Studio Max Animation Time, Frames + FPS

Working in 3dstudio Max and working on an animation. Have found a few helpful things. One thing that wasnt very easy to find on the internet is how the frame and timeline works, so thought I would share. (can click images for bigger screenshot)

This explains how to set up a film to how long you would like it to be, how to change the timeline and how changing the frames per second to speed up rendering.

1-To start, i decide how long the film will be (seconds) for every second multiple by 30 (frames) this will give you the frame length.  To change the frame length right click the arrow on the bottom of the screen. then enter the end frame.  So for the animation i’m working on now it’s 45 seconds

so. 45 seconds x 15 = 1350 frames

2- then i set up the camera with keys etc. (i will not explain this now)

3- once the film is set up now to rendering. if you render with default it will do 30 frames per second which is quite alot. but worth it if you are doing a high quality short film.  however for me, ive found that doing it at 18 FPS is fine and i use 10-12 for draft animations, you change this by right clicking the arrow again and goign to frame rate and clicking custom then typing what you want.

4- this will shorted your frames at the bottom, but dont worry nothing else has changed. it will just be a quicker render.

To change the length of your film

lets say you made a film but then you decide u want to make it 45 seconds to 2 minutes.

1-calculate your new frame length so 2 minutes = 120 seconds / 120 seconds x 30 frames = 3600

2- right click the arrow at the bottom and click rescale time

3- then change just the ‘end frame’ (highlighted) to your new length (3600). press OK

4- this will update itself to the same keys you put before!

HOPE THIS HELPS! GOOD LUCK! =)

Vray Rhino WOrkshop

Today we worked with rhino and vray for rendering which was definitely very helpful.  I am quite confident with modelling but not rendering so all hte work that goes into the modelling doesnt show when I render which is quite frustrating.

We worked on lighting, saving renders, and rendering using a pre-made 3d model of a house and things.

Here are the notes I managed to take while doing the workshop, they are a bit scattered but was a helpwork workshop.

VRAY FOR RHINO RENDERING-

infinite planE

vray options,

set it to default first

then render

looks bad

so settings

file load settings

GMC takes longer to render but is much better

but for now use this one

override output

check override, and chose a size. we will use 640×480

now camera

use these settings

now render

now light on right

rectanglular light

now rectangle light and can rotate and move etc

object properties while selected

click tab that says light

now do these settings invisible and double sided

now too bright

change the global illumination

still toobright

materialiality

make it white for simple white

add material right click on scene materials

make red

now assigning to objects. all materials need to be in the same layer. SAME MATERIAL SAME LAYER

objects with the same material need to be in the same layer.

so in this case, all the red is in the ‘wood’ layer. so y ou right click and properties. then select material then red.

now wood to the red material

click red then clikc the M next to red

then m next to clear

to browse

then select wood

now apply and render

now select object properties, then texture mapping

can change different aspects here and can view in veiwport if you select rendered view

END OF RENDERING VRAY WORKSHOP TUTORIAL.

Forming Lists

Lists seem to be the best way for me to accomplish coherent work.  I think if I didn’t make lists then I would just do work randomly and end up not using everything as efficiently.  So I went through my notes from the tutors to see what exactly and what drawings I needed to work on. My ‘plans’ are in italic.

Unit 04 REVIEW NOTES 2008 11 20 Denis, Eduardo & Jonas
Invited critics: nate kolbe, david cole, rebecca woffenden
Thidaa Roberts
IDS:
• Ids report needs to be developed, organized and printed for next week’s sessions: Work on TOC, layout, and graphics for Report. Have at least 4 Pages of test graphics/layouts, and full TOC printed and done.
• Your diary looks good.: Keep updating and find the best way to print the blog.
• You need to develop the materiality of your house : 2 pages for this, 1- concept, 2- construction
• You need to relate your house to methods of fabrication, production and assembly: 1 page for this, the ‘birth’ of the house
Type House:
Design:
• How is the environmental information directly informing your design. How is the snow
accreting? What are the cycles for hibernation (daily and seasonal) :2 Pages, 1- Make a model to test the flow of the snow, 2- daily and seasonal page of snow more of a graphical page
• You need to develop your drawings further. Draw a series of sections with and without
snow. : 1 page- sections of snow over time, similar to above page but more architectural drawing
Portfolio:
• Your portfolio looks good. Your renderings need improvement…! : Learn more rendering over christmas

After going through that I have a bit of work to do, and here is my list I will start with:

1- IDS Report needs to be started, TOC printed and few test pages

2- Materiality Page- concept of project: what will i use, precedent, how it’s successful, how it’s not etc.

