Software : McNeel Rhino 3d
Level : Beginner

Description : This Rhino 3d Video tutorial is a very basic introduction to the software.  This is not meant to be modeling 101 or anything of the sort.  This video is really meant for anyone that has never used the application and is curious as to how it hows.  I tried to keep it short for those that are just wondering how Rhino works.

Topics Covered
-Interface explained
-Creating Geometry (lines and simple surface)
-Using the command line
-Navigation and orbiting the viewport.
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Software : Autodesk 3ds Max
Description : This is the second part of a series in which I will try and go through all the operations that can be done at the sub-object level of the various geometry types in 3ds Max. This 3ds Max Video Tutorial goes over the majority of the procedures that can be done at the segment and spline level of an editable spline. All of the example are simplified to show the fundamentals of each command.

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Modifier : Shell
Works on: Splines, Meshes, Polys, Patches, NURBS
3ds Max Description : The Shell modifier “solidifies” or gives thickness to an object by adding an extra set of faces facing the opposite direction of existing faces, plus edges connecting the inner and outer surfaces wherever faces are missing in the original object. You can specify offset distances for the inner and outer surfaces, characteristics for edges, material IDs, and mapping types for the edges.

Also, because the Shell modifier doesn’t have sub-objects, you can use the Select options to specify a face selection for passing up the stack to other modifiers. Please note that the Shell modifier doesn’t recognize existing sub-object selections, nor does it pass such selections up the stack.

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Software : Autodesk 3ds Max
Description : This 3ds Max Video Tutorial goes over the majority of the procedures that can be done at the vertex level of an editable spline. All of the example are simplified to show the fundamentals of each command. A few that i am not very familiar with are left out so if anyone knows them please post a comment.

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Software : Rhino 3d
Level : Beginner / Intermediate
Description : This Rhino 3d Video Tutorial covers how to use Explicit History modeling techniques with geometry created with implicit history. The parametric bridge or walkway that I am modeling comes from a 3ds Max tutorial that i do to explain how one builds the hierarchy of modeling procedures while maintaining associative relations ships.

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Modifier : Mirror
Works on: Meshes, Polys
3ds Max Description : The Mirror modifier provides a parametric method of mirroring an object or a sub-object selection. You can apply the Mirror modifier to any type of geometry, and you can animate the mirror effect by animating the modifier’s gizmo.

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Software : Revit
Category : Modeling
Description : In this tutorial I make a simple parametric stool in a generic family. I cover Working with reference planes, parameters and establishing constraints.

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