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Ted

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• Publié par: Luzev
• Nombre de lectures: 18
• Langue: English

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ADJACENCIES – Digital Workshops

Cross-Platform Techniques – Illustrator/Rhino

Ted Sheils

Illustrator

- CS3 or CS4?...Artboards

- CS3 = one artboard – create rectangles same size as artboard -> move onto artboard

- CS4 = 2 ways to arrange artboards:

1. New document -> number of artboards -> spacing (save = in chronological order) or

2. Artboard tool -> Alt (copy) + Shift (ortho)

- Setup…

- Window -> Workspace -> Automation

- File -> Document Color Mode -> CMYK Color - printers

- View -> Smartguides (Control + U)

- View -> Snap to Point

- Window -> Extensions -> Kuler

- search

- save swatches to swatch menu -> click on file icon in swatch menu to edit

- Importing images…

- File -> Place – drop down of image types.

- placing links to images – you can edit original and update

- embed – breaks link

- Scaling…

- grab a corner anchor point -> Shift -> drag – opposite corner stays

- grab any anchor point -> Shift + Alt -> drag – scales around center

- Repeat…

- repeat EXACTLY last operation – Shift + D (copy picture OR create line hatch)

-Selecting…

- select by fill and/or stroke – Select -> Same -> Fill & Stroke

- Cropping…

- create a box (frame – everything outside of frame disappears) – make sure box is on top of

image -> select both image & box -> Object -> Clipping Mask -> Make (Control + 7) – can still

move clipping mask – double click image to move image

- do with text

- use multiple boxes

- make boxes -> select all boxes -> right click -> Make Compound Path -> Control

+7

- crop lines with clipping mask or Scissors Tool

- Align…

- draw lines – Window -> Align -> select lines -> Vertical Align Bottom -> Horizontal Distribute

Center

- Blending….

- create two boxes different colors – no outlines -> set options -> Object -> Blend Options ->

select both boxes -> Object -> Blend

- Live Trace…

-

Line image

: Place image -> make colored box -> place image over colored box -> select image

-> Live Trace dropdown -> Tracing Options -> click “Preview” box -> leave on “default” - notice

white -> select dropdown Detailed Illustration -> increase threshold -> Trace -> can still edit –

Object -> Live Trace -> Tracing Options

- Live Paint: select object -> Object -> Live Paint -> Make -> select Live Paint bucket ->

click – notice swatches on cursor

- make a box out of lines with a small opening -> Object -> Live Paint -> Gap Options ->

Large Gaps

-

Photograph

: Place image -> select image -> Live Trace dropdown -> Tracing Options -> click

“Preview” box -> leave on “Default” -> change “mode” to “color” -> increase “max colors” to

150 -> Expand (up top) -> Ungroup -> drag swatches into color areas

Rhino

- Views…

- Ortho & Perspective – View -> Viewport Properties -> Parallel & Perspective -> Lens Length

(around 20 mm or so) -> Wallpaper Options -> browse

- Setting and saving views – View -> Set View -> Name Views -> Save -> type in new view name

- Exporting graphics

- Export images from viewport – no surfaces only edges, isocurves and layer colors – Export ->

Select objects -> save as AI file

- Line drawings…

- Make2D -> select object to draw -> Enter -> check “show tangent edges” box -> ok -> View ->

Set View -> Export – when exporting perspective check “snapshot of current view” –

perspective lines are distorted so scaling will not work – it will work if no perspective (plan or

section etc.)

- Make 2D -> select object to draw -> Enter -> check “show hidden lines” box -> ok -> View ->

Set View -> Export

- capture screen with surfaces -> print to PDF -> to change quality – Adobe PDF Document

Settings -> Adobe PDF Settings -> Default Settings -> Edit -> change resolution/quality

- Sections…

- manual = build model -> Set CPlane to Surface -> draw rectangle as cutting plane -> Set

CPlane back to top -> move cutting plane (use Tab to lock inference) -> type “Trim” -> select

cutting object -> trim one side

- using ArchCut toolbar = build model -> click Create Sections tool -> select objects to section ->

Enter -> place sections -> while still highlighted, type Move -> move sections

- multiple sections using ArchCut = build model -> click Create Array of Sections tool -> select

objects to section -> Enter -> Pick Base Point – U = number of sections: 10 -> spacing: 10 ->

Enter

Rhino + Illustrator

-

Ghosted Section (partially rendered)…

- draw subject -> Set CPlane to Surface ->

draw rectangle as cutting plane

-> Set CPlane back to

Top -> move cutting plane (use Tab to lock inference) -> type

“Split”

-> select objects to split ->

select cutting plane ->

move half

that’s cut away ->

add ground

plane -> put ground plane on its

own layer -> click new layer symbol on menu -> change name to ‘groundplane’ -> change color

to gray -> navigate to desired view -> View ->

Set View

(make sure enough room for cut away

piece) -> Named Views -> Save -> type in name of view ->

Render

-> Current Renderer -> Vray

-> Vray tab -> File -> Load -> gi_irmap_low.visopt -> click Render box -> save image ->

set

reference

point to place other half back where it belongs ->

erase

first half ->

move second half

back ->

return to saved view

-> type

Make 2D

-> select objects to draw -> Enter -> check box

“show hidden lines” -> set view to Top -> slide 2D drawing over ->

Export

-> select objects ->

export as AI file ->

open New Illustrator

file -> cut and paste export (render and lines) into new

file ->

make all lines black

-> right click -

Make Compound Path

-> scale if necessary -> move

on top of rendering ->

copy lines

-> move of rendering -> right click ->

Release Compound Path

->

erase

lines except cut plane lines ->

increase stroke weight

-> move back over rendering ->

DONE

- Exploded Axon based on photograph + live painted…

- open Illustrator file ->

place picture

-> Object -> Lock -> use

Rectangle Tool

and trace ->

Save

as

AI file -> right click saved file ->

Open With

->

Rhino

->

switch UCS

plane to up/down ->

copy

lines ->

move down

-> move each layer up -> View ->

Set View

-> Save -> type in name ->

Make

2D

-> select lines -> set Top View -> select drawing lines -> File -> Export Selected ->

Save as AI

file -> open new Illustrator file -> cut and paste saved axo into new file -> select all lines ->

Object -> LivePaint -> Make -> click LivePaint icon -> choose color -> click areas to paint -> make

lines connecting the corners -> Window -> Stroke ->

dashed lines

-> DONE