3- Materiality Page- construction: how is this constructed, how will it be constructed with my project

4- Methods of Fabrication- birth of the house: how will this be made, by who or machines, will it fit on a lorry etc

5- Snow Test Page- flow of snow: build a model and test with ‘snow’

6- Daily and Seasonal- graphic page: the ‘life’ of the house daily and yearly

7- SEctions- sections of house with and without snow.

After Crit Notes

Notes received after crit and some pics.

Unit 04 REVIEW NOTES 2008 11 20 Denis, Eduardo & Jonas
Invited critics: nate kolbe, david cole, rebecca woffenden
Thidaa Roberts
IDS:
• Ids report needs to be developed, organized and printed for next week’s sessions
• Your diary looks good.
• You need to develop the materiality of your house
• You need to relate your house to methods of fabrication, production and assembly
IMPORTANT!
• You need to contact some producers of prefabricated housing for you to understand their
processes more clearly
• You need to prepare 5 questions to the house producer in regards to the production
processes they use for the next ids meeting
Type House:
Design:
• How is the environmental information directly informing your design. How is the snow
accreting? What are the cycles for hibernation (daily and seasonal)
• You need to develop your drawings further. Draw a series of sections with and without
snow.
Technique:
• It’s not clear what technique you are trying to deploy for the design of the project. How are
you going to deploy GC for your project.
Portfolio:
• Your portfolio looks good. Your renderings need improvement…!
Performance:
• A good effort this far. The concept is very promising.
Task for Thursday 27 November:
• Make a large scale 1:20 model of your project using the laser cutter and develop your
drawings

Tutorial

Tutorial

at the moment i have an idea and that’s it, no testing form, no sketch plans etc.  i’m in the middle of a creative block: a blank canvas waiting for sketches and ideas.  the biggest issue i have been having is all the information i have gathered (from research, reading and precedent) and how to filter this to create something interesting.  the hibernation house, the japanese joinery, the use of snow, the use of timber and snow, the construction of boats, i’ve become a bit overwhelmed with what do to next.  ideas are there but to commit to something has seemed to stop me. how to get out of creative block!

“blank canvas” by norman rockwell

(http://www.normanrockwellvt.com/)

after the tutorial today jonas explained (something we all know but still need to be told) that design is a complicated animal, and to create an interesting and innovative design different aspects and variables have to be taken into consideration simultaneously.  design cannot come straight from one aspect. i need to understand the future of the project and use my intuition of creativity.  creating iterations from the beginning and reform it until it’s finalized.

now i am going to understand the MATERIAL, think about how the BUILDING & FABRICATION happens, decide the ORGANIZATION of the house, and think about reinventing the SITE.

Tutorial

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jotted down notes, will re-edit at later date

Notes October 27 2008

denis

-clarification with diagrams

-look at FOA BIBLE green one

-diagrams of interlocking adjacent

-create categories

• REM KOOLHAUS diagrams

  • biblio nations

  • 12 hours of the day

  • shows programmes over time

  • life of building/concept

• diagram of hibernation

  • life cycle of “house”

  • activities inside the house

  • programs/private

• hibernation over year or over day or over weeks

• design tool to represent hibernation

• standard of sweden

• classify something

• joint and spatial possibilitiies

• “operational” house

• “package” imagine the whole package

• how connection pieces are decided

• jointing techniques

• D neds more drawings

• diagram and strategy

• space within a space

• show diagram

  • microclimate

  • materials

  • volumes within volumes

  • look at swedish housing

    • double glaze house

    • house lifted for firewood

    • how heating done in house

• content and reasons need to be shown

  • what try to achieve

  • if client has no design skill or thing what can they refer to. And how would they put these together

  • apply to “test” site for orientation

  • diagram everything to explain to a stranger

Tutorial

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just notes jotted down, will re-edit when i have more time:

October 16 2008

- re-diagram the process of modular construction

– think about the truck size that is there

– think about how apertures are made in the section to allow rigidity during travel on the truck

– really show the understanding of this process in detail

– what does it save and why is it better

- overall concept

– remember to think about why the hibernating house is different to what exists now in the market as well as the type.

