Assisted Living and Memory Care Design: An Operator's Wish List    by Benjamin Pearce
Price: $9.99 USD. 5690 words. Language: English. Published on March 27, 2013. Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Architecture.
In the Author's 30-Year Career he has opened 75 facilities from scratch. Post opening interviews with employees and facility management operating those communities reveal their ideas on how to do it better. This is a complete compendium of feedback on assisted living design for architects to make the facility more efficient, user friendly, and more marketable.

Learning Punch Software (R): Importing, Exporting and Printing    by Patricia Gamburgo
Price: $3.99 USD. 5590 words. Language: English. Published on March 23, 2013. Nonfiction » Computers and Internet » Computer aided design.
This is the first book of a series intended to help the programs' users by providing learning resources that combine my experience using Punch! Software (R) with my professional knowledge as an Architect. In this first issue, we are going to learn how to master the process of importing Cad drawings, objects and pictures as well as exporting and printing images and plans.

Chapter 16 - MAXScript (3ds Max 2010 Architectural Visualization)    by CGschool (Formerly 3DATS)
Price: $2.99 USD. 18260 words. Language: American English. Published on October 25, 2012. Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Architecture.
With MAXScript you can 'remote control' the application by feeding it written commands or playing back a procedure that you recorded using the mouse beforehand. With advanced methods, MAXscript creates anything from small helper programs that solve a single problem to completely customized toolsets that are specifically adapted to your workflow or pipeline.

Chapter 14 - Advanced Poly-Modeling (3ds Max 2010 Architectural Visualization)    by CGschool (Formerly 3DATS)
Price: $2.99 USD. 5620 words. Language: American English. Published on October 2, 2012. Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Architecture.
In this chapter we are going to outline some of the key factors that make poly-modeling and subdivision surfaces more predictable, while also improving the quality and speed by which you produce your models.

Chapter 13 - Revit Integration (3ds Max 2010 Architectural Visualization)    by CGschool (Formerly 3DATS)
Price: $2.99 USD. 8440 words. Language: American English. Published on October 2, 2012. Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Architecture.
In this chapter, we will first take a look at what Revit is and why it is known as BIM or Building Information Modeling. Next, we will get into the heart of this chapter, Revit integration with 3ds Max.

Chapter 12 - Rigging (3ds Max 2010 Architectural Visualization)    by CGschool (Formerly 3DATS)
Price: $2.99 USD. 6360 words. Language: American English. Published on October 2, 2012. Nonfiction » Entertainment » Computer gaming.
The two types of rigging—mechanical and character rigging—use different approaches. Mechanical rigging is appropriate for machinery with multiple rigid parts linked together. It uses bones, IK chains and control objects. Character rigging, for animating a flexible skin, uses the Biped tool and the Skin modifier.

Chapter 11 - Particle Systems (3ds Max 2010 Architectural Visualization)    by CGschool (Formerly 3DATS)
Price: $2.99 USD. 18320 words. Language: American English. Published on September 26, 2012. Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Architecture.
In this chapter, we will cover the basics of Particle Flow and its associated space warps that are relevant to the system within the 3ds Max environment.

Chapter 6 - Physically Based Materials (3ds Max 2010 Architectural Visualization)    by CGschool (Formerly 3DATS)
Price: $2.99 USD. 5200 words. Language: American English. Published on September 26, 2012. Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Architecture.
This chapter focuses on strategies of how to estimate characteristics of material samples with affordable hardware, such as digital cameras and light metering tools.

Chapter 5 - Texture Painting (3ds Max 2010 Architectural Visualization)    by CGschool (Formerly 3DATS)
Price: $2.99 USD. 9880 words. Language: American English. Published on September 26, 2012. Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Fine art.
Using Photoshop as the primary technical tool, this chapter covers various fundamentals to equip artists with the necessary theory and practical tips to work efficiently and confidently with their texture painting requirements.

Chapter 10 - reactor (3ds Max 2010 Architectural Visualization)    by CGschool (Formerly 3DATS)
Price: $2.99 USD. 9580 words. Language: American English. Published on September 25, 2012. Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Architecture.
REACTOR IS AN INTERACTIVE PHYSICS engine from Havok that was integrated into 3ds Max 6 and has since become a robust and efficient way for creating all kinds of dynamic simulations in 3ds Max. Thanks to reactor, many animators and visual FX artists from all over the world were finally able to create believable and realistic dynamic animations in an extremely short amount of time.