3D Design & Development
What Is 3D Rendering? A Complete Beginner’s Guide
What Is 3D Rendering? A Complete Beginner’s Guide is a practical question with consequences for budget, schedule, quality, and the people responsible for approv...
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Real-Time 3D on the Web: The Decisions That Matter
Rendering interactive 3D in a browser, using WebGL or WebGPU, without a plugin or an install. Key takeaways Current baseline API: WebGL 2, widely supported Newe...
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Product Visualization: The Decisions That Matter
Creating photographic-quality images of a product from CAD or modeled geometry, instead of photographing the physical item. Key takeaways Source geometry: CAD d...
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How to Get PBR Materials and Texturing Right
Defining surface appearance with physically based parameters so a material reacts correctly to any lighting. Key takeaways Metallic-roughness inputs: base color...
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Retopology and Polygon Budgets: The Decisions That Matter
Rebuilding a dense sculpted or scanned model as clean, efficient geometry suitable for animation or real-time use. Key takeaways Sculpt density: often millions...
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UV Mapping, Done Properly
Flattening a three-dimensional surface into two dimensions so textures can be applied to it predictably. Key takeaways UV space: a normalized square, convention...
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Lighting and Rendering, Done Properly
Setting up lights, environment and render settings to produce an image with the intended mood and the necessary technical quality. Key takeaways Path tracing: p...
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3D Animation Fundamentals: The Decisions That Matter
Moving objects and characters over time with timing, spacing and weight that reads as intentional. Key takeaways Keyframes: the poses; interpolation fills betwe...
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A Practical Guide to Rigging for Animation
Building the control structure — joints, deformers and controls — that lets an animator pose a model efficiently. Key takeaways Skeleton: joints driving the def...
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How to Get 3D Configurators Right
Interactive product viewers that let a customer change materials, colors and options and see the result immediately. Key takeaways Combinatorial growth: options...
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How to Get Augmented Reality Assets Right
Preparing 3D models for viewing in a real environment through a phone, at real-world scale. Key takeaways Common formats: glTF and GLB for Android, USDZ for iOS...
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How to Get Architectural Visualization Right
Producing images and walkthroughs of buildings and interiors before they are built. Key takeaways Source: CAD or BIM models from the architect Accuracy requirem...
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