Starting with V-Ray Part 1

In this post, as well as the next few (hopefully) i will try to get all the basics of Vray out there for everyone. These videos will be tailored more towards someone that has never worked with Vray before, but even if you have worked with it but aren’t sure about some things you might want to give these videos a try.

The first video will be about how to get Vray setup as your default renderer, as well as how to get the default UI switcher setup so whenever you start working with 3ds max materials you don’t have to set up all the materials to be VRayMtl, but instead have them always setup like that. But enough talk from me, see the video for yourself.

OK so after the first video you should know how to have V-ray setup as your default renderer. In this second part you can see all the places that you can find options that were added with the installing of V-Ray.

So after watching these two introduction videos you should have a basic knowledge about where things are in V-Ray, and it should be a first stepping stone towards the rest of the upcoming videos in the series.

If you enjoyed the videos share them around and always keep on learning!

Creating floor geometry with Floor Generator

When ever you get to work on a interior scene the inevitable fact is that you will need to either use a texture for the floor, or take the road less traveled and drop in geometry for the floor planks provided it is a wooden floor. In this tutorial we are going to take a look at how to deal with one of the most used features when ever you are modeling interiors, namely we are going to tackle the flooring.

A disclaimer though before we start, like i said previously you might want to think about whether you want to use a texture or geometry based on the needs of your scene. If you have a few renders from a distance it might be a better choice to take the quicker texturing way, but if you need a closeup or want to have a bit of a worn down parquet or aged wood flooring then geometry might be the right choice.

Alright if you are still reading i guess you want to see how it’s done, so get strapped and go and download the free scripts that you will need for this video:

Link for Floor Generator

While you are there you might want to pick up the two other free scripts as they are really amazing, and need i say again FREE. Ok so no more further delays, here is the video tutorial.

So if you are back and reading this then you might have just actually enjoyed the video, if that is the case then help spread the word and comment, share and subscribe to the YouTube channel. And also if there is interest i will do a a tutorial on how to get similar results by using textures while trying to preserve the details we get from the geometry way of doing it.

So until next time stay safe, and keep on learning!

Modeling a motorcycle chain in 3DS Max

One of the most common things that you are bound to come upon when you are starting out in 3D modeling, or have been modeling for a while is the moment when you need to make a chain of some sort be it for a 3D model of some motorcycle, a bike or maybe even a chainsaw chain. When you take a look at the chain, at fist glance it looks like an easy and quite straight forward deal to model, but quickly you come to the realization that it might not be all that simple.

Well in this video i started out from scratch, I built the different elements for the chain, then I cloned and deformed them to a spline that defines the shape that we want our chain to be positioned in the end. But don’t let me keep you reading and spoiling it when you could be watching that in the video and see for yourself

So here is the recap of the video and what you learned from it:

* When modeling, always try to break down the model into smaller parts to make it easier to manage
* When using the spacing tool make sure that you don’t have any sharp edges that would break the flow
* When using the path deform check for stretching and squishing, and more importantly how to fix that
* When to use Normalize Spline and what it actually does

With this we end this post, and remember if you liked this article and the video then comment, share it around and subscribe on the YouTube channel and keep on learning.

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