M3A5 - Introducing primitives - Working with primitives Video Lecture | 3DS MAX - Architecture Design Tutorial (Introductory Course)

in this class we will learn about the
fundamentals of 2d modeling in 3ds Max
and 3d primitives in the software to
provide more modeling options let's
begin
primitives are the basic solid shapes
for creating all other objects they have
their own specific mesh properties and
they adapt to any object you wish to
model
here we see some examples of primitives
box cube cylinder sphere and others they
are known in Mac's as standard
primitives
whenever creating a new primitive in the
scene we must always pay attention to
the creation viewport as is to find the
position of the gizmo
let's create a box in this scene define
the length width and height settings as
these parameters define the dimensions
of the box in the scene
under the modified tab we define the
number of segments for each of the
previously mentioned parameters press
the f4 key to enable segment viewing
see how now we can add the number of
segments needed for modeling the object
the other geometries function based on
the same logic however other parameters
are applied now let's create a sphere in
the scene see how this object is created
based on the radius value and the number
of segments
define the radius and the 'high
consecutively to create the cylinder you
see here
after learning a little about standard
primitives now let's learn about
extended primitives
extended primitives are made up of
objects based on more than one standard
primitive they are also parametric and
there are innumerable possibilities for
a construction
here we see an example of a Hydra this
extended primitive is used for creating
several objects
you
when creating an object using the
perspective viewport or top viewport
create the primitive based of the same
XY and z axis
however when creating a primitive from
another viewport the dimensioning fields
will be changed
for example the height field will be
displayed in the z-axis
but when we create the primitive in the
left viewport then the height will be
dimensioned based on the x-axis
then to make it possible to modify the
height in this case we will have to
change the length field instead of the
height field
so in this class we studied about
creating solid geometries in 3ds max now
we can create the primitives for our
design