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  • Tips & Tricks – Build and Texture a Curved Top Hexagonal Box Using 3DVIA Shape

    Tips & Tricks – Build and Texture a Curved Top Hexagonal Box Using 3DVIA Shape

    Step-by-step visual instruction on how to quickly build and texture a hexagonal box with a curved top. It’s easy to do after you watch the video! Thanks to the folks at 3DPLM who created this video!

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  • Tips & Tricks – Modeling Commands in 3DVIA Shape

    Tips & Tricks – Modeling Commands in 3DVIA Shape

    A step-by step review of all the modeling commands available to Shape modelers! Thanks to the folks at 3DPLM who made it!

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  • Tips & Tricks – How to Register & Publish to 3DVIA

    Tips & Tricks – How to Register & Publish to 3DVIA

    A step-by-step demonstration of how to Register and Publish your 3D models on 3DVIA.com. The great folks at 3DPLM made this easy-to-follow video! Thanks!

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  • Using 3DVIA Scenes for Virtual Home Remodeling – Part 2

    Using 3DVIA Scenes for Virtual Home Remodeling – Part 2

    We have some exciting news here at 3DVIA.   Our 3D Web player has expanded to include rich 3D environments which can be created very easily.  3DVIA Scenes allows users to easily add 3D models into a rich 3D environment, on the web. See how I easily created a walk through of my kitchen remodel in this video. Currently this is a Secret Beta project, but we are opening it up for testing.  The final release will happen very soon.  Try

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  • 3DVIA Shape 3.0 – Tip #35: How To Use Polygon Tool

    3DVIA Shape 3.0 – Tip #35: How To Use Polygon Tool

    Video shows how to create multi-sided polygons with only 3 clicks. To see all 3DVIA Shape Tips, click here for the 3DVIA Shape video tutorials. For more information on our FREE 3D Modeling product, 3DVIA Shape, click here

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  • Cliff’s Clips: Enhancing Photos Easily Using 3D Models

    Cliff’s Clips: Enhancing Photos Easily Using 3D Models

    One of the primary uses of Adobe Photoshop users is editing or enhancing Photos.  This can be from quick touch-up to major changes in the photo.  One of the quickest ways to accomplish this is using 3D Models.  3D Models allow you to adjust the perspective, lighting, colors, textures easily, whereas building in 2D does not. In this video I turn Jewels the Cat into…da-da-da-da…Rocket Cat.  You will have to see how easy this was to do using the 3DVIA

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  • The Doctor of 3D Models is ‘IN’

    The Doctor of 3D Models is ‘IN’

    I went to see Dr. Polycount, “THE” Doctor of 3D Models. I needed some expert advice on how to clean up my 3D models, to make them smaller, cleaner, and more efficient. With advanced computing power, and internet speeds, we still need our 3D models is their top shape when used on the web and real-time environments (i.e. gaming).  Dr. Polycount goes over five common problems with my models, and the cures. 3D modelers of all levels can benefit from

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  • User Submitted Tutorial: Building a Car in 3DVIA Shape

    User Submitted Tutorial: Building a Car in 3DVIA Shape

    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 not aware of. Also, if you have tips and tricks you would like to share, create a video, and we could post it as well.  The reason we

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  • Texturing Fundamentals

    Texturing Fundamentals

    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 which would be impossible as part of the geometry.  This is a tutorial on the basics of texture mapping. This video details the texturing functions within 3DVIA Shape, but these fundamentals could be used within all 3D modeling applications. Cliff aquires some help in this video from one of our favorite user submitted (textured) models: 

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