Computer Graphics
Project - Ray Tracing
Dheeraj Achra
Image 1 : Lethbridge TeaPot
The image above represents the famous Lethbridge Teapot. The software I used in order to design this teapot was 3D Studio Max 6.0.
1. I first
designed the teapot. I used the cone tool to design the lower part of the
teapot. I used the scale and rotate tools to ratio the lower part to
the upper part of the teapot. For the upper part I took another cone and
I rotated it at an angle of 180 degrees. To align the upper part and the
lower part of the teapot I had to note down the radius of the two parts.Once
the upper part aligns with lower part, i was left with slicing the
upper cone to make a hole.I made a box and then used the boolean function
to cut the above cone in an angle.This gave me a structure that looked identical
to the Lethbridge teapot.
2. Then I used Adobe Photoshop to map the design of the teapot. I got the design from the picture provided to us by the proffessor.Once the map was made, I was ready to map that design on the teapot, I made in part 1.For mapping the steps were:
- Tool Bar --> Rendering -->Material Editor--> Apply the map on the teapot
The difficult part for developing this image was to make a structure identical to the Lethbridge teapot.I had to spend lot of time in aligning the upper and the lower part of the teapot.
Image 2 : High Level Bridge, Lethbridge
The image above represents the high level bridge. Build in 1909 this is one of the longest and highest bridges of its type in the world .The software I used in order to design this bridge was 3D Studio Max 6.0.
1. First step in the creation of this image was the creation of the pillors.I used box and cylinder tool to make the pillors. I made multiple copies of the first pillor and aligned them in a straight line.I colored the pillors black.
2. For the top of the bridge I used the plane tool.I scaled the plane so that it could fit on the top of the pillors.For the track, i used small boxes of 0 height and made multiple copies and aligned them evenly on the top of the plane.
3. For the train I used the box and cylinder tool. I used small cylinder to link all the train boxes.
4. For the reflection I used reflection and omni tools.
5. I used the noise feature under the material Editor to make the water.
6. I took the teapot as a group object and fixed it on a cylinderical base in the water.
The difficult part of this image was the creation of pillors and the water. For the pillor part the hard part was to align the small cylinders in 'X' form. For the water part the worry was the reflection in water. I used the noise feature to make the water surface uneven and then I used the reflection tool to reflect the bridge in the water.