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.
User Submitted Tutorial: Building a Car in 3DVIA Shape
posted on September 4, 2009
User Shodiq38, from Indonesia, created a full sports car using 3DVIA Shape. We asked if he would create a “how-to” video for the model, and he impressed us with this video, which highlights how easy a car can be built in 3DVIA Shape. Shodiq showed us some great tips-and-tricks that we were
Cliff's Clips - Texturing Fundamentals
posted on September 1, 2009
One of the best ways to create realistic 3D models is by incorporating good textures. Textures can make a model more realistic by adding details that would be hard to model in as geometry. This is a tutorial on the basics of texture mapping. This video details the texturing functions within 3DVIA Shape, but these fundamentals
Enhance Any Map with 3DVIA Shape for Maps
posted on August 26, 2009
With the introduction of Microsoft’s new Bing search engine and maps comes 3DVIA Shape for Maps. It’s basically 3DVIA Shape with some navigation tools, but it can really add some excitement to your maps, and a great way to display any building models. You can build your own models, or use any public model from
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