Written by 3D experts, 3DVIA Shape tutorials will teach you everything from modeling basics to expert-level designing and beyond. If you don’t see what you’re looking for today, check back tomorrow, as we’re constantly adding to our tutorial library.


Using Template Files in Shape 2.0

posted on October 27, 2008

Why do things more than once? Whatever your passion is in 3DVIA Shape 2.0 modeling, you can create template files like gsmith has and save enormous amounts of time. He shows us how valuable it is to create a single model containing a bunch of common elements that we can then select, copy, re-position and re-texture to [...]

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Shape 101: Understanding What 3D Really Is

posted on June 24, 2008

As we are thrown into an increasingly computer-savvy world, it seems the term “3D” comes up more and more. Whether it relates to the 3D you might see in the movies, the 3D in a brochure, or something entirely unexpected, 3D is everywhere. While you hear the term and see examples often enough, do you [...]

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3 - Viewpoint - The making of

posted on June 16, 2008

In Episode 2 of the making of “Captain Morgan and his Starship Pirates” we explored some basics about drawing lines that user m2morgan64 had to master before he could create his exceptional models using 3DVIA Shape for his game under development. Next, we need to be sure that we really know what we’re seeing. If you are drawing [...]

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