Customising Shortcuts (04:13) Normals Object Normals (03:12) Preparing Models for Export Exporting Poly-Models (03:40) Exporting Nurbs for CAD / CAM (02:33) Amapi Pro Patches Downloading Patches (01:38) Last Word What Has Been Covered (02:49) Credits / Thanks (00:54) About the Author (01:41) To view the Free Tutorials you must have Quicktime installed. Please note that the online free samples have been compressed for quicker downloads. Purchased CDs have higher sound and video quality. 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	AutoCAD 2005 for Architects Tutorials Code:VTC-33620 Price: $89.95 Quantity in Basket: none
AutoCAD 2005 for Architects Tutorials Producer: See all VTC titles Media: CD-ROM Author: Ivanhoe Tejeda ISBN: 1-932808-66-3 Duration: 8.5 hrs / 103 lessons Compatibility: Win XP, ME, 2000, 98, NT, Mac OS X, OS 9 Try For Free Right Now To help you evaluate this training program, some of the tutorials may be viewed for free online. Listed below are all of the chapters and lessons for this title. Click on any of the linked lessons below to watch them now online! CD Contents Introduction Introduction to AutoCAD 2005 (01:42) Review the AutoCAD 2005 GUI (03:18) Architectural Visualization (03:11) Architectural Firms (04:04) CAD Drawings The Working Drawing and Scale Factor (02:40) Externally Referenced Files (02:40) Plotting a Monochrome Drawing (06:11) Plotting a Color Drawing (03:02) Creating Presentation Drawings (02:30) Plotting an EPS File (03:11) Introducing Illustrator (05:35) Introducing Photoshop (06:23) Blocks and Wblocks Defining Blocks and Wblocks (03:07) Cut and Paste Options (04:16) Introduction to DesignCenter (06:27) Introduction to Tool Palettes (05:10) External References External Reference Defined (04:10) Insert an XREF (03:55) XCLIP Command pt. 1 (04:03) XCLIP Command pt. 2 (03:38) XREF Manager (05:26) When to Use External References (03:50) Electrical Plan and Architectural Plan Use an Existing Architectural Sheet (03:16) Electrical Plan pt. 1 (07:07) Electrical Plan pt. 2 (02:51) Architectural Plan (06:41) Creating the Elevation XREF the Plan and XLINE Command (05:03) Layers and Draw Order (04:32) Hatching Elevations with Snapbase (05:33) An Architectural Sheet as a Template (06:13) Viewports and Text (06:53) Leader Lines and Elevation Markers (07:03) Working Drawings Architectural Set of Working Drawings (06:42) Reinforce How this Project Uses Xrefs (05:07) Using an Attribute Block (05:02) Creating an Attribute Block (07:06) Selecting Objects pt. 1 (05:15) Selecting Objects pt. 2 (06:33) Cycle and Quick Select (05:38) Printing Create a Monochrome Plot Style Table (06:44) Create a Color Plot Style Table (05:22) Combining Color and Monochrome Files (05:47) Color Gradient Hatching (03:46) How to Create an EPS File (05:09) Customizing Customizing the GUI (06:38) Creating a Custom Toolbar (04:19) Using a Pre-Defined Icon (02:43) Creating a Custom Icon (06:16) Keyboard Shortcut and Command Alias (05:40) Introduction to 3D 3D Architectural Entities (03:45) Controlling the View and the UCS (04:28) Viewpoint Presets and 3D Orbit Command (04:24) Creating a 3D Glass as a Surface (05:55) Creating a 3D Glass as a Solid (04:47) Rotating 3D Objects (03:54) Introduction to 3D Solids 3D Sofa - Building the Solids (05:38) 3D Sofa - Editing the Solids (05:09) 3D Sofa - Advanced 2D and 3D Commands (05:49) Completing the 3D Sofa (04:33) The 3D Exterior House Model Creating the Walls pt. 1 (05:22) Creating the Walls pt. 2 (03:45) XREF the Elevations Using 3Point UCS (05:46) Slicing 3D Solids (02:58) Moving and Extruding Faces (03:55) Completing the Window Opening (05:50) Window Frames Using Subtract (05:48) Door and Window Openings Using Subtract (04:46) Door Frames Using Union (04:12) Saving a Named View and a UCS (03:53) Completing 3D Walls with 2D Elevations (05:12) Review Extrude and Subtract Command (05:50) Using Point Filters (04:04) 3D Roof pt. 1 (04:45) 3D Roof pt. 2 (05:56) 3D Roof - Interference Command pt. 1 (06:49) 3D Roof - Interference Command pt. 2 (03:50) Extrude via Path (04:32) 3D Interior House Model Interference Command with 3D Walls (03:58) Custom Toolbars for 3D Modeling (04:58) 3D Walls and the Separate Command (05:26) Techniques for Modeling Two Floors (02:47) 3D Door Frames (04:35) Polylines That Will Not Extrude (03:23) Pros and Cons of Clipping Planes (04:18) Creating 3D Cabinets pt. 1 (05:02) Creating 3D Cabinets pt. 2 (04:46) Completing the 3D Cabinets (07:05) Creating the Perspective Views The Dview Command and Saving Views (06:07) Zoom/Distance/3D Orbit (03:11) Presentation Borders to Compose Layouts (03:41) Composing a Raster File (04:43) Miscellaneous Commands and Options 3D Ruled Surface - Sloped Surfaces (04:12) 3D Ruled Surface - Curtains (05:23) Viewports in Model Space (04:21) Interior Perspective (03:41) Model Space Viewports and Layers (03:33) Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop Composing the Floor Plan (06:14) Adding Color to the Wall (04:16) Adding Color to the Floor (04:45) Summarizing the Techniques (03:09) Completing the Presentation (06:11) Conclusion Final Words (02:46) Credits About this Author (02:17) To view the Free Tutorials you must have Quicktime installed. Please note that the online free samples have been compressed for quicker downloads. Purchased CDs have higher sound and video quality. Monitor resolution needs to be set to at least 1024 by 768 to view the entire movie.
	Autodesk 3ds max 8 Training Code:VTC-33692 Price: $89.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Autodesk 3ds max 8 Training Producer: Media: CD-ROM Author: Michael Thomas Green ISBN: 1-933736-25-9 Duration: 11.5 hrs / 181 lessons Compatibility: Win XP, ME, 2000, 98, NT, Mac OS X, OS 9 Autodesk® 3ds max 8® is a mature, robust, full-featured 3D modeling and animation application used by the world's top 3D professional artists and designers to create eye-catching visual effects, cutting-edge games, and unique design visualizations. It features a powerful built-in scripting language, MAXScript. Its Character Studio and “biped” features, offer rich character animation functionality. Pelt mapping makes applying textures to complex characters faster and easier. In this advanced tutorial, Virtual Training Company author Michael Thomas Green focuses on MAXScript, Character Studio and biped, as well as new features in 3ds max 8, such as cloth, hair and pelt mapping." A perfect follow up to VTC's discreet 3ds max 7 Tutorial by the same author. To get started learning 3ds max 8 today, simply click on the links. Try For Free Right Now To help you evaluate this training program, some of the tutorials may be viewed for free online. Listed below are all of the chapters and lessons for this title. Click on any of the linked lessons below to watch them now online! CD Contents Introduction and Setting Up