– why not just hire res:4 architects to design the space

- think about how each module can be made to allow itself to engulf another model or in some sense ‘protect’ it or provide it for a ‘hibernating zone’.

- future thoughts about hibernating design

– think about when travelling on the truck that there is maximum volume with minimum structure.

– fully glass structure cannot travel with vibrations and braking etc on it’s own, maybe the idea of the ‘jig’ comes into play.

– maybe this jig becomes part of the architecture itself, disconnects from the module and then reconnects somewhere else on the building after construction or used a structure somewhere else.

- think about layering and inside/outside spaces

- the materiality can relate to the organisation within the volume

- materiality can provide the rigidity needed for the transportation

- layering for thermal purpose. if there is a glass wall with a brick wall within then it will provide a heat gap within the space. this will lead to a ‘warmer’ area of the house, but if you use some other type of material then it can provide a different type of atmosphere

- think about how a few modules can produce more end products (homes)

– something like 8 ‘bits’ can make 100 homes.

(all notes drawn on the a3 sheet with portfolio)

things to produce for Monday

- detail diagram about the construction process

- models of these ‘interlocking’ spaces

- diagram concept of the hibernating house

- diagram concept of tree array

- need to be able to show all ideas in either one big picture of a few diagrams/pages.

NOTES:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-trailer_truck

Sweden:

allowed length is 24 metres width is standard at 2.6m

if two trailers then can be 25.5 metres

maximum weight is 60 tonnes.

UK:

maximum weight is 44 tonnes

mostly 13.5 metres long

can get permission to get something as long as 18.2 metres

Tutorial

October 10th 2008

• look at more treehouses project

• look at swedish typology and program

• do they have saunas, front lawns, back lawns, balconies, snow etc

• organisation of swedish house

• outside space

• think about if swedish use outside space as a yard or as terrace or balcony etc

• continue study of volumes and space

• look at amount of space for living room bedroom kitchen etc

• things like if bed is mall then living large

• swedish probably use suana?

• Think about spaces used look at ikea swedish style.

Tutorial

Tutorial on oct 6th 2008

beginning of the year. we’ve received our brief. looking at prefabrication in sweden and how timber is used in this.

here are some notes from the class which i will edit later as do not have much time now.

• fabrication versus production

• 80′s there were two architects running most famous prefab housing

• started to talk about not having the same house as your neighbours

• manufacturing now gone bad due to the need to be different

• look at prefabricated industry for the larger scale

  • chips

  • container cities

  • public spaces

• Lapland implementation for 1^st testing site

• some sort of strategy

• what kind exists now

• tallest timber tower in the world

• what prefab building systems exist now for larger scale

• 5^th yr : 80m timber tower with mix use

  • cruise liner landing

  • bus and train connections

  • commuter hubs park and ride

  • leisure

  • city architects

  • opera house

  • housing

  • offices

• building systems in timber (much more public)

• ALEX DERACKIA

• drmm architects timber tower in London

• sustainable architecture

• off site manufacturing and sustainable construction

• what is sustainable? And how do you start?

• Managed tree farming?

• Travelling of house for delivery

• how certain areas react to the site? Too cold? Collects water? Recycles water? Create it’s own electricity or have its own generator?

• Longevity? Is it designed to only live for 3-5 years or for longer?

• Hive mind tower?

• SAMI TRIBE

  • reindeer herders only leave fire rocks. No effect from their built environment.

  • 7 different words for snow

  • house and land is not something permanent

• programmatic

• NATURES BEST program : developing tourist things for sensitive landscapes

• adventure tourism which is part of national trade

• Arctic survey : borders: 3 country border

• changing of environment

• Thursday pin up

• ecology of building

• sustainability

• ideas of building systems

• off site construction

• Scandinavian

• know the difference between on site and self build

• kit vs pre fab: know the difference

• also:

  • size of volume

  • variable

  • modular

  • growing

  • size of timber

  • timber compost?

  • What parameters are going to have

  • categories? Options? Add-on?

  • Environmental control

  • north south east west orientation etc.

• who details what?

• Panels, surfaces, or volumes of parts of volumes

• elements had to have rules and think how can these change

• how much flexibility will you allow

• what is thesis of this building type as well as it’s construction

• relationship with a site: with eco tower think of importance of the hub station

• site

• programmatic

• amount of customization

  • how much does client have control with design

• individual brief

• this type of thinking can effect your deigns.