About this Course

The Autodesk Showcase Fundamentals training course instructs students in how to use the visualization and presentation tools in the Autodesk Showcase software to create compelling presentations of 3D CAD data. In the practice-intensive curriculum, students acquire the knowledge needed to progress from importing data for use in a scene, preparing it for presentation, and publishing it as an image or movie or in a web presentation format.

Fundamental Topics for this Autodesk Showcase training course:

• Overview of the Autodesk Showcase interface and workflow
  
• Importing Models
  
• Opening scenes
  
• Adjusting surface normal
  
• Selecting and transforming objects
  
• Assigning visual styles to enhance a scene
  
• Setting and manipulating rendering styles
  
• Adding lighting  and shadow environments
  
• Adding accent lights to a scene
  
• Adding materials to objects in a scene
  
• Creating and manipulating design alternatives
  
• Creating and manipulating cross-sections
  
• Creating and manipulating Shots
  
• Creating and manipulating Behaviors
  
• Creating a Storyboard to present a scene
  
• Using the Pointer Tool to focus attention on a specific area
  
• Compare Scenes by placing two scenes side-by-side
  
• Publishing images, movies, and web presentations
  

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction to Autodesk Showcase

• 1.1 Overview

• 1.2 Workflow Process

• 1.3 Autodesk Showcase Interface

• 1.4 Importing Models

• 1.5 Open and Save Files

Chapter 2 Adjusting the Models

• 2.1 Selecting Objects

• 2.2 Organizer Dialog Box

• 2.3 Adjust the Imported Models

• 2.4 Transforming Geometry

• 2.5 Duplicating and Deleting Objects

• 2.6 Visual Styles

• 2.7 Rendering Modes

Chapter 3 Setting the Scene

• 3.1 Lighting Environments

• 3.2 Environment Lights and Shadows

• 3.3 Accent Lights

• 3.4 Materials

• 3.5 Image Maps

• 3.6 Decal Materials

Chapter 4 Presentation Components

• 4.1 Design Alternatives

• 4.2 Cross-Sections

• 4.3 Shots

• 4.4 Behaviors

Chapter 5 Presenting a Scene

• 5.1 Storyboard

• 5.2 Publishing

• 5.3 Pointer Tool

• 5.4 Compare Scenes

Prerequisites:

None

Course Length: 1 day

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