Sometimes, you may need to make wood grained materials for your 3D projects. This is especially typically if you are working on interior design visualisation projects. How nice it will be to be able to easily and freely create customised wood textures.
The Wood Workshop from Spiral Graphics is one such program that is filling this […]
Found this resource of free sky maps. These maps are in high resolution. They can be used as environmental maps for 3D applications that support background and environment image mapping. There are 2 formats on the site: Angular map and sphere map.
>>> Click here to download the free sky maps.
The maps are in JPEG […]
Found this very good and professionally done video tutorial on Blender’s Interface. The Blender’s interface is covered and explained in a very clear and detailed manner.
Hope that it is useful
Are you looking for 3D models of Bathroom products and fixtures? Do you need to render a bathroom environment but is too busy to model all the fixtures such as taps and basins?
If you are, you are in luck. You can download free 3D models in DXF format from Kohler’s website.
The model repository includes objects […]
Most 3D professionals prefer to buy some of the 3D models for their project. This is much more cost effective as it allows one to focus on the more pertinent aspects of the project. This is especially so if time is short and deadline is tight.
For example, it does not make good sense to create […]
As designers, we need to have access to stock photos. We need them for use as contextual reference, mood board materials, rendering maps and so on so forth.
There are places that you can get stock photos for free. One of the best place is www.sxc.hu.
In SXC, the images are already placed into categories. You may […]
OK, I am not going to re-invent the wheel. There are tons of free tutorials on the basics of Blender 3D.
As an Industrial or Product Designer, we do not really to know every aspects of Blender 3D.
The most important parts for us to know are:
1. How to use the interface.
2. How to import models […]
HDR maps are good for making very realistic renderings using rendering programs such as Yafray. HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. HDRI stands for High Dynamic Range Imaging.
The following are a list of places on the internet where you can download free HDR maps:
1. Aversis HDRI maps
2. Light Probe image gallery
However, if you want some […]
This tutorial is for people who want to use Blender 3D as the rendering platform for 3D models that were created in Rhino 3D or otherwise.
After the model has been created in Rhino, we will need to prepare the file for importation in Blender 3D.
Firstly, it is always a good practice to join surfaces that […]
