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Modeling Skills

On this page, students will learn a variety of skills to help add to their Blender knowledge. These skills should take one day to learn and will be applied to a quick assignment.

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Create an SVG Extrusion

In this lesson, students will learn how to use an SVG file in Blender. They will extrude the image and then add lights and materials to create their final scene.
LT: I can use an svg file to create a 3D image

Part 2

LT: I can rotate and add in a plane

In this video, students will learn how to rotate the SVG and add in a plane to start creating a scene

Part 3

LT: I can add in a camera and a light.
Students will add in a camera and light to the scene.

Turn in Assignment: SVG Scene Render

Once you have your scene created, Render your image as a png using the video below.

Image as Texture

LT: I can add an image as texture to an object

Assignment: Create a Scene

Using a plane as a table top, add a wood texture.  Then create another plane and add a living room/kitchen or outdoor scene as a background.

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Create Holes in Objects

LT: I can use a boolean modifier to create a hole.

Assignment: Make a Wedge of Swiss Cheese

Using your skills learned so far in class, create a wedge of swiss cheese to turn in. The cheese must have a yellow orange color and sit on a plate on a table. The image should have good lighting and good camera angle

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Create a Grate

LT: I can use poke and inset to create a grate out of a plane

Assignment: Sphere/Cube Grate

Use what you learned in the video above to create the grate effect to either  a sphere or a cube. Render the scene and turn in.

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Make Steps With a Bevel

LT: I can use a bevel to make steps

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Assignment: Create a Scene with Steps to a Door

Using your skill learned, add create a scene of steps that lead to a door. The door can be inside or outside, must have good lighting, the door needs a handle. Must have 5+ steps

Bevel Vertices

LT: I can bevel vertices and edges with the bevel modifier

Assignment: Make A 3 Dice Scene

Use the bevel vertices, to create a dice.  Once you have beveled the vertices, add a bevel modifier to bevel the rest of the edges.  Use the boolean modifier to create your dot faces with a cylinder.  Make sure to add material and make the dice somewhat transparent.

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Evee Render

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Cycles Render

Make A Coin

LT: I can use the knife tool to cut a design in an object

Part 2

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Assignment: Create a Scene with Gold Coins on Table

Using your skill learned, add create a scene of 10 coins that can be stacked, in a pile and or leaning. Make sure to add a table surface and add texture to the tabletop.  Coins must have gold metallic material. 

Make a Domino

In this lesson, students will learn how to create a basic domino. 

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LT: I can create a domino  in Blender

Use the loop tool to create 3 different dominos. Each domino should have a minimum of 4 dots, but in different patterns. Once you have the dominos made, create a scene and adjust the cameras/lights to get a good render. vertices, to create a dice.  

#1 Turn in Render of 3 Dominos scene PNG

Practice: Create a Pawn

LT: I can create a basic pawn shape.

Make a Rook

LT: I can extrude and inset to create new parts of a shape

Students will create a rook game piece by using the extrusion tool and the inset tool to make the top of the rook.

Turn in Rendered Image to Rook Render

Create the Knight

LT: I can create a shape using extrude, move, scale.  I can extrude parts of the shape

Learn how to create the ears and the head of the horse in this video. 

Turn in Rendered Image of Knight

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