# Robot in progress (3D max) **URL:** \ **Category:** design\ **Created:** [April 23, 2003, 5:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robot-in-progress-3d-max/18980 "2003-04-23T05:16:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robot-in-progress-3d-max/18980/41 "2003-04-30T00:26:00Z")
hey man one question, how did you get the holes in the legs? i got r5 just a little while ago but i dont know hwo you split it up like that… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robot-in-progress-3d-max/18980/42 "2003-04-30T01:30:51Z")
Found some HDR-i tuts for Max users [http://www.finalrender.com/finalrender/the\_product8.htm](http://www.finalrender.com/finalrender/the_product8.htm) \*\* Click on HDR shop link \*\* [http://www.trinity3d.com/links/links-plugs-max.shtml](http://www.trinity3d.com/links/links-plugs-max.shtml) \*\* this one uses Brazil renderer \*\* [http://www.splutterfish.com/gabry\_hdri\_tut\_tmp/](http://www.splutterfish.com/gabry_hdri_tut_tmp/) \*\* some dude answering a question on how to get HDR images in max (he mentions different renderers) \*\* [http://pub86.ezboard.com/fhdrshopfrm1.showMessage?topicID=45.topic](http://pub86.ezboard.com/fhdrshopfrm1.showMessage?topicID=45.topic) [http://www.rendermania.com/HDRI/](http://www.rendermania.com/HDRI/) The best one is the one i mentioned that uses The brazil renderer , but check them all out 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robot-in-progress-3d-max/18980/43 "2003-04-30T02:18:50Z")
Thanks for those links… I’ll definately check them out! > hey man one question, how did you get the holes in the legs? i got r5 just a little while ago but i dont know hwo you split it up like that… I used Booleans to subtract cylinder primitives from the main shape.:hat: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robot-in-progress-3d-max/18980/44 "2003-04-30T02:25:22Z")
boolean modelling I think dippy…oooops someone already said that… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robot-in-progress-3d-max/18980/45 "2003-04-30T04:07:10Z")
Ok, here is a partly textured render. It’s starting to give me a headache so I’m going to give this model a rest and start working on my characters (I’ll post my renders in this forum if you guys want to see them). I didn’t fix the fans that much, just a bit of cowling around the blades (it’s a new fan model, just for a bit of variety between the smaller fans). Let me know what you think.:stunned: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robot-in-progress-3d-max/18980/46 "2003-04-30T04:26:10Z")
Nice dude, now render it using HDR! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robot-in-progress-3d-max/18980/47 "2003-04-30T05:34:36Z")
I’ve skimmed through the tuts and it seems I need to download the HDR studio(?) program in order to make the HDR maps before using them in max… I thought HDR maps could me made using the plugin? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robot-in-progress-3d-max/18980/48 "2003-04-30T09:16:11Z")
in order to use the hdr probes you have to convert them to something max can detect. read the brazil one throughout, its a good tut. > I thought HDR maps could me made using the plugin? :::you might need Mental ray of final gathering plugin to do that, but since you have Brazil , look at the tutorial. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robot-in-progress-3d-max/18980/49 "2003-04-30T19:29:03Z")
wow man that looks good. Boolean modeling? _mike waits 3 yrs_ l;ol ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robot-in-progress-3d-max/18980/50 "2003-04-30T22:05:57Z")
Booleans aren’t too hard to learn. Try using compound objects in max and you can add, subtract, instersect and join separate objects to form a new one. I started using them in Bryce about 5 years ago and max’s booleans were a natural transition. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robot-in-progress-3d-max/18980/51 "2003-04-30T22:23:28Z")
think of booleans as adding to or subtracting from a path in photshop to create a new shape with more or less faces…It is the same idea ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robot-in-progress-3d-max/18980/52 "2003-04-30T22:55:28Z")
get HDR studio then use brazil to render the HDRI images. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robot-in-progress-3d-max/18980/53 "2003-04-30T23:24:23Z")
My mistake - the download is called HDR shop. It’s only 870 kb, but when I tried to download it, it froze on 60kb and would go any further. Most probably my firewall doesn’t like downloading an .exe file so I’ll have a go at home. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robot-in-progress-3d-max/18980/54 "2003-04-30T23:38:36Z")
hmmm. are there any tuts on how to use booleans? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robot-in-progress-3d-max/18980/55 "2003-04-30T23:48:08Z")
am i the only one who is reading this and thinking “WHAT THE \*\*\*\* IS GOING ON”:-\ i got 3D studio max 5 weeks ago and can’t do anything with it. i tried Gmax before i got it, i did the tutorials in about a night but that was hard at first because they would say “use this tool” and your like “were the \*\*\*\* is that”. anyway i am going to spend the next yew “years” learning photoshop and 3D studio 5… my new toys:nerd: …RIP credit card:\*( ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robot-in-progress-3d-max/18980/56 "2003-04-30T23:52:13Z")
lol. 3ds max is the biggest challenge ever on the computer for me… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robot-in-progress-3d-max/18980/57 "2003-05-01T02:30:42Z")
Ok…I got HDR maps working in Max now. I’m doing a new render now at a higher resolution and light reflection on the floor to test the render with HDR maps. It’s still going to be toned down, but I can already tell by the lighting that it’ll have a bit more realism to it… not much of a change though because there aren’t too many reflective surfaces to show of the HDR. It’ll be done in a few hours I expect. I’ll post it here when it’s finished;) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robot-in-progress-3d-max/18980/58 "2003-05-01T02:33:54Z")
> \*Originally posted by chris9902 \* > \*\*am i the only one who is reading this and thinking “WHAT THE \*\*\*\* IS GOING ON”:-\ i got 3D studio max 5 weeks ago and can’t do anything with it. i tried Gmax before i got it, i did the tutorials in about a night but that was hard at first because they would say “use this tool” and your like “were the \*\*\*\* is that”. anyway i am going to spend the next yew “years” learning photoshop and 3D studio 5… my new toys:nerd: …RIP credit card:\*( \*\* Learn the theory and it can pretty much be applied to any 3d program and you’ll understand how to get some good pics… That being said I’m still learning after 5 years of on again, off again work with max. Good tuts can be found. Check out: [www.3dbuzz.com](http://www.3dbuzz.com) [www.3dstudio.com](http://www.3dstudio.com) [www.3dcafe.com](http://www.3dcafe.com) (do those tuts and it will give you some pretty good beginner experience with Max) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robot-in-progress-3d-max/18980/59 "2003-05-01T02:34:23Z")
Sweeetttt , some tweaking maybe to the hdr render settings and it should look killa !!! :beam: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robot-in-progress-3d-max/18980/60 "2003-05-01T02:39:31Z")
**Chris** ironikart is right, you need to learn the basics and basically each 3d app has the same practical modeling , lighting and rendering theories behind them. I have also been learning 3d for a good 4 -5 years now, and still think i’m crap. My theory is that you have to produce some crap before you can produce anything that looks good. It’s all a learning process. And for max users , there is some awesome free tut vidoes at [www.3d-palace.com](http://www.3d-palace.com) ::soulty:😏::: [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robot-in-progress-3d-max/18980.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/robot-in-progress-3d-max/18980.md?page=4)