Examen Certificare Autodesk 3ds Max Certified User

Scene Management

• Set up a project
  • Use the Project Window
    • Define a project and set paths and folders.
  • Create a new project
    • Create an empty or default project.
    • Create a project from the current scene.
  • Set the active project
• Set up the scene preferences
  • Change the grid spacing
  • Set the scene units
  • Set the display units
  • Set the scene frame rate
• Manage scene objects
  • Organize objects
    • Use the Scene Explorer, selection sets, and the Display panel.
    • Select, group, and parent objects.
    • Use the Layer Explorer to show or hide layers, freeze or thaw layers, and add or delete objects from layers.
  • Navigate and rearrange hierarchies in the Scene Explorer
• Modify the properties of one or more objects
  • Change the properties of multiple objects
    • Differentiate between Instance, Copy, and Reference.
  • Modify object parameters
    • Use the Command panel and Create panel.
    • Modify properties such as size and segment count.
• Manipulate object transformations and pivot points
  • Use the Transform tools for precise transformations
    • Specify a Reference Coordinate System.
  • Transform multiple objects using the Align tool
  • Create multiple objects using the Array tool
  • Duplicate objects using the Mirror tool
• Change the viewport display
  • Change viewport shading
  • Change viewport lighting
  • Determine the polygon count

Modeling

• Create a polygon primitive
  • Create primitives
  • Manipulate parametric properties
  • Apply modifiers
• Edit polygon surfaces
  • Convert an object to Editable Poly
  • Identify polygon sub-objects
  • Add polygon sub-objects
    • Use Insert Loop, Offset Edge, Chamfer, Cap, and Attach/Detach.
  • Manipulate polygon sub-objects to modify geometry
    • Move, rotate, and scale sub-objects.
    • Switch between different object and sub-object modes.
    • Extrude, bevel, bridge, and add divisions.
    • Use See-Through mode.
    • Check polygon normals and flip them when necessary.
    • Use Cut, Target Weld, and Connect.
  • Modify smoothing groups
    • Assign polygons to smoothing groups.
• Use the modeling and selection tools
  • Use the Symmetry modifier
  • Illustrate uses of Soft Selection
    • May include changing Soft Selection parameters.
  • Perform object operations
    • May include Attach/Detach, MSmooth, and Boolean.

UVW Coordinates

• Configure basic UVW projections using the UVW Map modifier
  • Apply different mapping types
    • May include Box, Planar, Cylindrical, and Spherical.
  • Change the properties of UVW projections
• Use the Unwrap UVW modifier
  • Describe UVW sub-objects
    • May include identifying a UV Element and using the Select by Element option.
  • Transform a UVW Element
    • May include Cut, Stitch, Unfold, Relax, Layout, and Weld.
  • Use UVW manipulation aids
    • May include assigning CheckerPattern and displaying distortion.

Materials and Shading

• Work with a material
  • Use the appropriate material for the selected rendering engine
    • Differentiate material types.
    • Differentiate shader types across different renderers.
  • Create a material
  • Assign a material to an object
    • May include assigning materials to selected polygons using Material ID.
• Modify material properties
  • Use the material editors
    • Modify material nodes in the view.
    • Differentiate between the Compact Material Editor and Slate Material Editor.
  • Apply maps to materials
    • May include classifying map types, such as 2D and 3D procedural maps and bitmaps, using color and normal maps, and identifying map types when working with procedural or 3D maps.
  • Change shader-specific properties for a material