MACA 2510 - Introduction to 3D Credit Hours: 4.00 Prerequisites: MACA 1320
(formerly MACA 2500)
MACA 2510 introduces concepts of working in 3D. Students learn the tools necessary to navigate a 3D environment and to work and build 3D models. Topics also include texturing, animation, and rendering.
Location: South Campus
Contact Hours: 6 Billable Contact Hours: 6 OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES Outcome 1: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to navigate a 3D interface.
Objectives:
- Manipulate cameras to change views.
- Create projects.
- Open windows.
- Customize preferences.
Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to create basic objects.
Objectives:
- Create polygon surfaces.
- Create NURBS (Non-Uniform Rational Basis Spline) surfaces.
- Create curves.
- Create subdivision surfaces.
Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to manipulate geometry.
Objectives:
- Move, scale, and rotate geometry.
- Edit individual components of the geometry.
- Group and parent objects.
- Duplicate objects.
Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to create simple shading networks.
Objectives:
- Apply basic shading groups to objects.
- Apply textures to the shading group.
- Duplicate and modify shading groups.
- Reuse nodes of a shading group to increase efficiency.
Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will be able use simple lighting rigs.
Objectives:
- Create basic lights.
- Modify basic properties of the light.
- Control shadow properties.
Outcome 6: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to use cameras.
Objectives:
- Create 1 node cameras.
- Manipulate camera settings.
- Control multiple cameras.
- Animate cameras movements.
Outcome 7: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to render objects.
Objectives:
- Use software rendering from cameras.
- Composite renderings into movies.
- Troubleshoot renderings.
- Use IPR rendering.
Outcome 8: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to animate objects.
Objectives:
- Keyframe objects for animation.
- Delete keyframes.
- Change keyframes.
- Manipulate keyframes.
COMMON DEGREE OUTCOMES (Bulleted outcomes apply to the course)
- 1. The graduate can integrate the knowledge and technological skills necessary to be a successful learner.
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- 2. The graduate can demonstrate how to think competently.
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- 3. The graduate can demonstrate how to employ mathematical knowledge.
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- 4. The graduate can demonstrate how to communicate competently.
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- The graduate is sensitive to issues relating to a diverse, global society.
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COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE
- Interface and basics of 3D
- Basic modeling
- Basic texturing
- Intermediate modeling
- Intermediate texturing
- Advanced modeling
- Advanced texturing
- Basic lighting
- Basic animation
- Rendering
- Compositing
Primary Faculty Sarcona, Shaun Secondary Faculty Associate Dean Hinrichsen, Timothy Dean Hutchison, Donald
Official Course Syllabus - Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088
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