AutoCAD

AutoCAD is a computer-aided design software developed by the company Autodesk (hence the name AutoCAD). It allows you to draw and edit digital 2D and 3D designs more quickly and easily than you could by hand. The files can also be easily saved and stored in the cloud, so they be accessed anywhere at anytime.

Benefits of CAD

  • Increases Productivity. …
  • Higher Quality Designs. …
  • Reuse and Easily Change Designs. …
  • Easier to Read. …
  • Simplified Sharing. …
  • Documenting the Design. …
  • Skill of the Designer. …
  • Designing Physical Objects in a Virtual Workspace.

Sketchup

SketchUp is an intuitive 3D modeling application that lets you create and edit 2D and 3D models with a patented “Push and Pull” method. The Push and Pull tool allows designers to extrude any flat surface into 3D shapes. All you have to do is click an object and then start pulling it until you like what you see.

Advantages of SketchUp

  • It’s easy to draw your design because it’s designed to behave like an extension of your hand.
  • Adjust to the lifelike drawings you’ll create fast. That’s because SketchUp is an intuitive, powerful and simple-to-learn 3D drawing tool.
  • SketchUp allows you to render surfaces in an array of “styles”. Pick from a variety of architecture that best suits your design and pleases your client.
  • SketchUp makes it easy to integrate with software that furnishes additional capabilities. It also supports third-party “plug-in” programs.  
  • With SketchUp you can place your model within “Google Earth” – right on the actual site!

 

SketchUp Syllabus

3D Modeling

Module 1

Content Description No. of sessions
Sketchup Navigation
Zoom In , Zoom Out, Zoom Window, Zoom Extents, Orbit, Hand
1
Sketchup Draw Tools
Line, Freehand, Arc, Shapes, Selection
1
Pushpull
1
Sketchup Transition Tools
Move and Rotate (Single and Multiple Copies)
1
Scale, Erase
1
Assignment
1

Module 2

Content Description No. of sessions
Sketchup Modifiers
Follow me, Offset
1
Sketchup Settings
Unit Setup, Tape Measure, Protactor, Axes
1
Sketchup Annotation
Dimension, Text, 3d Text
1
Group, Outliner, Solid Tools
1
Assignment
1

Module 3

Content Description No. of sessions
Color Theory
Principal Theory of Colors & Global Color Wheel
1
Digital Color Creation using RGB & HSL Scales
1
Paint & Color Combinations for exterior and interiors
1
Sketchup Advance Tools
Components, Dynamic Components, Attributes, Hide, Lock, Explode
1
Assignment
1

Module 4

Content Description No. of sessions
Sketchup Advance Tools
Basic Animation & Interactive Modelling
1
Section Plane & Scene
1
Building Components
Concept of Roof, Floor and Staircase
1
Assignment
1

Module 5

Content Description No. of sessions
Sketchup Material
Paint Bucket & Sketchup Material Editor
1
Sketchup Texture, Projected Texture & Make Unique Texture
1
Sketchup Productivity Tools
Layers, Outliner & Classifier
1
Generate BIM report
1
Sketchup Landscape Tools
Create Contour & Sandbox Tools
1
Assignment
1

Module 6

Content Description No. of sessions
Sketchup Camera
Position Camera, Look Around, Field of View & Walkthrough
1
Advance Camera Tools
1
Styles
1
Shadows & Fog
1
Match Photo
1
Assignment
1

Module 7

Content Description No. of sessions
Sketchup Plugins
3d Warehouse & Extension Manager
1
Weld, Pathcopy & Flowify
1
JHS Power Bar
1
Helix Along Curve
1
Planning
Kitchen Layout & Elevation
1
Assignment
1

Module 8

Project

Content Description No. of sessions
Project
Create a Building detailed 3D Model using Sketchup
1
Create Plan, Elevation & Working Drawings in Autocad
1
Google Layout
Setting up Template, Importing Sketchup Model & Scale
1
Edit, View, Text, Dimension, Arrange, Tools, Pages, Layers, Scrapbook
1

3DSmax

3ds Max is a computer graphics program for creating 3D models, animations, and digital images. It’s one of the most popular programs in the computer graphics industry and is well known for having a robust toolset for 3D artists.

3ds Max is often used for character modeling and animation as well as for rendering photorealistic images of buildings and other objects. When it comes to modeling 3ds Max is unmatched in speed and simplicity.

3ds Max Benefits

  • It supports a huge number of tools that are easily available for modeling.
  • It is user-friendly in modeling and complex animation.
  • It supports powerful and multiple tools for animation.
  • It supports the Material Editor that allows the user to create and edit materials and maps in their scenes.