Tutorial 004 - Street lamps

The aim of this lesson is to introduce the user to the main functions of the software.
Subjects: background image, manipulating a 3D object, istances
See video (Windows Media 1024x768 px, 2min: 20 sec)
CREATE A NEW PROJECT 
   1.  Enter in the Project menu> New

   2.  In the New Project window set 800x600 pixel resolution, click on “Load Image” and select in C:/Programs/3DGeniuX/Tutorials/004/ Roads of the World208.jpg

   3.  Click on “Create”

   NOTE: Lessons are located in the main folder where 3D GeniuX is installed, usually in C:/Programs/3DGeniuX/Tutorials
LOAD A 3D OBJECT
    1.   Enter the Project menu>Import>File X and select in C:/Programs/3DGeniuX/Tutorials/004/Streetlamp.3ds
Click on "Open"

    2.   Click on icon to limit manipulation on X axis, then click on Rotate and get the streetlamp straight.
          Select Scale and Move to position the object in the best way.
          In the Object Position rollout  you will have the values as shown in the picture.
CREATE ISTANCE
    1.    Select from the Modify menu> Istance then Modify>Paste, in this way you create a copy of the selected object, that is placed exactly over the original one.  
 
   2.  Select XYZ to move freely the object on all axes then with Rotate and Move tools move the copy of the object you just created.
   3. Using the same procedure, create and position another istance.
  
  4. Change the value RYB and select a Material. Materials of objects belonging to the same istance group are related to one another and vary in the same way.