Global Design to Gain a Competitive Edge: An Holistic and Collaborative Design Approach based on Computational Tools:

Global Design to Gain a Competitive Edge: An Holistic and Collaborative Design Approach based on Computational Tools

Product Description

The globalization of manufacturing industries leads to a thirst for rapid advancements in technological development and expertise in the fields of advanced design and manufacturing. Both industry and academia have an urgent need to equip themselves of the latest knowledge and trends relating to design and manufacture. âGlobal Design to Gain a Competitive Edgeâ collects together papers from the 2008 International Conference on Advanced Design and Manufacture (ICADAM). This conference solicits both cutting edge fundamental research and recent industrial application papers, with a goal towards bringing together from all over the world design and manufacture practitioners from academia, government organizations and industry. Recent advancements, emerging trends and new challenges in the fields of design and manufacturing are covered, with a particular focus on the understanding of the impact of distributed team-based design and manufacture on research and industrial practices for global companies.

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Digital Tutors – Mental Ray Workflows in Maya: Global Illumination:

Digital Tutors – Mental Ray Workflows in Maya: Global Illumination | 290 MB

Learn creative practices for utilizing global illumination and time-saving rendering techniques that can be used in a multitude of applications. Contains 2 hours of project-driven training – Perfect for intermediate artists.

Popular highlights include:

* Global Illumination Overview

* Understanding Photons in mental ray

* Emitting Photons from Various Light Sources

* Controlling Photon Energy

* Controlling Decay Rates

* Altering Photon Color Attributes

* Separating the Effects of Direct Lighting

* Separating the Effects of Indirect Lighting

* Tuning Global Illumination Scale

* Tuning Global Illumination Radius

* Tuning Global Illumination Accuracy

* Photon Tracing with Transparent Surfaces

* Global Illumination Photons Maps

* Global Illumination with Final Gather

* Using the Map Visualizer

* Global Illumination Overrides

* Photon Interaction with Maya Materials

* Photon Interaction with mental ray Materials

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