Day 09: Procedural Modeling

Learning Goals

Students will be able to:

1. Goal describe procedural modeling.

2. Create live copies of objects with Instance Objects.

3. Model a straight staircase with the Cloner object.

4. Model a spiral staircase with the Cloner object.

5. Create & randomize a grid of clones.

6. Layout placards on a surface.

Agenda

Note: The exact timing and topics covered may shift.

Dailies: 9:00am-9:20am

1. Homework Review: Photographic Textures

2. Q&A: Have any questions come up since last class?

Morning Challenge: 9:00am-9:20am

1. Using the knowledge you already possess, try to model the Parthenon:

• 1. You may find this blueprint helpful:

Procedural Modeling Intro: 9:20am-9:50am

1. Watch:

2. Theory: Instances

3. Technique:

4. Exercise:

Linear/Radial Cloner: 9:50am-10:20am

1. Watch:

2. Challenge 1: Model a Staircase

3. Challenge 2: Change the spacing of all stairs

4. Theory: Procedural Modeling

5. Technique: Cloner Linear Mode

6. Exercise:

Grid Cloner & Random Effector: 10:20am-10:50am

1. Watch:

2. Theory:

3. Technique:

4. Exercise:

Procedural Landscape with Surface Cloner & 2D Placard: 10:20am-10:50am

1. Watch:

2. Theory:

3. Technique: Randomizing Clones

4. Exercise:

Homework 10:45am-10:50pm

What:

1. Project: Create an environment using procedural modeling techniques. You can create a human landscape & architecture from any era in history, or imagine an alien world or spaceship. I'm looking for:

   1. A 1920x1080 Still Frame (you can animate if you want, but it's not required).

   2. Environment / Architecture created using procedural modeling tools, like:

      1. Instances

      2. MoGraph Cloners

      3. Array Objects

      4. Symmetry Objects

      5. Primitives

   3. Photo-based textures

   4. Lighting / Shading that creates a mood

   5. Careful camera composition

   6. Please plan to spend 6hrs on this project.

Due: By the start of our next class session on your Course Projects Blog.

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