Autodesk University Design Slam and Video of How I Built the Bridge
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Sorry. I thought i had done this…..
So….. I was invited to participate in the first ever AU Design Slam competition. And…… I won 
I went up against 2 incredibly talented designers Mark Foster Gage and James O’Toole of Burt Hill Architects. They were a lot of fun to work with. The competition, in general, had me pretty up-tight. When I first sat down, my hands were shaking so much I could barely click the right buttons! That quickly went away though. The competition was put on and organized by Cut&Paste. They did an incredible job with the 3 competitions they held at AU.
I was invited to model in 3ds Max. Mark was using Maya and James was using the 3d sketching tools in Alias Studio (Which were awesome). The brief was to design and 3d model a housing complex in a future New York City affected by global warming (in 20 minutes). I chose to flood the city and a build a housing complex on the Brooklyn Bridge. We were given the brief a couple of weeks prior and had a few meeting to discuss the premise. There is a better description of the project here on our CASE site.
The day after was my Parametric Design Modeling class. I had it fairly planned out but since this was so current I decided to scrap the plan and show everyone how I modeled the bridge. Since then I have made a video to share on DesignReform. I may remake it but I wanted to get something up for those that were pissed that I didn’t have a handout for my class 
and for all regular site readers too!
Final Model: bridge-model
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Too cool. I like it!
Really great work Dave especially considering the 20minute time constrant. Congratulations on your win.
Great work Dave! I learned a lot. Max has more options then I will ever learn.
Amazing! it seems so simple & obvious now, thanks for the knowledge & inspiration.
ps: looking at your .max file, can you enlighten me as to what the little triangles on the sides of the viewports do?? they seem to be sliders of some sort. -function??
cheers
Those control the clipping plane in the view port.
What exactly are clipping planes, & it is possible to get a copy of this video to view on a local machine instead of over the web? The copy thing may be asking too much, & if so I apologize; however, if you don’t ask you don’t receive.
Truly what impresses me most about this is the creativity factor & how you applied it; OUTSTANDING! However, I don’t say that to take away from your technique.
First of all, you did great job Dave!!!
I heve a question for you! I tried to use your technic as my learning, I follow the video.
I’m stuck on the part after EP_Inset. I tried many many times to detouch thing but its not working… Any Idea????
If you could respose my question I would really appreciate!
Thanks
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First of all congrat- for the prize!
and thanks for your tutorials and generosity, we are all learning a lot here, thanks again and keep posting!
David,
Forgot to congratulation you on this! I was at AU, but couldn’t make the evening due to other commitments, but I will take a look at the video tomorrow. BTW….another congrats goes out to your move and setting up of Case.
Thanks! I meant to make a general post asking to meet up with fellow bloggers. I was running around all week and probably could not have made it anyway
Thanks for the note. Hopefully we can catch up sooner than later.
D
Congratulations on the win! Very intriguing concept for a likely future. Your quick and clean Max modeling is always impressive. I meandered to the AU page through Motionographer and saw your name; wasn’t sure it was you until I heard the video…there’s no mistaking that voice. Once again, great work.
-adam freise
that was sick.
Those renderings are wonderful. I especially like the second one. Any hints on how to achieve that effect?
Thanks and congratulations!
Will do. Thanks
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It is very nice to see other people technique. I learn a lot form the video. Thanks.
hi, u are amazin! where is the video? can i still watch it. thnaks.
where is the video?
Where’s the video? I’m so anxious to see it!
Sorry….. I thought i had posted it
Fixed now.
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I think i messed it up when fixing the site up. It’s fixed now.
Awesome, thanks!
i really enjoyed this…that was some interesting tricks..keep the good work
I’m really interested in this example because it shows how your knowledge of the software gives you freedom to design on a more personal level. One of the boring things that is happening these days is that people teach themselves an interesting technique and work it to death - and it has a tendency to control how they design and decisions they make. Your ability to use MAX as a tool instead of a driver is great. Very nice idea by the way. Clearly expressed idea - all in twenty minutes. Pretty cool base to evolve into something more realistic.
I could not use the download… there was a mentalrey problem. Is it possible to get one withought materials?
Wow you are incredible, im learning 3ds max to because this is the thing i want to do and you just taught me whole lot in less than 30 min. Awesome job!!
David Thank you for the slefless act…..very few people in the 3Dmax realm will ever give out this kind of work and detailed tutorial…..Thank you and love you.
Hello david…somehow I cannot open the file. I am using 3Dmax 2008….will appreciate it if anyone can tell me why I am unable to open the file. Thank you
Congrats on your win dude… The video was excellent but a little rushed towards the end.
Thanks for the vid really helped
Amazing how-to video (not to mention the design itself)! The modifier techniques applied to create those fine structure details are indeed real time savers! Really thank you for sharing.
hi , it reaaly superub , thanks to put ur idea in front of us , cool
Really amazing man.
The way you work makes me feel so small as a 3D modeler.
I love the way you work: Being able to edit everything at all times.
SUDHIR WAGH
january, 2010 12.13 pm
Those control the clipping plane in the view port.
its amazing ceations…….