Rendering and Animating CAD Models – Blender 3D (Eevee/ Cycles) Course

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Background:

This course is aimed at budget-conscious companies and persons who want to enhance their digital Computer Aided Design (CAD) Presentation with realtime visualisation, photo-realistic renderings and animations. The main program used (for the training) is Blender 3D which is a free opensource 3D rendering program. As this program is free, there is no need to own or purchase any expensive rendering software in order to attend the course. This frees up the rendering software cost, allowing the User to focus the cost on acquiring suitable hardwares that will increase rendering speed and power instead.

Synopsis:

This course is catered to persons such as Inventors, Mechanical Engineers and Designers who wanted to create compelling visuals and animation of their CAD models using the opensource and free renderer Blender Eevee (Realtime) amd Cycles (Photorealistic). Users of CAD program such as Sketchup, Solidworks, SolidEdge, CREO (Pro-engineer), Spaceclaim, Mechanical Designspark, Rhinoceros may find the course useful.

Printed Coursewares will be provided.

Shown directly below is a typical screenshot of a 3D model (assembly) taken from an Engineering Computer Aided Design program. Not very exciting, isn’t it?

Parametric CAD render

 

Below is a render of the above CAD model using the free but extremely powerful Blender Cycles Renderer. As you can see, although Blender is free, it is fully capable of producing fantastic rendered results. For the budget-conscious, this software is the alternative to expensive commercial renderers. With the right knowledge, Blender 3D with Cycles is able to generate nice product renderings.

parametric CAD render

Below is a video demonstrating a Realtime Visualisation of Interior Design using Blender (Eevee).

Course Outline:

Below is the general outline of the course. However, it can be customised based on Client’s requirement.

Overview

  • Generic Workflow
  • Export file formats

Software Interface Navigation

  • Introduction to Blender Software Interface
  • Importing CAD model into Blender
  • Preparing model for rendering

General Rendering Processes

  • Introduction to Eevee and Cycles Renderers
  • GPU-based rendering for enhanced speed
  • Material creation
  • Texture and Decal mapping
  • Material Asset Library
  • Lighting Basics and Techniques
  • Product Studio Setup and Techniques
  • Environment Setting
  • Rendering Setting
  • File Formats
  • Working with High Dynamic Range File formats
  • Post Processing

Realtime Visualisation Process

  • Indirectly lighting setup
  • Additional visual effect

Animation

  • Basic Animation Principles
  • Establishing mechanical movement hierarchy and structures
  • Creating animation files

Inquiries:

For inquiries and quotation, kindly contact us at +65 97101546 (Singapore)
or email us at info@studiorola.com